Single-player games like Need for Speed™
Below are 16 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™ 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™ 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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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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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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FlatOut 2
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™.
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other 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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Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Racing with Need for Speed™.
90s Osaka Kanjo Night Street Racing and Drift Online with True JDM Cars, Online PvP, Engine, Body and Suspension Tuning!
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Wreckreation
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™.
Wreckreation is an evolving open-world driving playground built around choice. Play solo, explore on- and off road, create your own races and challenges, hang out online with friends using full cross-play. With fast updates shaped by players, this world keeps evolving.
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TRAIL OUT
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™.
Welcome to the festival of explosive races, TRAIL OUT! Reckless racing around the world! Crashes, explosions, destruction, and screaming drivers!