Forza Horizon 4 vs Heaven Island Life
Forza Horizon 4 is an open-world racing game from Playground Games (2021) while Heaven Island Life is a simulation game from Fabio Ferrara (2016).
Quick answer: Forza Horizon 4 rates higher, 8.4 to 5.5 on the GamingPickz Score.
What each one is
Forza Horizon 4 is filed under Open-World and Racing. In contrast, Heaven Island Life under Simulation.
Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world.
"Heaven Island VIVE" is an experience designed for the HTC Vive in which you'll explore wonderful places. The inspiration for the environments comes from the book "Origins of Architectural Pleasure" in which the welfare is of primary importance. The game requires the HTC Vive device.
Story, characters and reception
Reception
Reception Forza Horizon 4 received "universal acclaim" for the Xbox One version, while the PC version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . The Xbox One version is the highest rated Forza Horizon title and is tied with Forza Motorsport and Forza Motorsport 3 as the highest rated entry in the Forza series based on Metacritic scores. Game Informer praised the changing weather, feeling it added more… (Wikipedia)
No Wikipedia detail on file.
At a glance
| Forza Horizon 4 | Heaven Island Life | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.4/10 | 5.5/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (91%, 303,167) | Mixed (60%, 800) |
| Critic aggregate | 88/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | Not listed | $0.99 |
| Install size | 80 GB | 0.39 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | unsupported |
| Released | 2021 | 2016 |
| Developer | Playground Games | Fabio Ferrara |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Forza Horizon 4 vs Heaven Island Life, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Forza Horizon 4Open-world racing gameHeaven Island LifeSimulation gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Forza Horizon 4Racing, Open World, DrivingHeaven Island LifeIndie, Simulation, Walking SimulatorThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Forza Horizon 4 ✓Score 8.4 · 91% on Steam · 88 criticHeaven Island LifeScore 5.5 · 60% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Forza Horizon 4303,167 reviews · 80 GBHeaven Island Life800 reviews · 1 add-on · 0.39 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Forza Horizon 4Not listedHeaven Island Life$0.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Forza Horizon 4 ✓PlayableHeaven Island LifeUnsupportedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Forza Horizon 4 takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueForza Horizon 4 and Heaven Island Life on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Forza Horizon 4 (GamingPickz Score 8.4)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Forza Horizon 4 (playable)
- Lighter on storage: Heaven Island Life (0.39 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Forza Horizon 4 (303,167 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Simulation
Where they differ
RacingOpen WorldDrivingMultiplayerAutomobile SimRealistic
IndieVRWalking Simulator
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Forza Horizon 4 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Heaven Island Life is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Forza Horizon 4 | Heaven Island Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVidia 650TI | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel i3-4170 @ 3.7Ghz | CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Install size | 80 GB | 0.39 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Forza Horizon 4 · Heaven Island Life.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Forza Horizon 4 and 0 for Heaven Island Life. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
If you like one, also try
Common questions
How different are Forza Horizon 4 and Heaven Island Life in scope?
Forza Horizon 4 has drawn 303,167 Steam reviews and installs in 80 GB. Heaven Island Life has drawn 800 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 0.39 GB.
Is Forza Horizon 4 or Heaven Island Life better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Forza Horizon 4 rates higher (8.4 to 5.5). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Forza Horizon 4 or Heaven Island Life?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Forza Horizon 4 or Heaven Island Life?
Forza Horizon 4 rates higher, 8.4 to 5.5 on the GamingPickz Score. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
Related comparisons
How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.