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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I think this is still one of the best racing games ever made. All others are weak attempts to bring the joy that this game brings...”
— a player, Steam review · 118 hrs played“I have played the NFS franchise almost since the beginning and I find myself coming back to this title over and over again. It's just so much fun. The game is forgiving but not bumper cars. It offers a ton of car options without the need for micro transactions. And at the higher…”
— a player, Steam review · 56 hrs played“Need for speed "NO, don't give me another Porsche!" Hot Pursuit”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Games like Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Racing |
| Player tags | Racing · Combat Racing · Sports · Driving · PvP · Automobile Sim · Open World · Arcade · Third Person · First-Person · Simulation · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.needforspeed.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP SP3, Windows XP 64-bit SP2, Windows Vista SP2 (32- or 64-bit), or Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit). (Not Supported - Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 are not supported.) Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ; 1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7® Memory: 1GB (XP), 1.5GB (Vista), 1.5 GB (Windows 7) Hard Disk Space: 8 GB free hard disk space. Additional space required for DirectX 9.0c installation and for saved games Video Card: DirectX® 9.0c Compatible 3D-accelerated 256 MB video card with Shader Model 3.0*