Genre ActionReleased Jun 4, 2020

Need for Speed™

Developed by Ghost Games · Published by Electronic Arts
Estimated lifetime revenue
$5.58M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$3.91M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
377.7K
≈ 13 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 29,911 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
29,911
Mixed69% positive
Playing now
203
13-day peak 260 · low 138
New reviews, last 13 days
+81
≈ 6 a day since Oct 4

History

Oct 4 – Oct 17

29.9K29.9K29.9K29.8K
Oct 4Oct 10Oct 17

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Action →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Action games on Steam

Outearns 19% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$57.83M
352,680 reviews
Top 10% start at
$223.75M
This game
$5.58M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.

Developer
Ghost Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Action
Released
Jun 4, 2020
Steam app ID
1262540
Data updated
Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.