Need for Speed™ Unbound

Wait60%

Mixed · 61k player reviews · High confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Criterion Games · Racing · Dec 2, 2022

Player review score
60%
Mixed
Price
$6.99−90%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
41
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio8 of 12
Subtitles11 of 12

Should I buy Need for Speed™ Unbound?

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 61k player reviews · updated

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 complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised 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).
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised 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.
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Summing up the technical issues like graphical performance: yeah, the game runs like absolute sh*t, terrible optimization.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics98 reviews
Multiplayer44 reviews
Optimization16 reviews
Divided opinion
Story and characters
49% still recommend
Gameplay
51% still recommend
Audio
54% still recommend
Difficulty
33% still recommend
Controls
11% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
40% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
24% still recommend
Performance
50% still recommend
Monetization
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Chat Speech-to-text
  • HDR available
  • Keyboard Only Option
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Steam Achievements
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$6.99$69.99−90%

The lowest we've tracked is $4.89.

8 points recordedtoday · $6.99

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