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Steam app 47870 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:42 UTC

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.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Steam header artwork
Criterion GamesElectronic Arts
39playing now
4724-hour peak
2,969all-time peak
28average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+0.4Gain+1.41%% gain64Peak

718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01735526913 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202629 peakFriday 14 August 202638 peakSaturday 15 August 202646 peakSunday 16 August 202656 peakMonday 17 August 202648 peakTuesday 18 August 202647 peakWednesday 19 August 202640 peakThursday 20 August 202642 peakFriday 21 August 202639 peakSaturday 22 August 202650 peakSunday 23 August 202655 peakMonday 24 August 202645 peakTuesday 25 August 202638 peakWednesday 26 August 202654 peakThursday 27 August 202650 peakFriday 28 August 202641 peakSaturday 29 August 202641 peakSunday 30 August 202659 peakMonday 31 August 202652 peakTuesday 01 September 202643 peakWednesday 02 September 202643 peakThursday 03 September 202646 peakFriday 04 September 202645 peakSaturday 05 September 202664 peakSunday 06 September 202652 peakMonday 07 September 202645 peakTuesday 08 September 202640 peakWednesday 09 September 202647 peakThursday 10 September 202651 peakFriday 11 September 202649 peakSaturday 12 September 202647 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

08022k2k3k2012201420172019202120242026July 20121,665 monthly peakAugust 2012319 monthly peakSeptember 2012188 monthly peakOctober 2012157 monthly peakNovember 2012193 monthly peakDecember 2012451 monthly peakJanuary 2013411 monthly peakFebruary 2013197 monthly peakMarch 2013160 monthly peakApril 2013139 monthly peakMay 20132,354 monthly peakJune 2013340 monthly peakJuly 20131,973 monthly peakAugust 2013282 monthly peakSeptember 2013200 monthly peakOctober 2013205 monthly peakNovember 20131,922 monthly peakDecember 2013858 monthly peakJanuary 2014432 monthly peakFebruary 2014249 monthly peakMarch 2014954 monthly peakApril 2014284 monthly peakMay 20141,474 monthly peakJune 2014260 monthly peakJuly 20141,293 monthly peakAugust 2014383 monthly peakSeptember 2014265 monthly peakOctober 2014246 monthly peakNovember 2014242 monthly peakDecember 20142,969 monthly peakJanuary 20151,037 monthly peakFebruary 2015336 monthly peakMarch 2015661 monthly peakApril 2015319 monthly peakMay 2015217 monthly peakJune 2015843 monthly peakJuly 2015243 monthly peakAugust 2015226 monthly peakSeptember 2015217 monthly peakOctober 2015245 monthly peakNovember 2015737 monthly peakDecember 20151,143 monthly peakJanuary 2016943 monthly peakFebruary 2016436 monthly peakMarch 2016275 monthly peakApril 2016238 monthly peakMay 2016211 monthly peakJune 2016445 monthly peakJuly 2016492 monthly peakAugust 2016650 monthly peakSeptember 2016302 monthly peakOctober 2016257 monthly peakNovember 2016510 monthly peakDecember 2016721 monthly peakJanuary 2017718 monthly peakFebruary 20172,546 monthly peakMarch 2017522 monthly peakApril 2017371 monthly peakMay 2017316 monthly peakJune 2017731 monthly peakJuly 2017718 monthly peakAugust 2017287 monthly peakSeptember 2017300 monthly peakOctober 2017772 monthly peakNovember 2017764 monthly peakDecember 2017741 monthly peakJanuary 20181,302 monthly peakFebruary 20181,432 monthly peakMarch 2018460 monthly peakApril 2018357 monthly peakMay 2018298 monthly peakJune 2018471 monthly peakJuly 2018514 monthly peakAugust 20181,522 monthly peakSeptember 2018377 monthly peakOctober 2018313 monthly peakNovember 2018463 monthly peakDecember 2018546 monthly peakJanuary 2019496 monthly peakFebruary 2019465 monthly peakMarch 2019321 monthly peakApril 2019286 monthly peakMay 2019250 monthly peakJune 2019476 monthly peakJuly 2019443 monthly peakAugust 2019450 monthly peakSeptember 2019277 monthly peakOctober 2019323 monthly peakNovember 2019718 monthly peakDecember 2019574 monthly peakJanuary 2020532 monthly peakFebruary 2020377 monthly peakMarch 2020377 monthly peakApril 2020430 monthly peakMay 2020308 monthly peakJune 2020747 monthly peakJuly 2020265 monthly peakAugust 2020223 monthly peakSeptember 2020221 monthly peakOctober 2020302 monthly peakNovember 2020270 monthly peakDecember 2020204 monthly peakJanuary 2021187 monthly peakFebruary 2021188 monthly peakMarch 2021190 monthly peakApril 2021165 monthly peakMay 2021145 monthly peakJune 2021136 monthly peakJuly 2021117 monthly peakAugust 2021129 monthly peakSeptember 2021116 monthly peakOctober 2021138 monthly peakNovember 2021143 monthly peakDecember 2021117 monthly peakJanuary 2022120 monthly peakFebruary 2022111 monthly peakMarch 2022111 monthly peakApril 2022110 monthly peakMay 2022102 monthly peakJune 202299 monthly peakJuly 202292 monthly peakAugust 202291 monthly peakSeptember 2022100 monthly peakOctober 202298 monthly peakNovember 2022103 monthly peakDecember 2022112 monthly peakJanuary 2023121 monthly peakFebruary 2023100 monthly peakMarch 2023101 monthly peakApril 202386 monthly peakMay 202385 monthly peakJune 202389 monthly peakJuly 202383 monthly peakAugust 202378 monthly peakSeptember 202377 monthly peakOctober 202389 monthly peakNovember 202388 monthly peakDecember 202396 monthly peakJanuary 202498 monthly peakFebruary 202487 monthly peakMarch 202489 monthly peakApril 202479 monthly peakMay 202472 monthly peakJune 202467 monthly peakJuly 202462 monthly peakAugust 202467 monthly peakSeptember 202473 monthly peakOctober 202482 monthly peakNovember 202481 monthly peakDecember 202483 monthly peakJanuary 202577 monthly peakFebruary 202582 monthly peakMarch 202577 monthly peakApril 202564 monthly peakMay 202563 monthly peakJune 202562 monthly peakJuly 202556 monthly peakAugust 202562 monthly peakSeptember 202563 monthly peakOctober 202569 monthly peakNovember 202570 monthly peakDecember 202573 monthly peakJanuary 202677 monthly peakFebruary 202669 monthly peakMarch 202668 monthly peakApril 202664 monthly peakMay 202664 monthly peakJune 202652 monthly peakJuly 202658 monthly peakAugust 202659 monthly peakSeptember 202664 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

