Choose Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Choose Need for Speed™ Most Wanted if you want the Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. 8,187 Steam reviews back the pick.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted vs Music Drive: Chase the Beat
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and Music Drive: Chase the Beat both land in Action, Adventure, Racing on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Adventure, Racing on Steam. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted (2020) is 5 years older than Music Drive: Chase the Beat (2025). Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is currently ~9% cheaper on Steam than Music Drive: Chase the Beat (4.99 USD vs. 5.49 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Music Drive: Chase the Beat
Choose Music Drive: Chase the Beat if you want an Indie game with Adjustable Difficulty and Save Anytime. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Music Drive: Chase the Beat launched in 2025.
Both Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and Music Drive: Chase the Beat sit in Action, Adventure, and Racing on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Need for Speed™ Most Wanted |  Music Drive: Chase the Beat | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Racing | Action, Indie, Adventure, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 5.49 USD |
| Steam reviews | 74.6% positive (8,187 reviews) | 1 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Single-player only |
| Developers | Criterion Games | Salve Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, Racing on Steam.
- Need for Speed™ Most Wanted (2020) is 5 years older than Music Drive: Chase the Beat (2025).
- Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is currently ~9% cheaper on Steam than Music Drive: Chase the Beat (4.99 USD vs. 5.49 USD).
- Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Music Drive: Chase the Beat has no Deck rating yet.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted vs Music Drive: Chase the Beat — FAQ
- Should I play Need for Speed™ Most Wanted or Music Drive: Chase the Beat first?
- If you want chronology, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted (2020) came out before Music Drive: Chase the Beat (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and Music Drive: Chase the Beat similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, Racing on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Music Drive: Chase the Beat have multiplayer like Need for Speed™ Most Wanted?
- No. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Music Drive: Chase the Beat is listed as single-player only.
- Does Need for Speed™ Most Wanted run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Need for Speed™ Most Wanted is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Music Drive: Chase the Beat doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.