7 PvP games like Need for Speed™ Payback that you should try

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Need for Speed™ Payback on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and online features. They part company on world: this one brings offline play.

Same family as Need for Speed™ Payback: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. To that it adds a first-person view and multiplayer gameplay. They part company on combat and tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and tactical combat.

Genre puts it alongside Need for Speed™ Payback, and so does strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. They part company on world and combat: this one brings tactical combat.

On paper it is what Need for Speed™ Payback is — strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on combat and tone: this one brings competitive edge and ranged combat.

The genre is the same as Need for Speed™ Payback’s, and with it open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on tone and world: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat.

The genre is the same as Need for Speed™ Payback’s, and with it open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. The distance is in world and combat — its own ground is ranged combat.

It comes from the same genre as Need for Speed™ Payback and shares strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in combat and world — its own ground is tactical combat.