Heat Signature gives you many, many options. Initially, to take out a squad of guards, you might shoot them or hit them with a wrench. You could also distract one, take them out quietly, and then find their friends. Or lure them to a room with a window and suck them into the vacuum of space. It might feel like an overwhelming number of options, but you'll need every one when an impossible mission goes haywire, you've got 20 seconds to kill your target and escape, and your gun has two bullets left.

Heat Signature is a game where 20 hours in, you will feel confident handling situations you would have called impossible when you started, not because you've leveled up your character, but because you know every dirty, underhanded cheap trick that can save your skin.

Heat Signature gives you many, many options. Initially, to take out a squad of guards, you might shoot them or hit them with a wrench. You could also distract one, take them out quietly, and then find their friends. Or lure them to a room with a window and suck them into the vacuum of space. It might feel like an overwhelming number of options, but you'll need every one when an impossible mission goes haywire, you've got 20 seconds to kill your target and escape, and your gun has two bullets left. Heat Signature is a game where 20 hours in, you will feel confident handling situations you would have called impossible when you started, not because you've leveled up your character, but because you know every dirty, underhanded cheap trick that can save your skin.