Need for Speed™
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (72%); after 7h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 67% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 30,181 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 16.4h for positive, 4.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (66.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Home Is Where Your Car Is Acquire your spot in the garage 100%
- Building Your stable Purchase another car for your garage 75%
- No Filter Take your first snapshot 70%
- Tuned For Excellence Win any event with a tuned car 69%
- Wrap It Up Download a shared wrap 66%
- Triple Crown Win three events in a row 64%
- Early Days Reach REP Level 10 63%
- Guidance From Amy Compete against Amy's high horsepower contacts 50%
- Getting Noticed Reach REP Level 25 43%
- One For All... Find yourself a crew 41%
- Training Wheels Off Learn to drive with style 39%
- That Perfect Moment Max out all 5 scoring styles in a single moment 38%
- I Am Speed Beat Magnus' record time 37%
- Social Scene Get called out by other racers 50 times for your skills 36%
- Choo Choo! Complete the drift train mission with the Risky Devil crew 28%
- Full House Fill each spot in your garage 27%
- Single Take Star Complete a single-take of Ken's Gymkhana 25%
- Urban Outlaw Beat Magnus' personal challenge 24%
- RWB Meet the legendary builder Nakai-San 22%
- Unstoppable Beat the Outlaw's "2 roadblocks in a pursuit" challenge 21%
- Iconic Builder Become a Build Icon 21%
- Fulfilling The Need Become a Speed Icon 19%
- The Hoonigan Become a Style Icon 18%
- ... And All For One Reach the top with your crew 18%
- Eddie Is Back Complete Eddie's Challenge 15%
- Surprised? Me Neither Uncover the truth about the Outlaw 15%
- Fanboi Put Ken's or Morohoshi's car in your garage 15%
- Can I Get Your Autograph? Reach REP Level 50 15%
- Above The Law Become an Outlaw Icon 14%
- Beyond Extreme Tune a car to max drift or grip settings 13%
- Serious Fun Complete 15 daily challenges 12%
- Full Power Equip top end performance parts to each category of a car 12%
- The Ultimate Icon Become the Ultimate Icon 12%
- Kustom Kar Buy your first Hot Rod 11%
- Climbing the Ranks Reach Monthly Rank 10 by Completing Daily Challenges 11%
- Wrap Artist Share a Wrap with the Need for Speed™ Community 9.7%
- Drag Queen Win five Drag Race events 9.1%
- Filter Addict Take a Snapshot with a Filter in Snapshot Pro Mode 8.5%
- Zero To Hero Win an event in Eddie's Car 6.3%
- Iconoclast Win events driving Ken's and Morohoshi's cars 4.0%
- Hit The Ceiling Reach REP Level 70 3.7%
- Mental Unblock Get a 350000 Drift Score in Mental Block with Ken's car 3.1%
- Speed Master Win all the events in a Speedlist 2.7%
- Basic Bronze Win all the Prestige events 2.4%
- Gold Plated Win Gold on all Prestige events 1.9%