Choose Need for Speed™ Payback
Choose Need for Speed™ Payback if you want a Strategy and Adventure experience. 7,361 Steam reviews back the pick.
Need for Speed™ Payback vs Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown
Need for Speed™ Payback and Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown both land in Action, Sports, 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, Sports, Racing on Steam. Both support cooperative play. Need for Speed™ Payback is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown has no Deck rating yet. 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 Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown
Choose Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown if you want an Indie game with Shared/Split Screen, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and LAN PvP.
Both Need for Speed™ Payback and Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown sit in Action, Sports, and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, 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™ Payback |  Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | — |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Strategy, Adventure, Racing | Action, Sports, Indie, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 8.09 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 85.2% positive (7,361 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Ghost Games | Psypher Interactive |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Sports, Racing on Steam.
- Both support cooperative play.
- Need for Speed™ Payback is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown has no Deck rating yet.
Need for Speed™ Payback vs Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown — FAQ
- Are Need for Speed™ Payback and Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown similar?
- They overlap on Action, Sports, 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.
- Do both Need for Speed™ Payback and Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Need for Speed™ Payback ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op.