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Need for Speed™ Unbound

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App ID 1846380
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Electronic Arts
Franchise Need for Speed, EA Play
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Frostbite Engine, EA_App Launcher
Last Changenumber 39323160
Last Record Update 29 September 2026 – 22:59:46 UTC ()
Release Date 2 December 2022 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
😐 59.85%
60k reviews
603
In-Game
+3
🏁 Racing 🌍 Open World 🚗 Driving 💥 Action 🦹 Character Customization

Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: The publisher has marked this game as ineligible

Developer Criterion Games
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Electronic Arts
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nameNeed for Speed™ Unbound EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/1846380_eula_1
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 1 (The publisher has marked this game as ineligible)
Store Release Date 2 December 2022 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
3rd-Party Account EA Account
3rd-Party DRM EA online activation and EA app software installation and background use required. Denuvo.
Primary Genre Racing (9)
Store Genres Action (1), Racing (9)
Steam Release Date 2 December 2022 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 October 2025 – 15:14:20 UTC () (1761146060)
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Aliases NFS
review_score 5
review_percentage 61
mastersubs_granting_app EA Play (1289670)
Detected Technologies Frostbite Engine, EA_App Launcher, AMD_GPU_Services SDK, Intel_XeSS SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS_FrameGen SDK, NVIDIA_Real-Time_Denoisers SDK, NVIDIA_Reflex SDK, NVIDIA_Streamline SDK, Oodle SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 1
  • test_timestamp: 17 June 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 10729840
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    hdr_support0
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AllowMicroTxnFromRestrictedCountries No
MicroTxnRestrictedCountries RU,BY
Belarus, Russian Federation
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 9 December 2021 – 10:22:32 UTC (), in changelist #13372431

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Arabic Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🏁 Racing 🕹️ Multiplayer 🌍 Open World 🚗 Driving 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Action 🦹 Character Customization 🎮 Controller 🏎️ Combat Racing 🕹 Arcade 👥 Online Co-Op 😌 Casual 🖥️ Simulation 🏅 Sports 🗺️ Adventure 🌫 Atmospheric 🌸 Anime 📺 Split Screen 🎶 Music 🌎 Immersive

Categories

Single-player PvP Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements HDR Supported Multi-player

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Accessibility Categories

Stereo Sound Surround Sound Playable without Timed Input Keyboard Only Option Adjustable Difficulty Chat Speech-to-text

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timestamp28 April 2026 – 16:41:07 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 603 players right now
  • 967 24-hour peak
  • 14,063 all-time peak 4 December 2022
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  • 103 24-hour peak
  • 52,231 all-time peak
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  • 59.85% SteamDB Rating
  • 36,551 60.2% positive reviews
  • 24,147 39.8% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Need for Speed™ Unbound right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 603 players live playing Need for Speed™ Unbound on Steam.

Need for Speed™ Unbound had an all-time peak of 14063 concurrent players on 4 December 2022.

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