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Need for Speed™ Rivals cover art

Need for Speed™ Rivals

Criterion Games · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-04

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ActionAdventureRacing

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

Releases: Nov 21, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Nov 19, 2013 (Xbox 360), Nov 22, 2013 (Xbox One), Nov 21, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2013 (PlayStation 4)

Erase the line between single player and multiplayer in this street-racing rivalry between Cops and Racers. Seamlessly join a world where your friends are already racing and chasing

90
playing now
75%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (255 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Need for Speed Rivals is a 2013 racing video game developed in collaboration between Ghost Games and Criterion Games, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the twentieth installment in the Need for Speed series, and the debut title for Ghost Games.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 90 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 722 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~90/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 211k–474k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,535 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at EA Store (2024-03-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 18 of 26 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28328320202026Week of 2020-06-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 108 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

446752026-08-06 21:00 — 345 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 204 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 387 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 357 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 240 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 414 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 396 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 245 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 444 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 338 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 158 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 297 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 272 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 161 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 344 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 235 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 137 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 240 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 213 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 91 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 124 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 153 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 114 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 121 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 129 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 77 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 91 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 117 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 90 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.74$0.992015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-02-26 — best price $20.142015-04-17 — best price $18.582015-06-09 — best price $22.622015-08-12 — best price $20.032016-02-02 — best price $4.992016-09-12 — best price $9.942018-01-06 — best price $9.992019-08-15 — best price $4.992020-06-04 — best price $9.992021-12-21 — best price $1.992022-12-07 — best price $9.992024-02-17 — best price $1.492024-03-03 — best price $9.992024-03-18 — best price $0.992024-04-09 — best price $9.992024-04-24 — best price $9.992024-05-09 — best price $1.992024-05-24 — best price $9.992024-06-09 — best price $9.992024-06-25 — best price $9.992024-07-10 — best price $1.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-08-11 — best price $1.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-09-11 — best price $9.992024-09-26 — best price $1.992024-10-11 — best price $9.992024-10-27 — best price $9.992024-11-11 — best price $4.992025-01-17 — best price $9.992025-02-07 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $4.992026-08-08 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3031292026-05-29 — 207 pageviews2026-06-01 — 216 pageviews2026-06-04 — 157 pageviews2026-06-07 — 208 pageviews2026-06-10 — 166 pageviews2026-06-13 — 179 pageviews2026-06-16 — 162 pageviews2026-06-19 — 182 pageviews2026-06-22 — 154 pageviews2026-06-25 — 153 pageviews2026-06-28 — 147 pageviews2026-07-01 — 158 pageviews2026-07-04 — 147 pageviews2026-07-07 — 176 pageviews2026-07-10 — 231 pageviews2026-07-13 — 180 pageviews2026-07-16 — 205 pageviews2026-07-19 — 187 pageviews2026-07-22 — 168 pageviews2026-07-25 — 178 pageviews2026-07-28 — 155 pageviews2026-07-31 — 285 pageviews2026-08-03 — 228 pageviews2026-08-06 — 274 pageviews2026-08-09 — 205 pageviews2026-08-12 — 223 pageviews2026-08-15 — 189 pageviews2026-08-18 — 178 pageviews2026-08-21 — 187 pageviews2026-08-24 — 187 pageviews2026-08-26 — 173 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

402026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Japanese

Player tags

PvPCo-opActionArcadeRacingSportsDrivingAdventureOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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