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Games Like Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
Oct 30, 2012·74% positive·
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
Best games like Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
The best games like Need for Speed™ Most Wanted are Need for Speed™, Need for Speed™ Rivals, Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered, Need for Speed™ Heat, and Need for Speed™ Payback. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 74% positive across 9k Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Action, Racing, Adventure, platform support for Windows, and $19.99 pricing signal.
- Need for Speed™ - Need for Speed™ is closely similar to Need for Speed™ Most Wanted because both are Action and Racing and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Racing, Open World, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Need for Speed™ Rivals - Need for Speed™ Rivals is closely similar to Need for Speed™ Most Wanted because both games are made by Criterion Games, and both are Action and Racing and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Racing, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered - Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered is closely similar to Need for Speed™ Most Wanted because both are Action and Racing games, and share gameplay elements like Racing, Open World, Driving, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Need for Speed™ Heat - Need for Speed™ Heat is closely similar to Need for Speed™ Most Wanted because both are Action and Racing and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Racing, Open World, and fit the same co-op story intent.
- Need for Speed™ Payback - Need for Speed™ Payback is closely similar to Need for Speed™ Most Wanted because both are Action and Racing and Adventure games, and share gameplay elements like Racing, Open World, and fit the same co-op story intent.
6+ languagesCriterion Games/Electronic Arts
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The open-world action in Need for Speed™ Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low, or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech, and tons of nitrous. It’s all about you, your friends, and a wild selection of cars. Let’s see what you can do. Key features
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Experience nonstop action — No menus, no lobbies, and no restrictions — just intense competition. Race, battle, crash, and explore at your own pace with a massive variety of things to do (and rewards to collect) throughout the open world.
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Prove you’re the best — Pick a car & jump into a nonstop playlist of competitive events in online mode. Influence the playlist by voting with your car. Jostle for position on the starting line. Cross the finish line and turn around to take out oncoming rivals.
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Beat your friends — Autolog records everything you do, broadcasting a feed of your most newsworthy scores, speeds, and times to your friends — and you’ll see there’s too. Whatever you do, there’s someone to beat.
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Test your urban handling skills — Need for Speed Most Wanted delivers a deep, physical experience that showcases the personalities of awesome licensed cars. Experience insane speeds, spectacular crashes, aggressive driving, and huge drifts.
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