Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• PlayStation Vita

• Wii U

• Android

Genres

• racing video game

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

• player versus player

Series

• Need for Speed

Localized titles

• Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Racing^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• PvP^*
• Online PvP^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*

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^*

Community tags · historical

• Racing^*

  Votes · historical

  269^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  216^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  214^*

• Driving^*

  Votes · historical

  203^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  155^*

• Competitive^*

  Votes · historical

  155^*

• Automobile Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  146^*

• Arcade^*

  Votes · historical

  141^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  129^*

• Combat Racing^*

  Votes · historical

  126^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  122^*

• Vehicular Combat^*

  Votes · historical

  118^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  116^*

• Controller^*

  Votes · historical

  108^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  92^*

• Split Screen^*

  Votes · historical

  35^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  35^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  20^*

• Crime^*

  Votes · historical

  19^*

• Local Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

• Criterion Games

Publishers

• Electronic Arts

• 2012

  Date precision

  Year only

• 2012-10-30

  Date precision

  Exact date

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jun 18, 2020^*

Detailed specifications