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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...

Release DateOct 6, 2009
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)77% (mostly positive) / 77.3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)74.4% / 74.8%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.5K  Top 10% / 2.8K  Top 10%
Curators89 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time13.4 hours  Top 15%
Followers13.2K  Top 10%
Owners± 349.7K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 255.7K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 6.3K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

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

This chart shows Need for Speed: Shift's Steam rating and reviews from November 2010 to December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (January 2011) to 72.8% (March 2019).

With 2.8K reviews Top 10%, Need for Speed: Shift is an AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

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

This doughnut chart shows Need for Speed: Shift's review languages. The most popular language is English (33%), followed by Russian (30%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 languages represented. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

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

This chart displays the time played in Need for Speed: Shift, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 38 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • better physics than previous games
  • good racing simulator
  • runs well on PC
  • best in NFS series
  • better than last few NFS games
  • worth playing for genre/series fans
  • runs well
  • decent effort
  • runs well on PC
  • good driving simulator
  • uneven difficulty
  • awful drift challenges
  • lackluster race tracks
  • poor customization options
  • occasional framerate hiccups
  • frustratingly hard and tediously boring
  • not perfect physics
  • too time-consuming for vinyl customization
  • wasted potential

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 77% 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: Shift'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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