Need for Speed Unbound
- 4players
- 30–90 min
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
Street racing in a city drawn with graffiti-style effects: tune your car, win races and stay ahead of the police.
Who can play
- No split-screen on any platform.
- Online for up to 4 players on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- Crossplay between PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- Each player online needs their own copy.
- PCEpic Games StoreSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
- PS5PlayStation StoreSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
- XboxMicrosoft StoreGet it (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
Lakeshore Online runs apart from the single-player story, so a group races together there rather than through the story weeks.
Up to four friends form a party and can keep a playlist of races to themselves, while free roam shares a server of 16 drivers with others; Lockdown runs take squads of three.
Crossplay links PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.
There is no split screen, and each player needs a copy.
Is it good
61%
Mixed on Steam
- 72MetascoreMetacritic · Dec 2022 (Metascore, 14 reviews, as of Dec 2022; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 75Top criticsOpenCritic · Feb 2023 (OpenCritic top critic average, 112 reviews, as of Feb 2023; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 60%RecommendOpenCritic · Nov 2024 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 116 reviews, as of Nov 2024; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
330 playing on Steam, counted dailySteam Deck Unsupported
Every way to play together
Crossplay between PC, PS5 and Xbox. No split-screen. Online for up to 4 on every platform. 61% positive of 50,000 Steam reviews.
- 4
A party holds four and can keep a race playlist to itself; a playlist takes eight racers and a server 16, filled by others. Lockdown squads take three. The story is single-player.
Quick facts
- Developer
- Criterion Games
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Released
- Dec 2, 2022 on PC
- Controllers
- Partial controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 12 languages, voices in 8
- Age rating
- Teen (ESRB): Mild violence, mild suggestive themes, language
- Also needs
- EA Account
In these lists
Answers
- Does Need for Speed Unbound have couch co-op?
- No. Need for Speed Unbound has no same-screen multiplayer; play it together online instead.
- How many players can play Need for Speed Unbound together?
- Online co-op and versus for up to 4 on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- Is Need for Speed Unbound crossplay?
- Yes. Crossplay between PC, PS5 and Xbox.
- One of 147 PC and PS5 crossplay games
- Do you need two copies of Need for Speed Unbound?
- Yes. Each player online needs their own copy.
- What platforms is Need for Speed Unbound on?
- PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
- One of 290 co-op games on PS5
- Does Need for Speed Unbound work on Steam Deck?
- No: Steam rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Is Need for Speed Unbound free?
- No, it's a paid game. It's included with Game Pass on Xbox and EA Play on Xbox.
- Is Need for Speed Unbound on Game Pass?
- Yes: included with Game Pass on Xbox and EA Play on Xbox.
- One of 105 Xbox Game Pass multiplayer games
