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Hotshot Racing cover art

Hotshot Racing

Sumo Digital Ltd · Curve Games · 2020-09-10

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Sep 10, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experience.

5
playing now
77%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Hotshot Racing is a 2020 racing video game developed by Lucky Mountain Games and Sumo Digital, and published by Curve Digital. An arcade-style racer, it draws visual and gameplay inspiration from 1990s titles of that style, such as Virtua Racing (1992) and Ridge Racer (1993). Developed over more than 10 years, the game was released on 10 September 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (290 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–108k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,390 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.88-16%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-11-15) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 89 of 121 observed days · $13.97 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23323320202026Week of 2020-09-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-08-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.282020-08-272026-08-282020-08-27 — best price $13.992020-10-19 — best price $13.392020-12-04 — best price $19.592021-02-04 — best price $19.992021-03-24 — best price $7.992021-05-04 — best price $8.002021-06-12 — best price $19.992021-08-02 — best price $19.992021-09-30 — best price $4.992021-12-05 — best price $19.992022-02-13 — best price $19.992022-04-08 — best price $19.992022-05-28 — best price $19.992022-08-05 — best price $3.242022-10-13 — best price $17.492022-12-21 — best price $3.422023-03-03 — best price $3.122023-04-28 — best price $3.072023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-09-07 — best price $1.992023-10-31 — best price $1.992023-12-24 — best price $1.992024-03-01 — best price $1.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-08-05 — best price $1.592024-09-30 — best price $15.892024-12-13 — best price $1.702025-03-07 — best price $16.592025-07-11 — best price $14.692025-09-08 — best price $15.892025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $3.992026-06-07 — best price $16.882026-08-28 — best price $16.88
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-30 — 2 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Phew!"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)24,1701%53
PS4 (PlayStation)8,4874%54
Steam (Steam)7,2051%53
Switch (Nintendo)1910%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieRetroActionArcadeRacingDrivingStylizedOld SchoolLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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