017355269July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202658 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202659 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202664 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

01631476301 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202640 peakThursday 02 July 202634 peakFriday 03 July 202654 peakSaturday 04 July 202649 peakSunday 05 July 202648 peakMonday 06 July 202635 peakTuesday 07 July 202635 peakWednesday 08 July 202631 peakThursday 09 July 202643 peakFriday 10 July 202639 peakSaturday 11 July 202652 peakSunday 12 July 202658 peakMonday 13 July 202636 peakTuesday 14 July 202640 peakWednesday 15 July 202649 peakThursday 16 July 202637 peakFriday 17 July 202646 peakSaturday 18 July 202650 peakSunday 19 July 202639 peakMonday 20 July 202637 peakTuesday 21 July 202648 peakWednesday 22 July 202648 peakThursday 23 July 202639 peakFriday 24 July 202635 peakSaturday 25 July 202645 peakSunday 26 July 202645 peakMonday 27 July 202640 peakTuesday 28 July 202637 peakWednesday 29 July 202639 peakThursday 30 July 202641 peakFriday 31 July 202641 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 434 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01632486401 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202646 peakSunday 02 August 202646 peakMonday 03 August 202648 peakTuesday 04 August 202644 peakWednesday 05 August 202647 peakThursday 06 August 202645 peakFriday 07 August 202645 peakSaturday 08 August 202642 peakSunday 09 August 202646 peakMonday 10 August 202639 peakTuesday 11 August 202637 peakWednesday 12 August 202637 peakThursday 13 August 202649 peakFriday 14 August 202638 peakSaturday 15 August 202646 peakSunday 16 August 202656 peakMonday 17 August 202648 peakTuesday 18 August 202647 peakWednesday 19 August 202640 peakThursday 20 August 202642 peakFriday 21 August 202639 peakSaturday 22 August 202650 peakSunday 23 August 202655 peakMonday 24 August 202645 peakTuesday 25 August 202638 peakWednesday 26 August 202654 peakThursday 27 August 202650 peakFriday 28 August 202641 peakSaturday 29 August 202641 peakSunday 30 August 202659 peakMonday 31 August 202652 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 284 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01735526901 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202643 peakWednesday 02 September 202643 peakThursday 03 September 202646 peakFriday 04 September 202645 peakSaturday 05 September 202664 peakSunday 06 September 202652 peakMonday 07 September 202645 peakTuesday 08 September 202640 peakWednesday 09 September 202647 peakThursday 10 September 202651 peakFriday 11 September 202649 peakSaturday 12 September 202647 peak

