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Need for Speed™ cover art

Need for Speed™

Ghost Games · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-04

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRacingSimulation

Franchise: Need for Speed · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 03, 2015 (Xbox One), Nov 05, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Mar 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.

220
playing now
69%
positive of 29k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (242 ratings)
20h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

220 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

In the fictional coastal city of Ventura Bay, a young street racer and a small crew of friends chase recognition from a handful of legendary underground driving figures. Working through the city's nighttime racing scene, the player builds a reputation across different styles of driving while navigating the ambitions and rivalries within the group. The goal is to rise from an unknown to a respected name among the icons who define the local car culture.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 220 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,206 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~401/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 589k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,434 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at EA Store (2024-03-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 22 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 605 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 326 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k1862026-08-06 21:00 — 1,028 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 568 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,155 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,133 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 691 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,320 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,119 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 691 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,407 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,016 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 538 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,074 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 889 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 487 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,128 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 854 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 438 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 796 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 763 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 275 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 425 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 504 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 284 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 402 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 479 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 193 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 239 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 401 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 220 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$1.992015-06-162026-08-272015-06-16 — best price $59.992015-09-08 — best price $61.562016-03-22 — best price $42.992016-05-16 — best price $41.992016-06-21 — best price $45.352016-08-16 — best price $29.992016-11-27 — best price $59.992017-01-13 — best price $29.992017-04-11 — best price $14.992017-07-25 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-12-06 — best price $11.992019-11-22 — best price $20.982020-02-18 — best price $9.992020-06-30 — best price $7.992020-08-30 — best price $29.992020-11-03 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-04-06 — best price $9.992021-08-17 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-04-19 — best price $4.992022-09-20 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-03-07 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-10-28 — best price $4.992025-01-27 — best price $2.992025-06-19 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992026-02-03 — best price $5.992026-06-19 — best price $5.992026-08-13 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1302026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
66.6%
earned "Home Is Where Your Car Is"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionArcadeRacingDrivingAdventureOpen WorldSimulationDestructionMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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