Choose Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Choose Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 84.3% positive across 4,091 reviews.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box vs The Crew™
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and The Crew™ both land in 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 are Racing games on Steam. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (2009) is 5 years older than The Crew™ (2014). Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box scores higher on Steam reviews (84.3% positive) than The Crew™ (55.3% positive). 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 The Crew™
Choose The Crew™ if you want an Action and Massively Multiplayer game with MMO. On Steam, it's the newer release (2014) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 5,738 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and The Crew™ sit in Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, 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
 Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box |  The Crew™ | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2009 | 2014 |
| Genres | Racing | Action, Massively Multiplayer, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 84.3% positive (4,091 reviews) | 55.3% positive (5,738 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Criterion Games | Ivory Tower in collaboration with Ubisoft Reflections |
Side by side
- Both are Racing games on Steam.
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (2009) is 5 years older than The Crew™ (2014).
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box scores higher on Steam reviews (84.3% positive) than The Crew™ (55.3% positive).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box vs The Crew™ — FAQ
- Which is better, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box or The Crew™?
- On Steam reviews Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box scores higher (84.3% positive) than The Crew™ (55.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box or The Crew™ first?
- If you want chronology, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (2009) came out before The Crew™ (2014). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box and The Crew™ similar?
- They overlap on 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.