Need for Speed™ Heat
Skip · Action · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $69.99. Price from Oct 20.
- Cost per hour▼
- $4.96/hr
- Reviews▼
- 84% of 155,332
- Critics
- 72 players 12 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 29% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour, DRM
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Time and effort
- Main story
- 14.1h
- To 100%
- 51.6h 3.7x the story
- Achievements
- 42
Price and sales
- Sales
- 10 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $3.49 August 2026
- Sale every
- 31d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 802 now
- Recent reviews
- 85% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 90% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
89% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
August 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $3.49. 10 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 4 weeks apart.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 29 percent. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Need for Speed™ Payback ($29.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Need for Speed™ ($29.99, scores 22).
More about Need for Speed™ Heat
72 from critics against 84 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
18 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 10,514 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (boost); the score docks it lightly for that.
Finishing takes 14.1 hours; clearing it takes 52, which is 3.7 times the campaign.
155,332 people have reviewed it, which is a big enough crowd to settle the number.
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What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
My first paid game ever and my favorite racing game of all time i wont dive into its michanics or driving physics because honestly I don't remember most of that But what I do remember after 44 hours into this game was : - Snapping into a sudden , aggresive drift at top speed felt absolutely unreal - The cop chasing easily one of the best parts of the game - Winning on the hardest mode was a pure dopamine rush every...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
After considering the pathetic and lame game called NFS Unbound, I've been coming back to this legendary NFS title just for the raw, unfiltered gameplay of the NFS Heat. It literally reels you in with the brutal gameplay and insanely detailed visuals. I regret buying the unbound crap after just 4 months,
Is to f… hard to escape the cops in this game, i saw on reddit a lot of people were saying this and no updates form EA, just make it easier to escape the cops on night, it's impossible and unrealistic 💩 cops.
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 50 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Need for Speed™ Heat scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. Price last read Oct 20. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1222680/need-for-speed-heatReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Oct 20. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.