Games like Need for Speed™ Unbound
If Need for Speed™ Unbound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Need for Speed™ Heat, EA SPORTS™ WRC and GRID Legends — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →Need for Speed™ Unbound is a 2022 racing and action title from Criterion Games set in a fictional open world where street racers compete in weekly qualifiers for access to The Grand, described as the ultimate street race. The game combines arcade-style driving with combat racing elements and player progression through garage customization, allowing racers to acquire and tune vehicles. Players can engage with both single-player and multiplayer modes, with character customization options providing additional personalization. The title is currently available at $9.79 USD and does not support Steam Deck play. According to Steam reviews, approximately 63% of over 20,000 players rated the game positively.
About Need for Speed™ Unbound: 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.
Players who liked Need for Speed™ Unbound also play
Steam players who put hours into Need for Speed™ Unbound also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Need for Speed™ Heat
WHY THIS
Top pick for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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.
EA SPORTS™ WRC
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Experience the thrill of the 2024 rally season with new locations, moments, stages, high-performance vehicles, new liveries, and licensed crews. Brace yourself to embark on your continued rally journey.
GRID Legends
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
GRID Legends delivers thrilling wheel-to-wheel motorsport action. Create dream race events, hop into live races, experience a dramatic virtual production story, and embrace the sensation of spectacular racing.
Forza Horizon 5
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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.
Forza Horizon 6
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Discover the breathtaking landscapes of Japan in over 550 real-world cars and become a racing Legend in Forza Horizon's biggest open world driving adventure yet.
Need for Speed™ Rivals
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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
Disney Speedstorm
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Need for Speed™ Unbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Welcome to Disney Speedstorm! Drift into the ultimate hero-based combat racing game, set on high-speed circuits inspired by Disney and Pixar worlds. Master each character’s unique skills and claim victory in this thrilling arcade racing experience from the creators of the Asphalt series!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Need for Speed™ Unbound
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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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: Shift
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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...
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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.
Burnout Drift
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Are you a drift master? Prove your skills in Burnout Drift!
Burnout
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Burnout is the perfect game for anyone who has run out of patience. Click, snap, let it out: here stress isn’t cured, it’s recycled. The more unhinged you get, the more the game rewards you.
Tokyo Xtreme Racer
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
The title of “fastest” never fades. Race through the sealed future Tokyo night highways in your customized car. Defeat rivals in “SP Battle,” where drivers clash by draining Spirit Points. A unique racing game where only the rules for victory matter.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Need for Speed™ Unbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Need for Speed™ Unbound at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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 ~69% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~49% under Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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 with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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™ Unbound.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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™ Unbound.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Criterion Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Criterion Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
WHY THIS
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Unbound. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Unbound. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Unbound. Shares Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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.
Need for Speed™ Rivals
WHY THIS
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Unbound. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Unbound. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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
Another title from Criterion Games, the studio behind Need for Speed™ Unbound. Shares Action and Racing with Need for Speed™ Unbound.
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™ Unbound
- Does Need for Speed™ Unbound work on Steam Deck?
- Need for Speed™ Unbound is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Need for Speed™ Unbound cost?
- Need for Speed™ Unbound is listed on Steam at 9.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Need for Speed™ Unbound have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Need for Speed™ Unbound supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Need for Speed™ Unbound?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Need for Speed™ Unbound are Need for Speed™ Heat, EA SPORTS™ WRC, GRID Legends.
- Who developed Need for Speed™ Unbound?
- Need for Speed™ Unbound was developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts.
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