Single-player games like Need for Speed™ Payback
Below are 16 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: 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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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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DIRT 5
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
DIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes.
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Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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 5
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Sports with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
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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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CarX Street
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Conquer mountain roads, highways, and city streets. Build your dream car with detailed tuning that unleashes the potential of “CarX Technology”© physics. Take part in thrilling races, enjoying realistic gameplay and dynamic driving.
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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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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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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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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.
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Need for Speed: Shift
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
Need for Speed™ SHIFT is an award-winning authentic racing game that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks. Need for Speed SHIFT takes players in a different direction to create a simulation experience that replicates the true feeling of driving...
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Need for Speed Undercover
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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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Forza Horizon 4
Single-player alternative to Need for Speed™ Payback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Payback.
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.