Games Like Need for Speed™ Rivals (2026)

Shared: Open-World Racing

The most welcoming open-world racer on PC right now, with enough content to swallow a long weekend whole and a map that genuinely rewards just driving around.

Shared: Risk-Reward Progression

Daytime Palm City is breezy arcade racing; flip to night and suddenly you're gambling your hard-earned Rep against a rogue police task force with a grudge. The risk-reward tension is the best this series has felt in years.

Shared: Open-World Racing

One of the best open-world racers ever made, now delisted from sale, if you already own it, you're sitting on gold; if you don't, your options are limited.

Shared: tier:aaa

If you can survive the humbling that comes with your first hundred deaths on a single level, Geometry Dash will hand you one of the most satisfying feedback loops in the rhythm-platformer genre.

Shared: tier:aaa

The extraction shooter genre finally got its mainstream moment, and ARC Raiders is why. If you bounced off Tarkov's spreadsheet-first design, this one deserves a second look.