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Heat Signature

Suspicious Developments · 2017-09-21

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 21, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

19
playing now
95%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Heat Signature is an action stealth video game developed and published in 2017 by Suspicious Developments, the studio behind 2013's Gunpoint. The player plays as a mercenary who takes on missions around a procedurally generated galaxy in order to liberate space stations. Heat Signature launched for Microsoft Windows on September 21, 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 149 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 185k–445k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,419 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32232220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2982026-08-06 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-09-212026-07-092017-09-21 — best price $13.492017-11-29 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-03-20 — best price $11.242018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-04 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-09-23 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-01-22 — best price $7.492020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-09-10 — best price $14.992020-11-24 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-05-27 — best price $3.742021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-04 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-05-13 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $3.742025-11-02 — best price $2.992026-01-31 — best price $3.742026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 12 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.9%
earned "End of an Era"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,5182%70

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionSci-fiStealthStrategyTop-DownAdventureRogue-like

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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