Similar games
Games like Need for Speed™ Payback
Ghost Games · 2020 · 85 % positive of 29,054
24 games that play like Need for Speed™ Payback and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Need for Speed™ Rivals, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and Need for Speed™.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Need for Speed™ Payback have in common
- The tags they share most often with Need for Speed™ Payback: Racing (24 of 24), Open World (19) and Combat Racing (15).
- They came out between 2008 and 2024, 5 of them after Need for Speed™ Payback (2020).
- Best rated by Steam players: Driver® Parallel Lines (89 % positive of 1,359).
- 12 games both play and look like Need for Speed™ Payback, among them Need for Speed™ Rivals, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and Need for Speed™.
By gameplay
Plays like Need for Speed™ Payback
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Need for Speed™ Rivals
74 % positive of 8,851
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
77 % positive of 22,750
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
Need for Speed™
69 % positive of 23,603
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
82 % positive of 19,977
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
Need for Speed Undercover
75 % positive of 7,926
Shared: Racing · Open World · Controller
Need for Speed™ Heat
83 % positive of 132,855
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered
80 % positive of 11,515
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
Need for Speed™ Unbound
60 % positive of 49,608
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
FAST & FURIOUS CROSSROADS
46 % positive of 164
Shared: Racing · Combat Racing · Third Person
CarX Street
70 % positive of 10,687
Shared: Racing · Open World · Sports
The Crew™
62 % positive of 17,039
Shared: Racing · Open World · Sandbox
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
62 % positive of 7,387
Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
More matches
- Track and Burn67 % positive of 375Shared: Racing · Combat Racing · Controller
- Death Rally71 % positive of 804Shared: Racing · Combat Racing · Arcade
- Super Street: The Game46 % positive of 388Shared: Racing · Open World · Arcade
- Need for Speed: Shift77 % positive of 2,827Shared: Racing · Open World · Controller
- Gas Guzzlers Extreme86 % positive of 3,999Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
- Driver® Parallel Lines89 % positive of 1,359Shared: Racing · Open World · Controller
- The Crew™ 277 % positive of 93,865Shared: Racing · Open World · Sports
- Top Speed 2: Racing Legends60 % positive of 170Shared: Racing · Sports · Simulation
- Bounty: Drag Racing86 % positive of 343Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
- Arizona Derby76 % positive of 656Shared: Racing · Open World · Combat Racing
- GRID Legends74 % positive of 3,351Shared: Racing · Combat Racing · Controller
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box87 % positive of 13,386Shared: Racing · Open World · Controller
By look
Looks like Need for Speed™ Payback
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Need for Speed™ Heat
83 % positive of 132,855
CarX Street
70 % positive of 10,687
Need for Speed™
69 % positive of 23,603
Forza Horizon 6
80 % positive of 102,241
Need for Speed™ Unbound
60 % positive of 49,608
FAST & FURIOUS CROSSROADS
46 % positive of 164
Forza Horizon 5
88 % positive of 225,629
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
77 % positive of 22,750
Saints Row
57 % positive of 6,769
Gravel
76 % positive of 1,290
TrackMania² Canyon
81 % positive of 1,832
Screamer
81 % positive of 1,303
More matches
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box87 % positive of 13,386
- DRIFT CE72 % positive of 2,396
- Wreckfest 275 % positive of 2,858
- The Crew™62 % positive of 17,039
- GRID69 % positive of 6,547
- OverDrift Festival79 % positive of 1,145
- CarX Drift Racing Online95 % positive of 83,416
- Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered80 % positive of 11,515
- Burnout™ Paradise Remastered62 % positive of 7,387
- Need for Speed™ Rivals74 % positive of 8,851
- GRID Legends74 % positive of 3,351
- BeamNG.drive97 % positive of 322,278
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.