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Coast Wide Systems Inc. · Published by Coast Wide Systems Inc. · Official site ↗
Last updated 2 Oct 2026
Your home town is forced to evacuate: assemble your party, choose a vehicle and grab supplies before hitting the road in search of refuge. Manage your resources and barter, scavenge, hunt or steal along the way to survive in a rapidly warming world filled with hard choices, danger and dysentery.
Adventure, Indie, Strategy · More free games
Assemble your party and hit the road in Heat Retreat, an indie adventure from Coast Wide Systems that challenges you to make tough decisions for survival in a warming world.
About this game

Set in the near future where climate change has toppled past the tipping point, Heat Retreat sets you and your party venturing out as climate refugees in search of a safe haven. Forced from your home by a sudden evacuation order, select your vehicle, gather what supplies you can and hit the road. Choose carefully, however, as every choice you make will have an impact sooner or later.
Featuring a detailed simulation where every choice you make will impact your odds of survival it's a race against time as the global average temperature steadily ticks warmer, increasing the frequency and severity of weather events and influencing behaviours and attitudes you'll encounter along the way.
Key Features
Detailed simulation using real world models
Experience dynamic weather events driven by the background simulation
Day/night cycle
Choice of 3 vehicle archetypes
Upgrade your vehicle
Variety of mini-games & obstacles to overcome along the way
Stop at a variety of locations to rest & resupply
Manage your supplies, including food, fuel, first aid and much more
Manage your party's health, fatigue, hunger and thirst
Make tough choices for the greater good of your party
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 64-bit Dual Core
- Memory: 256 MB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan capable
- Storage: 256 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: 64-bit Quad Core
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan capable
- Storage: 256 MB available space






