Choose Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Choose Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit if you want the Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. 5,277 Steam reviews back the pick.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit vs Horror Drift (ホラードリフト)
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) both land in Racing on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Racing games on Steam. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) is 14 years older than Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) (2024). Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) has no Deck rating yet. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Horror Drift (ホラードリフト)
Choose Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) if you want an Early Access experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) launched in 2024.
Both Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) sit in Racing on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit |  Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2010 | 2024 |
| Genres | Racing | Early Access, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 77.3% positive (5,277 reviews) | 4 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Single-player only |
| Developers | Criterion Games | Kurayami Yume Games |
Side by side
- Both are Racing games on Steam.
- Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) is 14 years older than Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) (2024).
- Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) has no Deck rating yet.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit vs Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) — FAQ
- Should I play Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit or Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) first?
- If you want chronology, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) came out before Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) similar?
- They overlap on Racing on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) have multiplayer like Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit?
- No. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) is listed as single-player only.
- Does Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Horror Drift (ホラードリフト) doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.