About the Game
Cleared Hot is a top-down helicopter shooter that pulls hard from the late-90s arcade genre — Strike Commander, Desert Strike, those zooming-around-with-a-cannon-and-a-rope vibes — but with modern physics and light tactical depth layered on top. You fly missions across handcrafted maps, drop a squad of infantry on the ground, swing a magnet rope to grab and reposition objects, and deal with whatever's shooting back at you.
Not Knowing Corporation launched the game into Early Access in November 2025, and this download is build 21248438 — the current stable version with all the early-access content patches included. The campaign clocks in at roughly 8–10 hours, with mission variety leaning more toward physics-puzzle solutions than pure twitch shooting.
Released with CSF + Goldberg, fully offline-playable, achievements unlock through the local stub. 1.4 GB installed. Single-player only — Early Access has not introduced multiplayer modes at this point in development.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Hotfix: v0.2.5#17788
Keep 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: improvements in ui scale support
Changed: increased font sizes in homebase to improve Steam Deck legibility.
Fixed: ps4 and ps5 controller icons.
Changed: reordered upgrades to show light and heavy missiles ordered.
Fixed: "The Battle of Big Rocks" misison now continues when picking up special weapon crate without using the rope.
Fixed: "A West Texas Road Trip" bridge can't be destroyed out of order now so the mission and exchanges run normally.
Changed: removed some unused instructions and added the next weapon/previous weapon in pause menu.
Fixed: localization in homebase for some languages.
Fixed: looped sounds playing after quitting mission to the abandoned screen.
Known Issue: Quitting mid mission will hide the mouse cursor until you get back to the home base.
We are working on a fix, for now, here are some temporary solutions:
You can alt-tab to unhide the cursor
Use arrow keys and enter key
Use the mouse, it's invisible but mousing over the buttons will make them highlight. The buttons are still clickable.
Hotfix: v0.2.4#17671
Thanks 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 missions
Fix: When rescuing or delivering people made them invulnerable to prevent accidental deaths when dropping them
Fix: Tweaked volume and frequency of scientist barks
Fix: Fixed how instructions were shown for controls that have positive and negative axis (ex: altitude control)
Fix: Made chickens a priority target for the rope
Fix: Fixed ally npcs entering the van and breaking the objectives (Data Harvesting)
Fix: Fixed dialog overlap in dialog when killing humvee (Tail Risk)
Fix: Fixed music in The Battle of Big Rocks
Fix: Added explicit drop zone in The Long Way Home
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 localization
Fix: Fixed main fonts using fallback for cyrilic characters
Fix: Added code to prevent issues when the options or savegame can't be loaded
Fix: 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 the game, finally !
- Colin "cfinger" and the Cleared Hot rapid response dev team (Ariel and Ruben :D )
Current Release
Build 22370936
Uploaded Jun 21, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
ClearedHot.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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