Need for Speed™ Heat (Steam Game) Steam logo

Release DateJun 4, 2020
Price$ 69.99  Top 1%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84% (positive) / 83.1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.9% Top 15% / 82.1%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)77.9K  Top 1% / 99.7K  Top 1%
Curators260 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time28.8 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar25 minutes
Followers109.7K  Top 1%
Owners± 6.2M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 4.5M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 73.4M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Need for Speed™ Heat steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Need for Speed™ Heat's Steam rating and reviews between June 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 77.7% (June 2020) and 83.6% (August 2022).

With 99.7K reviews Top 1%, Need for Speed™ Heat is definitely a major AAA level success. There is a peak in October 2022 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Need for Speed™ Heat and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Need for Speed™ Heat's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (40%), followed by Simplified Chinese (17%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 13 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Need for Speed™ Heat percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Need for Speed™ Heat depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 63 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.7 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Need for Speed™ Heat players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 34 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Customization
  • Driving model
  • Cars
  • Challenges
  • City
  • Cops
  • Sound customization
  • Drifting
  • Ranking up
  • New cars
  • Grindy
  • Limited customization
  • No interior camera
  • Repetitive clothing
  • Cannot roll windows
  • No noticeable sound system change
  • Some songs annoying
  • Not enough car customization
  • Odd crashes
  • Garage limit

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 84% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Need for Speed™ Heat's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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