A heat developable photosensitive material having on a support a non-photosensitive sliver salt, a photosensitive sliver halide, and a binder, which has an image forming layer containing the photosensitive sliver halide and comprises cyclic ketone or cyclic imine compound having a specific structure in combination with a nucleation agent on the side that the image forming layer is formed. This heat developable photosensitive material is an excellent high contrast sensitive material having a good stability.