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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered is an Action, Racing game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 15093 reviews).

167
playing now
81%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
37
Nexus mods (5.9k downloads)
3.95★
PlayStation Store rating (19,229 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

167 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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).

Trailer

Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered trailer thumbnail

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered - Official Reveal Trailer | PS4

≈125,519 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 167 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 4% of 27,670 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 305k–687k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,274 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

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 37 of 51 observed days · at its all-time low (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

3861422026-09-15 12:00 — 239 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 252 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 195 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 303 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 367 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 195 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 153 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 322 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 200 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 294 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 312 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 152 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 159 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 323 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 249 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 156 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 247 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 181 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 153 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 312 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 275 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 157 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 167 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47198Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 257 · peak 892Jan 2021 — avg 165 · peak 379Mar 2021 — avg 126 · peak 306May 2021 — avg 98 · peak 308Jul 2021 — avg 159 · peak 301Sep 2021 — avg 159 · peak 627Nov 2021 — avg 114 · peak 282Jan 2022 — avg 162 · peak 329Mar 2022 — avg 152 · peak 368May 2022 — avg 127 · peak 412Jul 2022 — avg 151 · peak 317Sep 2022 — avg 128 · peak 324Nov 2022 — avg 260 · peak 1,204Jan 2023 — avg 199 · peak 419Mar 2023 — avg 108 · peak 210May 2023 — avg 116 · peak 270Jul 2023 — avg 112 · peak 201Sep 2023 — avg 256 · peak 625Nov 2023 — avg 211 · peak 499Jan 2024 — avg 221 · peak 477Mar 2024 — avg 288 · peak 697May 2024 — avg 188 · peak 393Jul 2024 — avg 170 · peak 313Sep 2024 — avg 159 · peak 301Nov 2024 — avg 170 · peak 479Jan 2025 — avg 223 · peak 413Mar 2025 — avg 201 · peak 421May 2025 — avg 194 · peak 399Jul 2025 — avg 202 · peak 396Sep 2025 — avg 184 · peak 393Nov 2025 — avg 181 · peak 412Jan 2026 — avg 229 · peak 435Mar 2026 — avg 238 · peak 491May 2026 — avg 184 · peak 434Jul 2026 — avg 195 · peak 477Aug 2026 — avg 471 · peak 1,064
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
27272026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 20 new positive2026-09-22: 10 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 11 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 20 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new negative2026-10-10: 15 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 27 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$0.002020-10-052026-10-142020-10-05 — 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 $2.992026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4722232026-05-28 — 330 pageviews2026-06-01 — 314 pageviews2026-06-05 — 347 pageviews2026-06-09 — 296 pageviews2026-06-13 — 312 pageviews2026-06-17 — 280 pageviews2026-06-21 — 269 pageviews2026-06-25 — 285 pageviews2026-06-29 — 282 pageviews2026-07-03 — 273 pageviews2026-07-07 — 311 pageviews2026-07-11 — 336 pageviews2026-07-15 — 257 pageviews2026-07-19 — 401 pageviews2026-07-23 — 240 pageviews2026-07-27 — 283 pageviews2026-07-31 — 434 pageviews2026-08-04 — 472 pageviews2026-08-08 — 407 pageviews2026-08-12 — 362 pageviews2026-08-16 — 328 pageviews2026-08-20 — 289 pageviews2026-08-24 — 332 pageviews2026-08-28 — 294 pageviews2026-09-01 — 306 pageviews2026-09-05 — 294 pageviews2026-09-09 — 275 pageviews2026-09-13 — 265 pageviews2026-09-17 — 271 pageviews2026-09-21 — 261 pageviews2026-09-25 — 249 pageviews2026-09-29 — 272 pageviews2026-10-03 — 312 pageviews2026-10-07 — 247 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2802026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 2 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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Co-opCrimeActionRacingDrivingCinematicRealisticOpen WorldCompetitiveDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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