Every Need for Speed (NFS) game listed according to when it was released
Since the first game in the venerable Need for Speed (NFS) series was published in 1994, it has set the standard for arcade racing games. Need for Speed games have never failed to excite gamers, from providing eye-popping supercars to letting them drive through gorgeous settings.
The graphic fidelity and overall gameplay quality of EA’s Need for Speed games have increased with each successive release. Despite some difficult years, particularly in the eighth console generation, the series has recovered greatly with its most recent releases, including Need for Speed Heat and Need for Speed Unbound.
Undoubtedly, one of the most significant gaming series in history is Need for Speed. It opened the way for a ton of new games, mostly in the arcade racing category. This is a list of every mainstream NFS game that has been released to date, arranged by release date.
Every NFS game is listed with the release date in sequence.
- 1) The Need for Speed (August 31, 1994)
- 2) Need for Speed II (March 31, 1997)
- 3) Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (March 25, 1998)
- 4) Need for Speed: High Stakes (March 1, 1999)
- 5) Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (February 29, 2000)
- 6) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (October 2, 2002)
- 7) Need for Speed: Underground (November 17, 2003)
- 8) Need for Speed: Underground 2 (November 15, 2004)
- 9) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (November 15, 2005)
- 10) Need for Speed: Carbon (October 31, 2006)
- 11) Need for Speed: ProStreet (November 14, 2007)
- 12) Need for Speed: Undercover (November 18, 2008)
- 13) Need for Speed: Shift (September 15, 2009)
- 14) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) (November 16, 2010)
- 15) Need for Speed: Shift 2 – Unleashed (March 29, 2011)
- 16) Need for Speed: The Run (November 15, 2011)
- 17) Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) (October 30, 2012)
- 18) Need for Speed Rivals (November 15, 2013)
- 19) Need for Speed (2015) (November 3, 2015)
- 20) Need for Speed Payback (November 10, 2017)
- 21) Need for Speed Heat (November 8, 2019)
- 22) Need for Speed Unbound (December 2, 2022)