Games like Need for Speed™ Rivals
If Need for Speed™ Rivals is your kind of game, the closest matches are Need for Speed™, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and Need for Speed™ Payback — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Need for Speed™ Rivals: 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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Need for Speed™
WHY THIS
Top pick for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Second-strongest match for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need for Speed™ Payback
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Third-strongest match for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Ranked #4 for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Ranked #5 for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Kanjozoku Game レーサー Online Street Racing & Drift
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Ranked #6 for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
90s Osaka Kanjo Night Street Racing and Drift Online with True JDM Cars, Online PvP, Engine, Body and Suspension Tuning!
Dash Dash World
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Diesel Guns
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Ranked #8 for Need for Speed™ Rivals fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
"Diesel Guns"- is an Arcade Multiplayer Online Car Combat (AMOCC) game set to deliver the same thrill you remember from classic AMOCCs like „Twisted Metal“ and „Vigilante 8“.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Need for Speed™ Rivals
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need for Speed™ Unbound
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.
Screamer
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Wreckfest
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Rivals cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Need for Speed™ Rivals at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Need for Speed™ Rivals on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Need for Speed™ Unbound
WHY THIS
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Rivals. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Rivals. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Rivals. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
WHY THIS
Shares open world racing and an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Rivals. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars.
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Rivals. Shares Action and Adventure with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
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.
TrickStyle
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Rivals. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Rivals.
Grab your board, surf through the air, show your stuff, and win eternal glory with your off-the-chain skills. Re-Live this Dreamcast Classic Today!
Frequently asked about Need for Speed™ Rivals
- Does Need for Speed™ Rivals run on Steam Deck?
- Need for Speed™ Rivals is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Need for Speed™ Rivals cost?
- Need for Speed™ Rivals is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Need for Speed™ Rivals have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Need for Speed™ Rivals supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Need for Speed™ Rivals?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Need for Speed™ Rivals are Need for Speed™, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted, Need for Speed™ Payback.
- Who developed Need for Speed™ Rivals?
- Need for Speed™ Rivals was developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts.
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