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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.

Release DateJun 4, 2020
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.3% (mostly positive) / 70.6%  Bottom 35%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71% / 69.5%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)13.5K  Top 2% / 16.8K  Top 2%
Curators82 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time17.6 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar35 minutes
Followers19.2K  Top 10%
Owners± 543.1K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 424.5K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 4.7M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Need for Speed™ steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Need for Speed™'s Steam rating and reviews from June 2020 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 62.8% (June 2020) to 71.2% (November 2021).

With its 16.8K reviews Top 2%, Need for Speed™ is indisputably a major AAA level success. There is a peak in November 2020 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Need for Speed™ and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Need for Speed™'s reviewers. The most popular language is English (31%), followed by Russian (24%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 29 languages represented. The game is available in 9 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Need for Speed™ percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Need for Speed™, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is very good, reaching 38 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 5.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Customization options
  • Beautiful graphics and reflections
  • Addition of gymkhana
  • Good performance
  • Improved handling
  • Almost no rubberbanding
  • Almost no cutscenes
  • Fun and accessible gameplay
  • Free-to-download liveries
  • Races have good difficulty balance
  • Forced always online
  • Bad AI in races
  • No difficulty
  • Constant server disconnects
  • Hollow city with few cars
  • Limited car selection
  • Cringey live action cutscenes
  • Non-stop phone calls spam
  • Long loading times
  • Flashing lights on post-race screen

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 72.3% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Need for Speed™'s Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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