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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I played NFS Hot Pursuit since childhood on PS3 and still come back to it from time to time. The driving, roads, scenery, music, cop/racer mode, car options are unmatched from other NFS series. I feel incredibly relaxed…”
“What's new: anti aliasing decals and new paint jobs for cars option to lock fps to 30 or 60 (in original it's only 60) removed account login in the game removed annoying tutorials changed in menu controls What's wrong:…”
“The BEST game I've ever played. Not dull after 100 hours although you can finish all quests and races in just a little amount of time!”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I played NFS Hot Pursuit since childhood on PS3 and still come back to it from time to time. The driving, roads, scenery, music, cop/racer mode, car options are unmatched from other NFS series. I feel incredibly relaxed…”
“What's new: anti aliasing decals and new paint jobs for cars option to lock fps to 30 or 60 (in original it's only 60) removed account login in the game removed annoying tutorials changed in menu controls What's wrong:…”
“Overall much more improved than the older version with new cars and details. Loving this remastered one.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“very fun to play with friends and solo,lots of fun anytime with anyone and very good for beginners”
“A good classic NFS. The game mechanics is classic for a racing game as it is an old game it is more towards arcade. The remaster is done pretty well. It also has cross-play with Nintendo Switch, which is actually my…”
“this game was my childhood. the remaster does practically nothing but bring back the online servers for the next few years, which is really awesome. i'm happy with this. 10/10.”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the ai in this game has no mercy”
“very fun to play with friends and solo,lots of fun anytime with anyone and very good for beginners”
“One of the best modern day NFS out there, 10/10 game. Fun mix of excitement and challenge, makes you go for gold in every events.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I played NFS Hot Pursuit since childhood on PS3 and still come back to it from time to time. The driving, roads, scenery, music, cop/racer mode, car options are unmatched from other NFS series. I feel incredibly relaxed…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“"playable" on SD is a lie. The EA app is unfathomably broken and makes the game unplayable on deck.”
“This game's installation is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, no matter what you do you cannot get this game to actually launch, better off getting it from other sources than to buy it directly from steam smh.”
“♥♥♥♥ remaster, always freezes just get the og one they look the same anyways”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“After an hour of genuinely baffling attempts to get the EA App running on the Steam Deck, I finally gave up. It’s absurd. At this point, it would be easier just to set up an emulator for a different platform *wink-wink*…”
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game doesn’t even work on steam deck because of EA’s stupid launcher not installing. Don’t waste you time and money if you plan on playing this on steam deck.”
“"playable" on SD is a lie. The EA app is unfathomably broken and makes the game unplayable on deck.”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Honestly, this is the only Need for Speed game that I really enjoyed. I never liked all the tuning options, in-game purchases and hidden cars in other NFS titles. This game doesnt have any of that. You simply load in…”
“What's new: anti aliasing decals and new paint jobs for cars option to lock fps to 30 or 60 (in original it's only 60) removed account login in the game removed annoying tutorials changed in menu controls What's wrong:…”
“♥♥♥♥ remaster, always freezes just get the og one they look the same anyways”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥ remaster, always freezes just get the og one they look the same anyways”
“Mods used: - ZPatch Hot Pursuit Remastered - (You’ll need to look up a stutter fix yourself — search “NFSHP patch fix stuttering.” I didn’t bother.) Negatives: - Doing all Cop events only gets you to around 1.3M bounty.…”
“Bought the game on sale. I loved the first one but this "Remastered" edition is a joke. It took me like 3 hours only to get it to launch (all EAs fault). And when i got it to launch it crashed randomly AND WAS CAPPED TO…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“What's new: anti aliasing decals and new paint jobs for cars option to lock fps to 30 or 60 (in original it's only 60) removed account login in the game removed annoying tutorials changed in menu controls What's wrong:…”
“wow not even nostalgia can save this once beloved racing game for some reason this game has an issue launching (probably due to the 3rd party EA launcher ) when it does manage to actually launch the game (40% chance)…”
“this game physics closely resembles with forza horizon and other racing games feels like artificial”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“EA needs to pull their head out their a** and start making another Hot Pursuit game. It's been over a decade that the franchise has been stagnant with this tuner culture.”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“I just throw the towel with NFS UNBOUND and HEAT, I really miss this gameplay, more realistic and well done, One of the last NFS best games done!”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Forced EA launcher is unecessary bloat and not welcome. This is a 6 year old remaster of an even older game... just let me launch this offline without having to install a third party launcher which requires an initial online log in. I doubt this is stopping piracy and just…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:32 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Racing |
| Player tags | Racing · Driving · Open World · Combat Racing · Multiplayer · Competitive · Vehicular Combat · Action · Action-Adventure · Crime · Realistic · Cinematic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Dutch, Japanese * , Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 66 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.ea.com/games/need-for-speed/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-remaster |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WIndows 10, 64 Bit Processor: (AMD) Phenom II X4 965 or equivalent (Intel) Corei3-2120 or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: (AMD) Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent (Nvidia) GeForce GT 640 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 45 GB available space