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Need for Speed™ Payback

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App ID 1262580
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Electronic Arts
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Frostbite Engine, EA_App Launcher
Last Changenumber 29139343
Last Record Update 23 May 2025 – 00:53:11 UTC ()
Release Date 18 June 2020 – 19:34:00 UTC ()
😎 83.99%
28k reviews
165
In-Game

Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.

Additional Information

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

Developer Ghost Games
metacritic_name Need for Speed Payback
metacritic_score 62
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community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Electronic Arts
eulas
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urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/1262580_eula_0
version1
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 1 (The publisher has marked this game as ineligible)
Store Release Date 6 November 2017 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
3rd-Party Account EA Account
3rd-Party DRM EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required.
Primary Genre Racing (9)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Racing (9), Sports (18), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 18 June 2020 – 19:34:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 6 November 2017 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1509955200)
Store Asset Modification Time 17 August 2023 – 21:08:51 UTC () (1692306531)
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Detected Technologies (?) Frostbite Engine, EA_App Launcher, AMD_GPU_Services SDK, Qt SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 24 May 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 10351388
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AllowMicroTxnFromRestrictedCountries No
MicroTxnRestrictedCountries RU,BY
Belarus, Russian Federation
First seen on SteamDB 4 March 2020 – 04:54:20 UTC (), in changelist #7881058

Supported Languages

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

Tags

🏁 Racing 🌍 Open World 🕹️ Multiplayer 🏎️ Combat Racing 🎮 Controller 🏅 Sports 🥊 PvP 🧱 Sandbox 🕹 Arcade 👤 Third Person 🙌 First-Person 💡 Strategy 🛻 Offroad 🏎️ Vehicular Combat 🖥️ Simulation 🤝 Co-op 🌫 Atmospheric 👥 Online Co-Op 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Action

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Online Co-op Steam Achievements Multi-player PvP Co-op

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timestamp17 August 2023 – 21:09:18 UTC
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Steam charts

  • 165 players right now
  • 348 24-hour peak
  • 12,152 all-time peak 11 September 2022
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Store data

  • 31,986 followers
  • #5671 in top sellers
  • 24,817 positive reviews
  • 4,173 negative reviews
  • 85.61% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 16 viewers right now
  • 31 24-hour peak
  • 65,447 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 83.99% SteamDB Rating
  • 24,817 85.6% positive reviews
  • 4,173 14.4% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
18 June 2020 – 19:34 Steam Release -
9 September 2022 – 20:00 Free Weekend -

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

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 165 players live playing Need for Speed™ Payback on Steam.

Need for Speed™ Payback had an all-time peak of 12152 concurrent players on 11 September 2022.

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