Beat the Heat

Beat the Heat is a strategy game about protecting ecosystems as climate conditions change. Each turn follows four phases: explore, collect, prevent and adapt. Your choices shape the map, the future of each biome and how the community responds to you.

Four phases each turn

Explore terrain to find threats and opportunities, then collect resources to support your strategy. Reinforce biomes and reduce risks to prepare for climate pressures, adapting your approach as conditions shift to keep the ecosystem balanced and resilient.

Community and climate

The community reacts to your decisions. Protecting the ecosystem earns its support, while putting it at risk brings warnings. Ignoring those warnings can cost you resources; listening can reveal new paths to resilience.

Climate seasons reshape the map, bringing conditions such as harsh droughts and sudden floods. Prepare tiles and reinforce biomes to withstand each change, which challenges your strategy in different ways.

Balanced biomes

Unique creatures emerge when you bring a biome into its ideal balance. Each creature represents a habitat and reflects your achievements in balancing the ecosystem as a whole.