10 Games like Need for Speed™ on PS5 that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Need for Speed™ does: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. They part company on visuals: this one brings shooting mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

It comes from the same genre as Need for Speed™ and shares open world exploration, melee combat and co-op play. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on progression and visuals: this one brings a sandbox world and skill tree progression.

Genre puts it alongside Need for Speed™, and so does open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. The distance is in progression and visuals — its own ground is a sandbox world and base building.

It shares the essentials of what Need for Speed™ does: open world exploration, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is combat: tactical combat.

It comes from the same genre as Need for Speed™ and shares open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is visuals and progression: skill tree progression and 3D presentation.

What brings it close to Need for Speed™ is open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and world. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is combat and visuals: stealth mechanics.

Same family as Need for Speed™: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings stealth mechanics.

On paper it is what Need for Speed™ is — open world exploration, melee combat and co-op play — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. The distance is in visuals and progression — its own ground is crafting mechanics and 3D presentation.

It comes from the same genre as Need for Speed™ and shares open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on visuals and combat: this one brings tactical combat and 3D presentation.

It comes from the same genre as Need for Speed™ and shares open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings stealth mechanics.