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Need for Speed™ Unbound

Criterion Games · Electronic Arts · 2022-12-01

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ActionRacing

Franchise: Need for Speed · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 29, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.

Need for Speed™ Unbound is a 2022 Action and Racing game priced at $69.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 60464 reviews).

436
playing now
60%
positive of 61k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
439
Nexus mods (1.2M downloads)
2.96★
PlayStation Store rating (42,115 ratings)
17h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$69.99
steam price (US)

436 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Need for Speed Unbound is a 2022 racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on December 2, 2022. An Amazon Luna port was released on June 12, 2025. Unbound is the twenty-fifth instalment in the Need for Speed series, and the successor to 2019's Heat which additionally commemorates the series' 30th anniversary. It is the first game in the series to be developed by Criterion since 2013's Rivals and the studio's first as the main developer of the series since 2012's Most Wanted.

Trailer

Need for Speed™ Unbound trailer thumbnail

Need for Speed Unbound - Official Reveal Trailer (ft. A$AP Rocky)

≈237,202 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 436 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,286 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~661/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.99-90%
Microsoft Store$6.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.89 at EA Store (2024-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 39 of 55 observed days · $2.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.1k4.1k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 4,060 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,618 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,505 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,175 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 427 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,032 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 745 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 921 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 637 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,814 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 681 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 579 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 669 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,138 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 894 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 551 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,041 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 778 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,890 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,240 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 570 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 511 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 353 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 645 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 561 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 87 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k4312026-09-15 11:00 — 704 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 869 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 503 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 953 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,262 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 471 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 574 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,104 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 613 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 900 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,136 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 534 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 480 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 986 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 906 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 537 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 990 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 800 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 506 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,041 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,041 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 449 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 545 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 436 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.7k645Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 4,686 · peak 14,053Feb 2023 — avg 1,170 · peak 2,787Apr 2023 — avg 645 · peak 1,406Jun 2023 — avg 1,209 · peak 2,440Aug 2023 — avg 1,100 · peak 1,979Oct 2023 — avg 738 · peak 1,541Dec 2023 — avg 1,650 · peak 4,877Feb 2024 — avg 1,723 · peak 3,924Apr 2024 — avg 1,422 · peak 3,580Jun 2024 — avg 1,210 · peak 2,442Aug 2024 — avg 2,373 · peak 8,688Oct 2024 — avg 812 · peak 1,708Dec 2024 — avg 3,710 · peak 8,170Feb 2025 — avg 1,343 · peak 2,705Apr 2025 — avg 1,016 · peak 2,014Jun 2025 — avg 848 · peak 1,646Aug 2025 — avg 1,813 · peak 4,340Oct 2025 — avg 857 · peak 1,968Dec 2025 — avg 1,109 · peak 2,170Feb 2026 — avg 1,048 · peak 2,190Apr 2026 — avg 816 · peak 1,672Jun 2026 — avg 669 · peak 1,458Aug 2026 — avg 1,516 · peak 3,484
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
29292026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 29 new positive2026-09-21: 11 new negative2026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 10 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 14 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-25: 16 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new negative2026-09-27: 15 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 8 new negative2026-09-30: 11 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 13 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 12 new positive2026-10-05: 17 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 12 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 13 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$4.892022-10-062026-10-142022-10-06 — best price $69.992023-01-10 — best price $69.992023-02-16 — best price $69.992023-04-06 — best price $34.992023-05-29 — best price $69.992023-06-30 — best price $20.992023-08-03 — best price $69.992023-09-18 — best price $69.992023-10-28 — best price $20.992023-11-28 — best price $69.992024-01-10 — best price $69.992024-02-12 — best price $69.992024-03-28 — best price $69.992024-05-14 — best price $9.792024-06-27 — best price $9.792024-08-05 — best price $6.992024-10-03 — best price $69.992024-11-27 — best price $4.892025-01-02 — best price $69.992025-02-24 — best price $69.992025-04-09 — best price $69.992025-05-21 — best price $9.792025-07-10 — best price $69.992025-08-11 — best price $69.992025-09-29 — best price $8.392025-12-11 — best price $6.992026-01-08 — best price $69.992026-02-10 — best price $69.992026-03-12 — best price $6.992026-04-23 — best price $9.792026-06-11 — best price $69.992026-07-16 — best price $6.992026-08-08 — best price $4.892026-08-12 — best price $4.892026-09-09 — best price $69.992026-09-18 — best price $9.792026-09-30 — best price $69.992026-10-05 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7313392026-05-28 — 508 pageviews2026-06-01 — 470 pageviews2026-06-05 — 634 pageviews2026-06-09 — 410 pageviews2026-06-13 — 445 pageviews2026-06-17 — 363 pageviews2026-06-21 — 416 pageviews2026-06-25 — 440 pageviews2026-06-29 — 481 pageviews2026-07-03 — 390 pageviews2026-07-07 — 574 pageviews2026-07-11 — 486 pageviews2026-07-15 — 531 pageviews2026-07-19 — 566 pageviews2026-07-23 — 427 pageviews2026-07-27 — 432 pageviews2026-07-31 — 553 pageviews2026-08-04 — 731 pageviews2026-08-08 — 546 pageviews2026-08-12 — 531 pageviews2026-08-16 — 475 pageviews2026-08-20 — 427 pageviews2026-08-24 — 426 pageviews2026-08-28 — 481 pageviews2026-09-01 — 426 pageviews2026-09-05 — 475 pageviews2026-09-09 — 386 pageviews2026-09-13 — 496 pageviews2026-09-17 — 401 pageviews2026-09-21 — 427 pageviews2026-09-25 — 387 pageviews2026-09-29 — 365 pageviews2026-10-03 — 435 pageviews2026-10-07 — 416 pageviews2026-10-11 — 474 pageviews2026-10-14 — 374 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

71802026-10-01 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 21 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 718 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
72.4%
earned "Fashion Killa"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsChat Speech-to-textAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound19 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 19 DLC released, first 2022-12-02, latest 2024-12-10 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionArcadeCasualRacingSportsDrivingControllerOpen WorldSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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