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Cleared HotGame

This spiritual successor to Desert Strike is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.
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developerNot Knowing Corporation
publisherMicroProse Software
release date
NANovember 20th, 2025

Single PlayerEarly AccessFlying1980sMilitaryIsometricShootingTactical
SteamView Steam Store Page
addedby blustrkr
on November 26th, 2025
last updatedby blustrkr
on November 30th, 2025

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Week 2 Update
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say thank you again and give a recap of our first 2 weeks since launching Cleared Hot. I mean it when I say: the launch went better than any of us even dreamed of. Thank you all for the reviews.It was really a wild ride after we clicked the big green "RELEASE MY GAME" button. All of our long time fans hit Steam right away on launch, which catapulted is into the good graces of the Steam algorithm. This traffic coincided with the Steam Black Friday sale. To our surpri...
Hotfix: v0.2.5#17788
Hotfix: v0.2.5#17788Keep the feedback coming everyone. This is a small update to fix some common issues. Our focus will now move to the Chapter 1a update. Fixed: all helos loadout stats.Fixed: end of mission screen navigation issue when using quit button from pause menu.Balance: hydra and hellfire missiles.Localization: hold ctrl to land is now localized.Fixed: press escape while loading was starting the game with the pause menu open and game running.Fixed: blackhawk cargo stats.Changed: improve...
Cleared Hot is everything you could want in a modern twin-stick helicopter shooter
Cleared Hot just entered Early Access from developer Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse Software, and it's simply pure joy to blast through it. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/cleared-hot-is-everything-you-could-want-in-a-modern-twin-stick-helicopter-shooter/
Sit back, Relax, and Blow Shit Up Award
Dearest players + wishlisters! THANK YOU. Holy moly what a launch week.First, if you would be so kind, please nominate us for the "Sit Back and Relax Award" category in the Steam Awards. Or whatever other categories you want. If you feel like it. Link Here.Thanks. Okay, on to the launch stuff. Launch RecapThe night before the launch I set 2 alarms to make sure I didn't sleep past our 5am launch. I slept about 2 hours before I started waking up thinking I'd missed it. So I just got up, and we pre...
Hotfix: v0.2.4#17671
Hotfix: v0.2.4#17671Thanks for your feedback. We fixed the most pressing things we could manage to fix in a day. Enjoy!Fix: Improved performance in Mission 10: Data Harvesting.Fix: Improved performance of jet enemy on all missionsFix: When rescuing or delivering people made them invulnerable to prevent accidental deaths when dropping themFix: Tweaked volume and frequency of scientist barksFix: Fixed how instructions were shown for controls that have positive and negative axis (ex: altitude contr...
v0.2.3#17592 Hotfix
Hello Players! Thank you for all your feedback! We just pushed a quick fix for the below issues. Fix: Fixed some texts that were using a font without support for localizationFix: Fixed main fonts using fallback for cyrilic charactersFix: Added code to prevent issues when the options or savegame can't be loadedFix: Fixed gas tank from "An Odd Tool for Odd Jobs" that was not blowing up when using the Easy of Custom difficulty options to lower Ally damage.Carry on, pilots. It's great to have you in...
Cleared Hot Early Access Is Live !!!
WE ARE LIVE Brave Wishlisters, our time has come !!! Cleared Hot is available for purchase on Steam. Wow. it is just barely sinking in for me. Go and enjoy this nostalgic experience we have crafted for you !Ways You Can HelpBuy and review the game! Early reviews help us a ton. Share it with your friends Come celebrate on discord with us :) Thanks.Five years ago I was struggling with a career I wasn’t enjoying. I wanted to explore game dev again- a childhood dream I had left behind- but didn’t kn...
 
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