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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3.3 hrs on record
Posted: 9 Nov, 2024 @ 3:06am
Updated: 13 Mar, 2025 @ 3:59am

they were right. this is BARELY a game. the story was engaging but the gameplay was not even justifiably bad. the genre of "avant garde desert bus suffering simulator" would be more apt if it was slightly more nuanced and difficult to reduce than "click the 7'o clock of the steering wheel once your car is past the median line, then type for the next 35 seconds, repeat for 3 hours". it was so easily exploited that there may as well not be a game outright.

if you are a fan of esoteric masochism, i can only slightly recommend, because you really have to impose your own challenges and stick by them even after the novelty of the genre wears off and you find yourself encapsulated by the one redeeming factor- the narrative, which is slowly obtained piecemeal through typing, which driving detracts from, so why even spend more time than necessary driving? all of a sudden there's absolutely zero reason to engage in that respect outside of the barest minimum, and said barest minimum is perfectly tolerable for those who are ACTUALLY looking for a challenge

worth two dollars? you must know what you're paying for: a glorified book you slowly "work" for (see: click every now and then), and one mistake takes you right back to the beginning for you to slowly work your way through again.
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Developer response:
Tromble  [developer] Posted: 13 Jan, 2025 @ 5:02pm
Hey Charlie.

Thanks for the review even if HeatStroke was ultimately not for you.

Your posted guide was removed for violating Steam's User Guideline agreement which you can review here:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6862-8119-C23E-EA7B

Decompiling and sharing the short story contained within HeatStroke is piracy and repeated uploads will result in Steam themselves taking action against your account.

I banned the item without reporting it as a Piracy violation as I'd like to err on the assumption you did not realize this violates Steam's User Guidelines.

Thanks again,

-Talia (Game Designer/Game Artist)
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