Need for Speed Payback

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• racing video game

• action game^*

• sandbox game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  8^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Series

• Need for Speed

Localized titles

• Need for Speed Payback

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

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

Game features

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

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^*

Community tags · historical

• Racing^*

  Votes · historical

  330^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  313^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  308^*

• Combat Racing^*

  Votes · historical

  304^*

• Controller^*

  Votes · historical

  300^*

• Sports^*

  Votes · historical

  293^*

• PvP^*

  Votes · historical

  288^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  287^*

• Arcade^*

  Votes · historical

  276^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  269^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  268^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  261^*

• Offroad^*

  Votes · historical

  256^*

• Vehicular Combat^*

  Votes · historical

  254^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  253^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  245^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  238^*

• Online Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  229^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  220^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  202^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

• EA Gothenburg

• Ghost Games^*

Publishers

• Electronic Arts

• 2017-11-10

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2017-11-06 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2017-11-06^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jun 18, 2020^*

Detailed specifications