Every Burnout Paradise game, ranked
All 2 Burnout Paradise games we hold, spanning 2008 to 2009: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 22,049 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (GamingPickz Score 7.7), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Burnout Paradise (2008) and follow the release-order timeline below.
- For the money: Burnout Paradise gives the most score per dollar right now.
The Burnout Paradise games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Burnout Paradise games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Best for: Playing with other people
7.7GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceBurnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box at a glance Released 2009 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 13,473 Critics 87/100 Price Not listed Steam Deck unsupported Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 87% shrinks to 86.9 on 13,473 reviews, then blends with the 87 critic aggregate, giving 7.7.
Worth checking first- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
- 2
Burnout Paradise
Best for: Playing through with a friend online
5.6GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceBurnout Paradise at a glance Released 2008 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 63% positive of 8,576 Critics No aggregate Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 8 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 63% shrinks to 63.9 on 8,576 reviews, giving 5.6. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Small install at 8 GB.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Burnout Paradise game we can score is Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box at 7.7. The lowest is Burnout Paradise at 5.6, a 2.1-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Burnout Paradise at $19.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Burnout Paradise, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Burnout Paradise entries on Steam:
- Playable: Burnout Paradise
- Unsupported: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Burnout Paradise games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
| Xbox | 1 of 2 |
| Nintendo | 1 of 2 |
The Burnout Paradise series, game by game
Every Burnout Paradise game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2008
Burnout Paradise Remastered provides the ultimate driving playground for you and your friends to play online. This remaster includes all add-ons from the Year of Paradise, including the Big Surf Island update, meticulously recreated and ready to wreck in 4K. (Steam)
Reception
Reception Critical reception Upon release, Burnout Paradise was met with very positive reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Reviewers praised the game's open world, stating " Burnout Paradise is an amazing open-world racing game that stays true to the Burnout legacy", but that the large world may "feel a little daunting at first". New gameplay mechanics such as gas stations and body repair shops were also praised which "mitigate… (Wikipedia)
- 2009
Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars. (Steam)
Reception
Reception Critical reception Upon release, Burnout Paradise was met with very positive reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Reviewers praised the game's open world, stating " Burnout Paradise is an amazing open-world racing game that stays true to the Burnout legacy", but that the large world may "feel a little daunting at first". New gameplay mechanics such as gas stations and body repair shops were also praised which "mitigate… (Wikipedia)
Burnout Paradise, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Burnout Paradise vs other series
How Burnout Paradise stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Burnout Paradise games are there?
We hold 2 Burnout Paradise games in the catalogue, released between 2008 and 2009. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Burnout Paradise game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box rates highest at 7.7. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Burnout Paradise games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2008 to 2009. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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