Need for Speed™ Unbound

Need for Speed™ Unbound

Steam Deck Unsupported

Criterion Games · Racing · Dec 2, 2022

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.89.

60%
Mixed
59k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 98 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 59k player reviews · updated 3 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
25% of themes are praise42% are divided33% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It has one of the most unique visuals in a racing game in the past few years even if somewhat half-arsed, and I think it deserves applause whether you liked it or not (and I do).
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Multiplayer is way better than heat, more people in the lobby, you can matchmake for races whenever you want without needing to switch lobbies to find people to do races with and most of the gamemodes are really fun.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Summing up the technical issues like graphical performance: yeah, the game runs like absolute sh*t, terrible optimization.
16 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
Graphics98 reviews
Multiplayer44 reviews
Optimization16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters160 reviews
49%
Gameplay76 reviews
51%
Audio37 reviews
54%
Difficulty27 reviews
33%
Controls9 reviews
11%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes30 reviews
40%
Servers and matchmaking17 reviews
24%
Performance12 reviews
50%
Monetization10 reviews
40%

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 $4.89 (−93%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.89

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
60%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
41
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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