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Need for Speed™ Unbound

Need for Speed™ Unbound

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.

Mixed · 61%2022

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A stylish arcade racer with great customization, visuals and online play, but dragged down by cringe story, bad music, aggressive cops, rubberbanding and EA launcher trouble. Skip it at full price.

Great for

Players who love car customization and online arcade racing with friends and can ignore the story and soundtrack

Main risk

Cop spawns, rubberbanding AI and odd handling make races feel unfair, plus cringe story and music

What players love

What players complain about

Aggressive cops that spawn out of nowhere

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“they literally spawn 5 meters away from you and start a chase, no matter what wanted level you are at.”

Steam review · 46.1 h played  ↗

System requirements

Steam Deck: Unsupported
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorRyzen 5 2600, Core i5-8600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 570, GTX 1050 Ti
Storage50 GB available space

Analyzed Oct 10, 2026  ·  300 reviews

150 positive, 150 negative

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