Single-player games like Need for Speed™
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Need for Speed™, 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™ Rivals
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
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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Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
Burnout Paradise Remastered provides the ultimate driving playground for you and your friends to play online. This remaster includes all add-ons from the Year of Paradise, including the Big Surf Island update, meticulously recreated and ready to wreck in 4K.
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Need for Speed™ Heat
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.
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Need for Speed™ Payback
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
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™ Most Wanted
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
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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Forza Horizon 5
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
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The Crew™ 2
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™.
Take on the American motorsports scene as you explore and dominate the land, air, and sea across the entire USA. New: play The Crew 2 offline or online with the new Hybrid mode, available now!
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Forza Horizon 4
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™.
Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world.
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™.
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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UNDERGROUND
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™.
You should read the description before playing.
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The Run
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™.
An FMV horror-thriller. A famous fitness influencer must fight for survival when she's hunted by killers. Your decisions determine whether she lives or dies.
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Need for Speed™ Unbound
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™.
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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Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™.
Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.
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Wreckfest
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Need for Speed™.
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
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HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™.
Collect the best vehicles in the Hot Wheels™ universe, build spectacular tracks and dive into breathtaking races.