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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

Hotshot Racing is an Action, Indie, and Racing game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 2390 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (1,804 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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
  • · 0 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 10% of 28,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–108k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,402 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 86 of 120 observed days (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

1202026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
414Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 41 · peak 153Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 28Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 23Mar 2021 — avg 24 · peak 71May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 47Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 38Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 21Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 24May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 33Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 132Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 41Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 32Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.492020-08-272026-10-092020-08-27 — 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 $16.882026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1712026-05-30 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 9 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 14 pageviews2026-09-19 — 13 pageviews2026-09-23 — 11 pageviews2026-09-27 — 6 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-09-10 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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