October 2026

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit was released on 14 Dec, 2010.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:42 UTC
App ID
47870
Developer
Criterion Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Release date
14 Dec, 2010
Platforms
Windows
Install size
7.84 GB
Genres
Racing
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP
Controller support
Partial
Metacritic
85

Features & support

Steam features

Steam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Partial Controller Support

Accessibility

Popular tags

RacingCombat RacingSportsDrivingPvPAutomobile SimOpen WorldThird PersonArcadeFirst-PersonSimulationAtmosphericMultiplayerOnline Co-OpAdventureCo-opActionSingleplayerControllerGreat Soundtrack
About this gameFull description from Steam
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. You'll experience stunning speeds, takedowns, and getaways as you battle your friends in the most connected Need for Speed game ever. Through Need for Speed Autolog and its innovative approach to connected social competition, your Hot Pursuit experience will extend beyond the console onto the web, constantly moving your gameplay in new and unique directions. Loaded with action, this game will challenge you to become Seacrest County's top cop or most wanted racer. For the first time ever in a Need for Speed game, you'll be able to play a full career on either side of the law. Whether you're a lead-foot speeder or a cop with a mean streak, make sure your aviators are spotless and your driving record is anything but. Key Features Career – For the first time in Need For Speed history play full careers as both cops and racers. Whether playing online with friends, taking on Friends challenges or the single player career, players will earn bounty that levels them up and unlocks new cars, weapons and equipment. Need For Speed™ Autolog – In Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, your friends drive your gameplay experience. Autolog is a system that links friends directly to each other’s games, enabling them to compare and share all their experiences, pictures and challenges. Autolog instinctively delivers challenges based on what your friends have been doing, creating a hugely dynamic, socially competitive experience. Cars –In Hot Pursuit, the cars go from hot to hotter. Experience the thrill of driving the world’s most desirable high performance cars at incredible speeds. Feel the power of busting suspects in supercharged cop interceptors like the Lamborghini Reventon or outsmarting the law as a racer in high performance supercars like the Pagani Zonda Cinque. Weapons and equipment – Take down suspects with a variety of cop weapons like spike strips and call in extra support including road blocks as the chase intensifies. Racers have a range of evasion equipment at their disposal to outsmart the cops including jammers that block cop communications and jam their weapons. Seacrest County – Explore a world inspired by the California coastline with desert, forest, seaside and mountainous regions. The open world of Seacrest County helps deliver the most intense cop pursuit moments ever.
Content & age ratings9 regional ratings

Regional ratings

BBFCPG
CRL12
DEJUSl
ESRBe10Violence
FPB13
KGRB12Violence
NZOFLCg
OFLCg
PEGI7Violence · Online multiplayer
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

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* or higher Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card DVD-ROM: 8X speed DVD-ROM drive (Disc Users only) Online Gameplay: Broadband connection for online activation and online gameplay - 512 Kbps or faster Direct X®: DirectX 9.0c

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Supported languages11 languages
LanguageFull audio
Czech
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish - Spain
Traditional Chinese

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

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