Single-player games like Need for Speed™ Heat
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Need for Speed™ Heat, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Need for Speed™ Payback
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Heat.
Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.
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Need for Speed™ Unbound
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Heat.
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.
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Forza Horizon 5
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Heat.
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
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Need for Speed™
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Heat.
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.
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Need for Speed™ Rivals
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Heat.
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
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Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Heat.
Cosmic Race is a sci-fi Combat Racing game inspired by retro arcade racers. Race across vibrant alien worlds, defeat opponents in destruction-rich environments, and become the Cosmic Champion.
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Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Racing with Need for Speed™ Heat.
90s Osaka Kanjo Night Street Racing and Drift Online with True JDM Cars, Online PvP, Engine, Body and Suspension Tuning!
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CrashMetal - Cyberpunk
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Heat.
CrashMetal - Cyberpunk The Hokuta City streets await your engine rev. Can you beat everyone in this race for first place? Upgrade your car, take care of its appearance and defeat everyone on the streets of the Hokuta City.
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Heat.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.
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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Heat.
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
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UNDERGROUND
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Heat.
You should read the description before playing.
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Need for Speed Undercover
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Heat.
You never thought it would turn out like this. An all-out chase where you're the hunted. And the hunter. Now you must get behind the wheel and risk everything to infiltrate a ruthless international crime syndicate and take them down.
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Rivals
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Heat — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A deep and immersive narrative puzzle game.