Games like Need for Speed: Shift on PC
Closest overall match: SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED (★ 3.6). Highest rated: FlatOut at ★ 4.0. Quickest to finish: RACE 07 at about 1 hours.
We compared Need for Speed: Shift against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 10 came closest. What ties them together most: Singleplayer and Driving.
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86%
1. SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
Shares Driving and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 1
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82%
2. RACE 07
Shares Driving and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 1
-
60%
3. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Shares Driving and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 1
-
58%
4. GRID (2008)
Shares Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 1
-
58%
5. FlatOut
Shares Driving and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 1
-
58%
6. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
Shares Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 1
-
58%
7. nail'd
Shares Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 1
-
58%
8. Test Drive Unlimited 2
Shares Driving and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 1
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57%
9. Spintires: MudRunner
Shares Driving and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 1
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57%
10. DiRT 3
Shares Driving; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 1
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Need for Speed: Shift on PC?
On our similarity model, SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED is the closest match to Need for Speed: Shift on PC — shares Driving and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like Need for Speed: Shift is rated highest?
FlatOut holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.0/5 from 404 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Need for Speed: Shift on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.