Need for Speed™ Heat

Buy84%

Very Positive · 154k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Ghost Games · Racing · Jun 4, 2020

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Price
$6.99−90%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
42
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio8 of 13
Subtitles0 of 13

Should I buy Need for Speed™ Heat?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 117 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 97 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 154k player reviews · updated

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
42% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews58% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
117 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The neon-lit streets of Palm City feel like home, with that same addictive loop of grinding races, evading cops, and building your dream garage.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Even though my laptop is way below the minimum requirements, I was still able to run the game on low resolution and low graphics, and it was surprisingly fun.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer and singleplayer were unified – you could be playing some Offroad events, jump into a friend’s lobby, and go do some drift racing and event grinding, all without sacrificing progression.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Despite some obvious flaws — a story that wraps up in 2-3 hours at most, a weak soundtrack, and lousy car handling (though compared to Payback, it does give a bit of a challenge) — the game manages to create an atmosphere that really got to me.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game is defo 10x better when you play with your friends.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay117 reviews
Graphics65 reviews
Multiplayer14 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Co-op12 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Story
78% still recommend
Performance
33% still recommend
Optimization
36% still recommend
Crashes
18% still recommend
Difficulty
81% still recommend
Bugs
23% still recommend
Interface
13% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • HDR available
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$6.99$69.99−90%

The lowest we've tracked is $3.49.

7 points recordedtoday · $6.99

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