Single-player games like Need for Speed™ Payback
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Need for Speed™ Payback, 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™ Heat
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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™ Rivals
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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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The Westcoast Drive : Lowrider Simulator
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Experience 1960s American lowrider culture. Customize your ride, hit the streets, and dominate with iconic hydraulics
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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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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Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
90s Osaka Kanjo Night Street Racing and Drift Online with True JDM Cars, Online PvP, Engine, Body and Suspension Tuning!
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Dash Dash World
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Drive, Shoot & Drift like NEVER before. Dash Dash is a cross-platform VR racing game with full hand driving and weapons controls. Over 100 hours of gameplay contents including story mode, regular online tournaments, 100s of achievements and trillion+ customizable parts.
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Crash Drive 3
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Are you ready for THE car stunting playground? Experience ridiculous fun in this cross-platform multiplayer, free-roaming game! Drive monster trucks, tanks and more amazing vehicles across a huge open world. Level up, play events, earn cash, unlock new cars and discover secrets....
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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™
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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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Wreckfest
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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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The Crew Motorfest
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Welcome to Motorfest, the ultimate open-world driving experience. Explore the Hawaiian islands of O'ahu and Maui. Celebrate the best of car culture through 20+ themed campaigns (street racing, offroad, drift...) and collect hundreds of iconic vehicles. Enjoy the game free for five hours!
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Heat
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Survive the wilderness, build a home, raise a family, and expand your territory. Gain power as President, deliver justice as Sheriff, fight for your tribe as Chief, or show some southern hospitality as Governor. Begin your new life in 19th century America.
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Split/Second
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Split/Second is an intense action racing game set within a reality TV show. Competitors vie to be the first to the finish line in a set rigged to blow. Players don’t just collide with other vehicles to knock them from the track, but can also trigger devastating events that alter the race dynamics.
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Screamer
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
High-octane action and anime aesthetics collide in this arcade racing game, featuring fighting mechanics and a storyline that hits hard. In this world, some race for glory while others seek power or revenge. Every race is a fight and every battle is personal.