Need for Speed™ Heat

Need for Speed™ Heat

Steam Deck Playable

Ghost Games · Racing · Jun 4, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.49.

84%
Very Positive
152k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 152k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game's moments of more story focused gameplay are actually few and far between.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Probably the best Need For Speed game since Most Wanted and the graphics are good.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
But optimization is what concerns me.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
SOUNDTRACK & AUDIO: BANGER CITY
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay80 reviews
Graphics72 reviews
Optimization27 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters129 reviews
74%
Multiplayer22 reviews
77%
Difficulty17 reviews
65%
Controls14 reviews
57%
Servers and matchmaking11 reviews
45%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance35 reviews
40%
Crashes31 reviews
32%
Bugs12 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.49 (−95%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $3.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
42
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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