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Slightly Mad Studios · 2009 · 77 % positive of 2,827

24 games that play like Need for Speed: Shift and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Shift 2 Unleashed, Project CARS and Need for Speed™ Most Wanted.

Player tags

  • Racing
  • Automobile Sim
  • Simulation
  • Driving
  • Multiplayer
  • Open World
  • Controller
  • Arcade

At a glance

What games like Need for Speed: Shift have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Need for Speed: Shift: Racing (24 of 24), Automobile Sim (21) and Simulation (21).
  • They came out between 2010 and 2024, 24 of them after Need for Speed: Shift (2009).
  • Best rated by Steam players: BeamNG.drive (97 % positive of 322,278).
  • 9 games both play and look like Need for Speed: Shift, among them Shift 2 Unleashed, Project CARS and Project CARS 2.

By gameplay

Plays like Need for Speed: Shift

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit82 % positive of 19,977Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  2. GRID69 % positive of 6,547Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  3. Assetto Corsa Competizione92 % positive of 38,943Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  4. Torque Drift76 % positive of 12,126Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Driving
  5. RaceRoom Racing Experience75 % positive of 23,618Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  6. Absolute Drift88 % positive of 2,995Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  7. Need for Speed™ Unbound60 % positive of 49,608Shared: Racing · Simulation · Driving
  8. Hot Lap League: Deluxe Edition78 % positive of 163Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  9. rFactor 279 % positive of 8,540Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  10. RDS - The Official Drift Videogame78 % positive of 1,083Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  11. OverDrift Festival79 % positive of 1,145Shared: Racing · Automobile Sim · Simulation
  12. Need for Speed™ Rivals74 % positive of 8,851Shared: Racing · Driving · Open World

By look

Looks like Need for Speed: Shift

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Assetto Corsa Competizione92 % positive of 38,943
  2. RACE 0785 % positive of 2,666
  3. rFactor 279 % positive of 8,540
  4. iRacing86 % positive of 5,023
  5. Assetto Corsa EVO69 % positive of 11,018
  6. Le Mans Ultimate79 % positive of 7,423
  7. Project CARS 354 % positive of 3,469
  8. Assetto Corsa92 % positive of 151,391
  9. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box87 % positive of 13,386
  10. Shift 2 Unleashed67 % positive of 2,555
  11. RaceLeague74 % positive of 280
  12. DiRT Rally 2.088 % positive of 44,595

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.

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