Games like Need for Speed Heat

3.9average player rating•5 games

Heat’s hook is the day–night risk loop: bank cash by day, push for rep at night while heat rises and cops close in. These picks chase that outlaw street-racing feel—open maps, build-and-tune garages, and stakes that climb the longer you stay out.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic77

Avg. player rating3.9/5

Avg. playtime7h

Main genreRacing

Released2008–2021

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Racing5 of 5
Arcade3 of 5
Massively Multiplayer2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Forza Horizon 5
RacingArcade
Open-world cruise to races and PR stunts, tune anything, and chase rare drops and speed zones after dark.
4.3/5Player ratingView game
2
CarX Drift Racing Online
SportsRacingMassively Multiplayer
Granular tuning and body kits that matter, then night meets and long drift trains across open servers.
4.2/5Player ratingView game
3
Burnout™ Paradise Remastered
RacingArcade
An open city that is one long race, where crashing is part of the language and the next event is always a street away.
4.1/5Player ratingMC87View game
4
Wreckfest
RacingArcade
Contact racing where the damage is real and holding a line through traffic matters more than the tune.
3.7/5Player ratingMC79View game
5
The Crew 2
ActionRacingMassively Multiplayer
A coast-to-coast playground for street and off-road builds, with spontaneous events and leaderboard grinds between highway pulls.
3.2/5Player ratingMC66View game