10 PvP 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.

What brings it close to Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. To that it adds a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. Its own ground is offline play.

It meets Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on strong narrative focus, open world exploration and PvP competition. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is 3D presentation.

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.

If Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and multiplayer gameplay, the same is here. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in progression — its own ground is resource management.

Its point of contact with Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone: competitive edge.

It meets Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in tone — its own ground is competitive edge.

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.