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 S.E.S.A.
Need for Speed™ Payback and S.E.S.A. 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; S.E.S.A. 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 S.E.S.A.
Choose S.E.S.A. if you want the DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, and Gamepad Recommended side of the pairing.
Both Need for Speed™ Payback and S.E.S.A. 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 |  S.E.S.A. | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | — |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Strategy, Adventure, Racing | Action, Sports, 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, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Ghost Games | presh |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Sports, Racing on Steam.
- Both support cooperative play.
- Need for Speed™ Payback is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; S.E.S.A. has no Deck rating yet.
Need for Speed™ Payback vs S.E.S.A. — FAQ
- Are Need for Speed™ Payback and S.E.S.A. 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 S.E.S.A. have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Need for Speed™ Payback ships Online Co-op, Co-op; S.E.S.A. ships Online Co-op, Co-op.