12 Melee games like Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and co-op play. Its own ground is battle royale tension.

The resemblance to Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and online features. It sets itself apart with skill tree progression.

If Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, the same is here. The common ground extends to co-op play and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone: competitive edge.

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on genre, combat and tone. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and co-op play.

What brings it close to Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay, and the two track each other on genre, combat and world. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view.

It shares the essentials of what Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit does: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and world: a sandbox world.

Same family as Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where they diverge is visuals and game mode.

The genre is the same as Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s, and with it strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is puzzle design.

What brings it close to Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and world. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is offline play.

On paper it is what Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is — melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings an isometric view.

It comes from the same genre as Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and shares strong narrative focus, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on tone and game mode: this one brings a casual, approachable feel.

Same family as Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is punishing difficulty and offline play.