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Hot Lap Racing cover art

Hot Lap Racing

Zero Games Studios · Maximum Entertainment · 2024-07-16

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Racing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 16, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Awaken Your Inner Champion! Hot Lap Racing is a simcade racing game where you can experience the history of motorsports, from GT to Formula 1. Race against your friends and compete against players locally or online for the championship.

Hot Lap Racing is a $29.99 Racing game released in 2024, with an estimated owner count of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 76 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-13

63%
positive of 76 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 2,297 Racing games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.64 at Fanatical (2026-10-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 110 of 147 observed days · $1.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420242026Week of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$4.132024-07-132026-10-122024-07-13 — best price $29.992024-07-25 — best price $24.892024-08-26 — best price $29.492024-09-24 — best price $25.192024-11-21 — best price $20.992024-12-01 — best price $19.972024-12-18 — best price $20.992024-12-28 — best price $20.992025-01-07 — best price $11.852025-01-22 — best price $29.992025-02-19 — best price $29.992025-03-28 — best price $29.992025-04-19 — best price $11.762025-05-29 — best price $21.332025-06-20 — best price $13.492025-07-12 — best price $29.992025-08-19 — best price $10.792025-09-03 — best price $13.492025-09-30 — best price $9.692025-10-21 — best price $13.502025-11-06 — best price $29.992025-11-21 — best price $7.042025-12-08 — best price $21.332026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-26 — best price $7.502026-03-06 — best price $29.992026-04-15 — best price $7.492026-05-07 — best price $21.332026-05-22 — best price $29.992026-06-14 — best price $26.882026-07-13 — best price $5.992026-08-09 — best price $25.272026-08-24 — best price $4.892026-10-01 — best price $4.642026-10-12 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedRemote Play Together1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-07-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DPvPLinearRacingRunnerDrivingPhysicsRealisticMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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