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Single-player games like Need for Speed Undercover

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Need for Speed Undercover, 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: Hot Pursuit — Steam game cover

    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2010RacingDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need for Speed: Shift — Steam game cover

    Need for Speed: Shift

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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...

    2009RacingDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box — Steam game cover

    Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2009RacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crew™ — Steam game cover

    The Crew™

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    The Crew is a revolutionary action-driving MMO, developed exclusively for next-gen consoles and high-end PCs that leverage new hardware capabilities to connect players online like never before. The Crew takes you and your friends on a wild ride across a massive, open-world recreation of the United States that is loaded with exciting...

    2014ActionMassively MultiplayerRacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crew™ 2 — Steam game cover

    The Crew™ 2

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    Take on the American motorsports scene as you explore and dominate the land, air, and sea across the entire USA. New: play The Crew 2 offline or online with the new Hybrid mode, available now!

    2018ActionMassively MultiplayerRacing29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need for Speed™ — Steam game cover

    Need for Speed™

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventureSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DiRT 4 — Steam game cover

    DiRT 4

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    DiRT 4 is all about embracing fear. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. It’s about loving the feeling of pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop, going for the gap that’s too small and seeing how much air you can get. Be Fearless.

    2017SportsSimulationRacingDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Drift Streets Japan — Steam game cover

    Drift Streets Japan

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Need for Speed Undercover.

    Racing Game about Illegal Night Street Racing. Nice Cars and Advanced Engine Tuning. Most Realistic and Best Physics. Most Quality Graphics. Drive the Large Japan Highway with traffic. Feel the Real experience, try to drift with car cockpit camera.

    2015ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need for Speed™ Most Wanted — Steam game cover

    Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventureRacing4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown — Steam game cover

    Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    TDUSC is a lifestyle and social experience that redefines what an open-world racing game can be. Explore a fully recreated Hong Kong Island. Take to the road behind the wheel of exceptional cars and live the ultimate life of luxury.

    2024SimulationMassively MultiplayerRacing14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burnout™ Paradise Remastered — Steam game cover

    Burnout™ Paradise Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventureRacing4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need for Speed™ Unbound — Steam game cover

    Need for Speed™ Unbound

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2022ActionRacing9.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Split/Second — Steam game cover

    Split/Second

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    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.

    2014ActionRacing19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRID Autosport — Steam game cover

    GRID Autosport

    Single-player alternative to Need for Speed Undercover — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Racing with Need for Speed Undercover.

    It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.

    2014SportsRacingDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →