EA Gothenburg · Ghost Games^*

Need for Speed Payback

2017 racing video game · action game^* · sandbox game^*

At a glance

Genres

racing video game
action game^*
sandbox game^*

Play modes

co-op mode
single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Series

Need for Speed

Game facts

Developers

EA Gothenburg
Ghost Games^*

Publishers

Electronic Arts

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Platforms

Microsoft Windows

Players by platform

Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
8^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
T - Teen^*

Compatibility and community reports

Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Gold^*
Reports
70^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Unsupported^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
64-bit Windows 7 or later^*
Processor alternatives
Intel i3 6300 @ 3.8GHz or AMD FX 8150 @ 3.6GHz with 4 hardware threads^*
Memory
6 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 2GB of memory^*
Graphics API
Version 11^*
Network
Broadband Internet connection^*
Storage
30 GB available space^*
Conditions
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Processor alternatives
Intel i5 4690K @ 3.5GHz or AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0GHz with 4 hardware threads^*
Memory
8 GB^*
Graphics alternatives
AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB or equivalent DX11 compatible GPU with 4GB of memory^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
8 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Italian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
German^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Japanese^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Polish^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Portuguese - Brazil^*
Russian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Simplified Chinese^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Audio languages

English^*
French^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Italian^*
German^*
Japanese^*
Polish^*
Russian^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Game features

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

Store genres

Action^*
Adventure^*
Racing^*
Sports^*
Strategy^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Need for Speed Payback

Screenshot 2 from Need for Speed Payback

Screenshot 3 from Need for Speed Payback

* Provisional data