Criterion Games
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
At a glance
Genres
Play modes
- single-player video game
- multiplayer video game
- player versus player
Series
- Need for Speed
Game facts
Developers
- Criterion Games
Publishers
- Electronic Arts
Platforms
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 106*
- Community confidence
- strong*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows Vista (Service Pack 2 and all available windows updates) 32-bit*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 series, with ATI RADEON 3870 or higher performance)*
- Storage
- 20 GB available space*
- Audio hardware
- DirectX compatible*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 4 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- Quad-Core CPU*
- Graphics alternatives
- DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 or ATI RADEON 6950)*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Italian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- German*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Japanese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Polish*
- Russian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Traditional Chinese*
Audio languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
- Traditional Chinese*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- PvP*
- Online PvP*
- Steam Trading Cards*
Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Racing*
Screenshots
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* Provisional data