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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered cover art

Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered

Stellar Entertainment Limited · Electronic Arts · 2020-11-06

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ActionRacing

Franchise: Need for Speed · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 25, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Feb 25, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 13, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 06, 2020 (Xbox One)

Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.

251
playing now
81%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

251 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is a 2010 racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows, iOS, Android, webOS, and Windows Phone, and by Exient Entertainment for the Wii. Hot Pursuit is the sixteenth Need for Speed title and was released first in November 2010, and digitally in December. It serves as both a reboot of the series and a revival of the Hot Pursuit name last used in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002).

Health check

Healthy
  • · 251 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,695 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~212/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 297k–669k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,867 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at EA Store (2022-09-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 26 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54654620202026Week of 2020-11-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 107 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k1892026-08-06 21:00 — 728 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 494 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 930 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 703 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 562 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 991 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 826 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 591 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,033 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 714 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 367 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 875 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 608 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 383 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 839 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 568 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 379 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 660 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 575 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 271 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 385 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 436 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 309 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 354 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 354 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 217 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 225 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 357 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 251 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002020-10-052026-08-262020-10-05 — best price $29.992020-11-20 — best price $20.392020-12-10 — best price $16.192021-01-04 — best price $13.502021-02-01 — best price $29.992021-02-26 — best price $29.992021-03-29 — best price $29.992021-05-19 — best price $29.992021-06-22 — best price $39.992021-07-29 — best price $28.492021-08-31 — best price $28.492021-10-04 — best price $29.992021-10-19 — best price $17.682021-11-19 — best price $8.992021-12-21 — best price $6.962022-02-08 — best price $28.492022-03-31 — best price $29.992022-08-16 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $3.892024-02-20 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-11-11 — best price $29.992025-02-10 — best price $5.992025-05-15 — best price $29.992025-08-21 — best price $29.992025-12-02 — best price $29.992026-02-03 — best price $5.992026-04-23 — best price $5.992026-08-07 — best price $2.992026-08-15 — best price $2.992026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5032402026-05-28 — 330 pageviews2026-05-31 — 317 pageviews2026-06-03 — 308 pageviews2026-06-06 — 294 pageviews2026-06-09 — 296 pageviews2026-06-12 — 304 pageviews2026-06-15 — 246 pageviews2026-06-18 — 253 pageviews2026-06-21 — 269 pageviews2026-06-24 — 283 pageviews2026-06-27 — 357 pageviews2026-06-30 — 282 pageviews2026-07-03 — 273 pageviews2026-07-06 — 254 pageviews2026-07-09 — 313 pageviews2026-07-12 — 369 pageviews2026-07-15 — 257 pageviews2026-07-18 — 438 pageviews2026-07-21 — 286 pageviews2026-07-24 — 304 pageviews2026-07-27 — 283 pageviews2026-07-30 — 373 pageviews2026-08-02 — 372 pageviews2026-08-05 — 503 pageviews2026-08-08 — 407 pageviews2026-08-11 — 348 pageviews2026-08-14 — 311 pageviews2026-08-17 — 301 pageviews2026-08-20 — 289 pageviews2026-08-23 — 339 pageviews2026-08-25 — 314 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2702026-08-26 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
70.1%
earned "Suspect"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Player tags

Co-opCrimeActionRacingDrivingCinematicRealisticOpen WorldCompetitiveDestruction

Census log

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

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