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Heat Guardian cover art

Heat Guardian

DENYS RUDYI GAMES · 2018-05-10

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 10, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hardcore top-down shooter in a world of eternal winter. Traverse frozen post-Soviet ruins in search of humanity’s last refuge. Brutal mutants, scarce ammo, and merciless nature will push your skills to the limit. No safe places — only relentless combat for survival.

Heat Guardian is an Action and Indie game released in 2018 for $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (70% of 141 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 141 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.5k–8.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 141 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20May 2018Nov 2020May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 15Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492018-05-122026-07-092018-05-12 — best price $9.992018-08-08 — best price $7.192018-11-01 — best price $7.992018-12-21 — best price $3.992019-02-12 — best price $7.992020-09-30 — best price $1.492020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.242021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-15 — best price $9.992021-08-07 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-11-27 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-10 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-03-13 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $2.492023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-09-13 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-04-01 — best price $0.992024-06-17 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-10-22 — best price $0.792024-12-04 — best price $0.992024-12-20 — best price $0.792025-06-26 — best price $0.792025-08-21 — best price $0.992025-11-10 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-04-22 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
18%
earned "Back in the ranks!"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

IndieActionSurvivalAtmosphericTop-Down Shooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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