Genre ActionReleased Jun 18, 2020

Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

Developed by Criterion Games · Published by Electronic Arts
Estimated lifetime revenue
$3.62M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$2.53M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
367.0K
≈ 13 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 28,378 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
28,378
Mostly Positive77% positive
Playing now
160
13-day peak 275 · low 160
New reviews, last 13 days
+120
≈ 9 a day since Oct 4

History

Oct 4 – Oct 17

28.4K28.3K28.3K28.2K
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
$3.62M
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

The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.

Developer
Criterion Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Genre
Action
Released
Jun 18, 2020
Steam app ID
1262560
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.