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Need for Speed™ Heat cover art

Need for Speed™ Heat

Ghost Games · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-04

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ActionAdventureRacingSports

Franchise: Need for Speed · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Nov 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 08, 2019 (Xbox One)

Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.

Need for Speed™ Heat is an Action, Adventure, Racing, and Sports game released in 2020, priced at $69.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 154,006 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2,136
playing now
84%
positive of 155k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
41
twitch viewers (latest)
3.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (232 ratings)
526
Nexus mods (2.0M downloads)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (79,667 ratings)
19h
to beat · completionist 32h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

2,136 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Need for Speed Heat is a 2019 racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. It is the twenty-fourth installment in the Need for Speed series and commemorates the series' 25th anniversary. Set in Palm City, a fictionalised version of Miami, Florida, the game's single-player campaign revolves around the player character partaking in the "Speedhunters Showdown", an exhibition held in the city that promotes legal street racing, while getting involved with siblings Lucas and Ana Rivera as they interact with the city's police force, led by authority figure Lt. Frank Mercer.

Trailer

Need for Speed™ Heat trailer thumbnail

Need for Speed™ Heat Official Reveal Trailer

≈386,706 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,136 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,999 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,500/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,297 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 3.1M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154,951 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99-95%
Steam$6.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at EA Store (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 31 of 40 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13k13k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 2,697 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 744 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,627 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,794 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,429 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,674 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,497 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 414 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,504 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,549 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,344 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 369 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,058 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,077 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 995 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 764 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 744 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,322 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 498 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13,033 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,136 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,009 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 496 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,206 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 422 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,798 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 358 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,016 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,242 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,506 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,172 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,260 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,410 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,131 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 651 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,875 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 580 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,559 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,370 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,387 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,603 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,033 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,340 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 497 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,971 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 386 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,221 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,657 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,217 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,673 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,066 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,652 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 388 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,181 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 832 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,338 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 406 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 74 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.0k1.3k2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,417 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,725 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,983 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,401 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,707 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 3,034 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,966 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,733 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,980 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 2,410 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,386 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,689 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,712 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,911 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,504 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,058 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,424 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,138 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,709 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,966 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,607 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 2,249 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,391 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 2,136 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26k948Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 3,605 · peak 6,365Aug 2020 — avg 1,196 · peak 3,580Oct 2020 — avg 1,468 · peak 4,258Dec 2020 — avg 2,148 · peak 4,639Feb 2021 — avg 2,511 · peak 4,368Apr 2021 — avg 948 · peak 1,584Jun 2021 — avg 4,079 · peak 8,493Aug 2021 — avg 2,159 · peak 4,612Oct 2021 — avg 3,589 · peak 13,050Dec 2021 — avg 1,677 · peak 3,284Feb 2022 — avg 1,875 · peak 3,974Apr 2022 — avg 1,156 · peak 2,585Jun 2022 — avg 1,728 · peak 3,993Aug 2022 — avg 994 · peak 1,654Oct 2022 — avg 25,849 · peak 85,230Dec 2022 — avg 3,646 · peak 7,672Feb 2023 — avg 1,829 · peak 3,371Apr 2023 — avg 1,470 · peak 2,648Jun 2023 — avg 1,516 · peak 2,600Aug 2023 — avg 1,335 · peak 2,352Oct 2023 — avg 2,144 · peak 5,949Dec 2023 — avg 3,912 · peak 12,493Feb 2024 — avg 5,879 · peak 15,159Apr 2024 — avg 2,985 · peak 7,831Jun 2024 — avg 1,811 · peak 3,646Aug 2024 — avg 2,775 · peak 6,488Oct 2024 — avg 1,552 · peak 3,008Dec 2024 — avg 4,385 · peak 11,756Feb 2025 — avg 2,695 · peak 5,495Apr 2025 — avg 2,191 · peak 4,380Jun 2025 — avg 1,912 · peak 3,785Aug 2025 — avg 3,304 · peak 7,172Oct 2025 — avg 1,913 · peak 4,490Dec 2025 — avg 2,506 · peak 5,786Feb 2026 — avg 2,338 · peak 4,854Apr 2026 — avg 2,236 · peak 4,313Jun 2026 — avg 1,657 · peak 3,203Aug 2026 — avg 4,150 · peak 9,191
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
56562026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 29 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 27 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 30 new positive2026-09-23: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 7 new negative2026-09-25: 41 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 29 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 56 new positive2026-09-27: 12 new negative2026-09-28: 44 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 38 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 22 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 37 new positive2026-10-03: 28 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 42 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 44 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-07: 56 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new negative2026-10-08: 23 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 33 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 32 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 32 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 33 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 19 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 27 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative2026-10-15: 25 new positive2026-10-15: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$2.992019-08-142026-10-152019-08-14 — best price $59.992019-12-20 — best price $34.792020-01-20 — best price $63.202020-02-13 — best price $61.972020-03-18 — best price $29.992020-05-06 — best price $29.992020-05-27 — best price $53.992020-06-13 — best price $23.992020-07-17 — best price $59.992020-08-01 — best price $59.992020-09-01 — best price $23.992020-09-26 — best price $59.992020-10-19 — best price $63.692020-11-12 — best price $20.992020-11-27 — best price $17.692020-12-15 — best price $56.992021-01-13 — best price $56.992021-01-29 — best price $27.002021-02-28 — best price $59.992021-04-06 — best price $14.992021-05-25 — best price $59.992021-07-30 — best price $53.992021-09-28 — best price $13.202021-10-28 — best price $15.002021-12-21 — best price $10.322022-02-15 — best price $59.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992023-07-13 — best price $59.992024-02-20 — best price $59.992024-09-26 — best price $59.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-09-25 — best price $59.992026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-08-10 — best price $3.492026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-10-07 — best price $6.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4881882026-05-29 — 296 pageviews2026-06-02 — 292 pageviews2026-06-06 — 294 pageviews2026-06-10 — 280 pageviews2026-06-14 — 253 pageviews2026-06-18 — 238 pageviews2026-06-22 — 333 pageviews2026-06-26 — 326 pageviews2026-06-30 — 234 pageviews2026-07-04 — 239 pageviews2026-07-08 — 361 pageviews2026-07-12 — 287 pageviews2026-07-16 — 290 pageviews2026-07-20 — 234 pageviews2026-07-24 — 202 pageviews2026-07-28 — 215 pageviews2026-08-01 — 327 pageviews2026-08-05 — 488 pageviews2026-08-09 — 333 pageviews2026-08-13 — 323 pageviews2026-08-17 — 250 pageviews2026-08-21 — 276 pageviews2026-08-25 — 242 pageviews2026-08-29 — 291 pageviews2026-09-02 — 230 pageviews2026-09-06 — 250 pageviews2026-09-10 — 256 pageviews2026-09-14 — 270 pageviews2026-09-18 — 284 pageviews2026-09-22 — 263 pageviews2026-09-26 — 258 pageviews2026-09-30 — 199 pageviews2026-10-04 — 255 pageviews2026-10-08 — 224 pageviews2026-10-12 — 273 pageviews2026-10-14 — 225 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

70932026-10-02 01:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 709 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 625 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-15 22:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-16 00:34 — 41 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
89%
earned "Welcome to Palm City"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Polish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-06-04 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionArcadeRacingSportsDrivingAdventureControllerOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

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