- 8players
- Under 30 min
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
Heist-movie street racing in a desert gambling city, with three drivers, deep car customisation and scripted police chases.
Who can play
- No split-screen on any platform.
- Online for up to 8 players on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- No crossplay between platform families. Neither the Steam nor the Xbox store listing names cross-platform play; each platform plays only with itself.
- Each player online needs their own copy.
- PS5PlayStation StoreSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
- XboxMicrosoft StoreGet it (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
The story is played alone.
Online, friends can meet in AllDrive, a free-roam session for up to eight drivers, and challenge each other to races they set up there.
Speedlists, runs of five races for 4 to 8 drivers, fill their grids through matchmaking, so a small group shares them with strangers.
Autolog also compares times between friends.
Each player needs a copy, and there is no crossplay.
Is it good
85%
Very positive on Steam
- 62MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 60Top criticsOpenCritic · Feb 2018 (OpenCritic top critic average, 109 reviews, as of Feb 2018; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 16%RecommendOpenCritic · Feb 2018 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 109 reviews, as of Feb 2018; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Unsupported
Every way to play together
No crossplay between platform families. No split-screen. Online versus for up to 8 on every platform. 85% positive of 28,000 Steam reviews.
- 8
Friends meet in AllDrive free roam, up to eight per session, and start their own races there; Speedlists, five races for 4 to 8 drivers, fill by matchmaking. The story is single-player.
Quick facts
- Developer
- Ghost Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Released
- Nov 6, 2017 on PC
- Languages
- Text in 11 languages, voices in 8
- Age rating
- Teen (ESRB): Language, mild suggestive themes, mild violence
- Also needs
- EA Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
In these lists
Answers
- Does Need for Speed Payback have couch co-op?
- No. Need for Speed Payback has no same-screen multiplayer; play it together online instead.
- How many players can play Need for Speed Payback together?
- Online versus for up to 8 on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- Is Need for Speed Payback crossplay?
- No: everyone online needs the same platform family. Neither the Steam nor the Xbox store listing names cross-platform play; each platform plays only with itself.
- Do you need two copies of Need for Speed Payback?
- Yes. Each player online needs their own copy.
- What platforms is Need for Speed Payback on?
- PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
- Does Need for Speed Payback work on Steam Deck?
- No: Steam rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Is Need for Speed Payback free?
- No, it's a paid game. It's included with Game Pass on Xbox and EA Play on Xbox.
- Is Need for Speed Payback on Game Pass?
- Yes: included with Game Pass on Xbox and EA Play on Xbox.
- One of 105 Xbox Game Pass multiplayer games
