Need for Speed™ Payback

Need for Speed™ Payback

Steam Deck Unsupported

Ghost Games · Racing · Jun 18, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $2.99.

85%
Very Positive
32k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 136 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 32k player reviews · updated 2 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
30% of themes are praise60% are divided10% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is probably the best in the entire franchise, although the voice acting is a little iffy.
136 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay loop is interesting, but it does get a little stale unless you force yourself do weird random things(I used an underpowered Porsche Panamera for the final offroad boss, and that was super entertaining).
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I play on a pretty bad pc, but I still am able to get decent graphics and good fps.
45 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 love3 themes
Story and characters136 reviews
Gameplay49 reviews
Graphics45 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization20 reviews
55%
Audio17 reviews
65%
Controls14 reviews
21%
Difficulty13 reviews
69%
Multiplayer13 reviews
69%
Performance6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes15 reviews
60%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $2.99 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
57
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.