Need for Speed: Most Wanted artwork

Need for Speed Games in Order

This list covers 31 released Need for Speed games, from The Need for Speed (1994) to Need for speed: Mobile (2024). 9 have a critic score on CriticDB.

Need for Speed quick answers

How many Need for Speed games are there?
31 Need for Speed games have been released so far.
What was the first Need for Speed game?
The Need for Speed, released in 1994.
What is the newest Need for Speed game?
Need for speed: Mobile, released October 31, 2024.
What is the best Need for Speed game?
Need for Speed: Most Wanted, with a critic score of 87.

Updated October 2026

Every Need for Speed game in release order

  1. 1

    The Need for Speed

    1994
    Not yet rated
  2. 2

    Need for Speed II

    1997
    Not yet rated
  3. 3

    Need for Speed: V-Rally

    1997
    Not yet rated
  4. 4

    Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

    1998
    Not yet rated
  5. 5

    Need for Speed: High Stakes

    1999
    Not yet rated
  6. 6
    Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

    Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

    2000PCPS1
    Not yet rated
  7. 7

    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

    2002
    Not yet rated
  8. 8
    Need for Speed: Underground

    Need for Speed: Underground

    2003PCPS2Xbox
    Not yet rated
  9. 9

    Need for Speed GT

    2003
    Not yet rated
  10. 10
    Need for Speed: Underground 2

    Need for Speed: Underground 2

    2004PCPS2Xbox
    Not yet rated
  11. 11

    Need for Speed: Underground Rivals

    2005
    Not yet rated
  12. 12

    Need for Speed: Most Wanted Demo

    2005
    Not yet rated
  13. 13
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted

    Need for Speed: Most Wanted

    2005PCPS2XboxXbox 360
    Not yet rated
  14. 14
    Need for Speed: Carbon

    Need for Speed: Carbon

    2006PCPS2PS3Xbox+1
    Not yet rated
  15. 15

    Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City

    2006
    Not yet rated
  16. 16

    Need for Speed: ProStreet

    2007
    Not yet rated
  17. 17
    Need for Speed: Undercover

    Need for Speed: Undercover

    2008PCPS3Xbox 360
    Not yet rated
  18. 18
    Need for Speed: Shift

    Need for Speed: Shift

    2009PCPS3Xbox 360
    83
  19. 19

    Need for Speed: Nitro

    2009
    Not yet rated
  20. 20
    Need for Speed: World

    Need for Speed: World

    2010PC
    Not yet rated
  21. 21
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

    2010PCPS3Xbox 360
    80
  22. 22
    Need for Speed: The Run

    Need for Speed: The Run

    2011PCPS3Xbox 360
    65
  23. 23
    Need for Speed: Most Wanted

    Need for Speed: Most Wanted

    2012PCPS3Xbox 360
    87
  24. 24
    Need for Speed: Rivals

    Need for Speed: Rivals

    2013PCPS3Xbox 360PS4+1
    81
  25. 25

    Need for Speed: No Limits

    2015
    Not yet rated
  26. 26
    Need for Speed

    Need for Speed

    2015PCPS4Xbox One
    66
  27. 27

    Need for Speed: Edge

    2017
    Not yet rated
  28. 28
    Need for Speed: Payback

    Need for Speed: Payback

    2017PCPS4Xbox One
    57
  29. 29
    Need for Speed: Heat

    Need for Speed: Heat

    2019PCPS4Xbox One
    72
  30. 30
    Need for Speed: Unbound

    Need for Speed: Unbound

    2022PCPS5Xbox Series X|S
    74
  31. 31

    Need for speed: Mobile

    2024
    Not yet rated
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