Choose Need for Speed™ Heat
Choose Need for Speed™ Heat if you want the Online Co-op, HDR available, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 50,235 Steam reviews back the pick.
Need for Speed™ Heat vs Bird Brigade
Need for Speed™ Heat and Bird Brigade both land in Action, Sports, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Sports, Adventure on Steam. Need for Speed™ Heat has co-op; Bird Brigade does not. Need for Speed™ Heat is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Bird Brigade has no Deck rating yet. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Bird Brigade
Choose Bird Brigade if you want an Early Access experience.
Both Need for Speed™ Heat and Bird Brigade sit in Action, Sports, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Need for Speed™ Heat |  Bird Brigade | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | — |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Adventure, Racing | Action, Sports, Adventure, Early Access, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 6.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 85% positive (50,235 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Ghost Games | Merkel Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Sports, Adventure on Steam.
- Need for Speed™ Heat has co-op; Bird Brigade does not.
- Need for Speed™ Heat is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Bird Brigade has no Deck rating yet.
Need for Speed™ Heat vs Bird Brigade — FAQ
- Are Need for Speed™ Heat and Bird Brigade similar?
- They overlap on Action, Sports, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Need for Speed™ Heat run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Need for Speed™ Heat is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Bird Brigade doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.