Underplayed Gems

Heat Signature (2017)

Heat Signature cover
Developer
Suspicious Developments
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Rating
4.7 of 5, 7,396 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 20 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A tense, methodical heist simulation where you pause time to plan impossibly cool tactics, then execute them in slow motion.

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What players say

Players call it a clever hybrid of Hotline Miami and a puzzle game, where pausing to plan actions makes it less about reflexes and more about choreographed chaos. The gadgets allow creative approaches, though some find the roguelite loop and short campaign repetitive, and the graphics feel dated.

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