11 Games like Need for Speed Undercover on Xbox that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Need for Speed Undercover does: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. Its own ground is adventure storytelling and competitive edge.

What brings it close to Need for Speed Undercover is open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay, and the two track each other on genre, combat and world. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode: co-op play.

If Need for Speed Undercover worked for you because of exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on world: this one brings a sandbox world.

Held in common with Need for Speed Undercover: open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay. Both also lean on exploration and discovery. The distance is in progression — its own ground is skill tree progression.

It shares the essentials of what Need for Speed Undercover does: exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a first-person view. What it adds of its own: co-op play.

Held in common with Need for Speed Undercover: melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is offline play.

It meets Need for Speed Undercover on melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is offline play.

On paper it is what Need for Speed Undercover is — melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is visuals and game mode: offline play.

It comes from the same genre as Need for Speed Undercover and shares melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings offline play and 3D presentation.

Genre puts it alongside Need for Speed Undercover, and so does melee combat, multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is offline play.

Genre puts it alongside Need for Speed Undercover, and so does melee combat, single-player focus and a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is offline play.