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Need for Speed Rivals
#2623 most played
Playing now
32
7d trend
-6%
45 vs 48
24h peak
63
low 26
7d peak
72
All-time peak
84
Oct 2020 · now 38% of peak
Avg 30d
46
Hours played
13,451
30d
Best rank
#2325
now #2623
Top sellers
#4,908
Positive reviews
76%
10,117

Need for Speed Rivals

Live player count and Steam charts

76% positive · 10,117 reviews
24h low 2624h high 63

Erase the line between single player and multiplayer in this street-racing rivalry between Cops and Racers. Seamlessly join a world where your friends are already racing and chasing

DeveloperCriterion Games
PublisherElectronic Arts
ReleasedJun 4, 2020
Runs onWindows
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
Price$19.99

Player history

2021202220242025

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *46-6-11.5%109
Jun 202652-2-3.7%112
May 20265400.0%130
Apr 202654-15-21.7%125
Mar 202669+9+15.0%170
Feb 202660-2-3.2%133
Jan 202662-6-8.8%148
Dec 202568+13+23.6%153
Nov 202555+1+1.9%136
Oct 202554-9-14.3%156
Sep 202563-16-20.3%139
Aug 202579+8+11.3%183

* current month, data so far

Recent updates

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When people play

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18:00
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20
72avg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 15 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 18:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

English
36%
Chinese (Simplified)
21%
Portuguese (Brazil)
15%
Russian
8%
Spanish (Latin America)
4%
German
3%
Other
13%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 31 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

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