Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

Steam Deck Playable

Criterion Games · Racing · Jun 18, 2020

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.99.

77%
Mostly Positive
27k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 66 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 27k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics are superb and very realistic for an early 2010s game.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is fairly straight forward, but limited.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The only really good thing about this game was the soundtrack, which was amazing as always.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Multiplayer is fantastic. play in a private game allowing you to change cars on the fly (as oppose to driving or "jumping" to location) (wish i could do that in singleplayer) create your own race playlists mixing vehicle types race types and against your friends. really havent done that since i was a kid but its there.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Graphics61 reviews
Gameplay39 reviews
Audio36 reviews
Multiplayer27 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters47 reviews
55%
Controls24 reviews
38%
Interface9 reviews
33%
Performance9 reviews
44%
Difficulty8 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes66 reviews
61%
Monetization16 reviews
44%
Servers and matchmaking12 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.99 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
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