Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Need for Speed Undercover (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Need for Speed Undercover on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: DiRT 4, which both open world.
- Need for Speed Undercover is tagged Racing, Open World, Multiplayer, Action, Automobile Sim, Driving, Arcade, Singleplayer by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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DiRT 4
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Simulation; published by the same company.
DiRT 4 is all about embracing fear. It’s about the thrill, exhilaration and adrenaline that is absolutely vital to off-road racing. It’s about loving the feeling of pushing flat out next to a sheer cliff drop, going for the gap that’s too small and seeing how much air you can get. Be Fearless.
DiRT 4 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Codemasters Player sentiment 80% positive of 16,257 Price Not listed RacingAutomobile SimSimulationDrivingArcadeControllerOnline Co-OpGreat Soundtrack
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Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Great Soundtrack; published by the same company; released around the same time (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.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box at a glance Released 2009 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 13,473 Price Not listed RacingAutomobile SimGreat SoundtrackDrivingArcadeControllerOnline Co-Op
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Forza Horizon 4
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim.
Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world.
Forza Horizon 4 at a glance Released 2021 Studio Playground Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 303,167 Price Not listed RacingDrivingAutomobile SimOnline Co-OpControllerSimulationArcadeGreat Soundtrack
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Need for Speed
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim; published by the same company.
Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.
Need for Speed at a glance Released 2020 Studio Ghost Games Player sentiment 69% positive of 29,486 Price $29.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimArcadeSimulationControllerOnline Co-Op
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Copa Petrobras de Marcas
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Simulation.
COPA PETROBRAS DE MARCAS is a 100% free official game simulating the thrill of competing wheel-to-wheel with models from various automakers in some of the main Brazilian race tracks.
Copa Petrobras de Marcas at a glance Released 2015 Studio Reiza Studios Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,903 Price Free RacingAutomobile SimSimulationControllerDrivingOnline Co-OpArcadeGreat Soundtrack
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim; published by the same company; released around the same time (2005).
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted at a glance Released 2005 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 77% positive of 27,838 Price $19.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimArcadeControllerGreat Soundtrack
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim; published by the same company; released around the same time (2012).
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted at a glance Released 2012 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 27,838 Price $19.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimArcadeControllerGreat Soundtrack
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Project CARS 2
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim.
THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY! Project CARS 2 delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game.
Project CARS 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Slightly Mad Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 18,429 Price Not listed RacingDrivingAutomobile SimSimulationControllerArcadeGreat Soundtrack
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Project CARS
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Simulation and Automobile Sim; published by the same company.
THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game.
Project CARS at a glance Released 2015 Studio Slightly Mad Studios Player sentiment 79% positive of 14,438 Price Not listed RacingSimulationAutomobile SimDrivingControllerArcade
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Need for Speed Most Wanted
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim; published by the same company.
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
Need for Speed Most Wanted at a glance Released 2020 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 27,849 Price $19.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimArcadeControllerGreat Soundtrack
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Need for Speed Unbound
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Driving and Controller; published by the same company.
Race to the top, definitely don’t flop. Outsmart the cops, and enter weekly qualifiers for The Grand: the ultimate street race. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides, and light up the streets with your style.
Need for Speed Unbound at a glance Released 2022 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 60% positive of 60,177 Price $69.99 RacingDrivingControllerArcadeOnline Co-OpSimulation
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High Octane Drift
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Driving.
Enter the world of professional competitive drift and win online series amongst hundreds of other players to become the living legend. Buy, tune, trade, unite and conquer the drift scene.
High Octane Drift at a glance Released 2016 Studio Cruderocks Player sentiment 55% positive of 5,879 Price Not listed RacingAutomobile SimDrivingSimulationControllerOnline Co-OpArcade
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world and story-rich; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Automobile Sim and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2011).
Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...
Mafia II (Classic) at a glance Released 2011 Studio 2K Czech Player sentiment 94% positive of 58,640 Price $29.99 Story RichAutomobile SimGreat SoundtrackDrivingClassic
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Driver: Parallel Lines
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Driving; released around the same time (2006).
You were the fastest wheelman on the street. You were a legend. You were money. Until they set you up and sent you down. Twenty-eight years inside for someone else's crime. Now you're getting out. Guess what? You got a new job, it's called getting revenge.
Driver: Parallel Lines at a glance Released 2006 Studio Ubisoft Reflections Player sentiment 90% positive of 1,563 Price $9.99 RacingAutomobile SimDrivingClassicGreat SoundtrackController
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Bully: Scholarship Edition
Why it matched: both open world and story-rich; shares 5 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Classic and Story Rich; released around the same time (2008).
Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
Bully: Scholarship Edition at a glance Released 2008 Studio Rockstar New England Player sentiment 84% positive of 41,932 Price $14.99 Great SoundtrackClassicStory RichSimulationController
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world and story-rich; shares 5 player tags including Automobile Sim, Driving and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2010).
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together and does not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play.
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City at a glance Released 2010 Studio Rockstar North / Toronto Player sentiment 74% positive of 10,072 Price Not listed Automobile SimDrivingGreat SoundtrackStory RichRacing
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Burnout Paradise
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including Racing, Arcade and Driving; published by the same company; released around the same time (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.
Burnout Paradise at a glance Released 2008 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 63% positive of 8,576 Price $19.99 RacingArcadeDrivingAutomobile SimGreat Soundtrack
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CarX Drift Racing Online
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Simulation and Online Co-Op.
Master realistic drift physics, tune 120+ cars and drift online with up to 16 players across platforms. Compete in TOP-32, build unique setups and explore hundreds of community-made Workshop maps.
CarX Drift Racing Online at a glance Released 2017 Studio CarX Technologies, LLC Player sentiment 95% positive of 89,251 Price $16.99 RacingSimulationOnline Co-OpAutomobile SimControllerArcade
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Assetto Corsa Competizione
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Simulation.
Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official GT World Challenge videogame. Thanks to the extraordinary quality of simulation, you will experience the atmosphere of the GT3 championship. Compete against official drivers, teams, cars and official circuits reproduced to the highest quality ever seen.
Assetto Corsa Competizione at a glance Released 2019 Studio Kunos Simulazioni Player sentiment 93% positive of 48,018 Price $39.99 RacingAutomobile SimSimulationDrivingControllerOnline Co-Op
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Forza Horizon 5
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim.
Explore the vibrant open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in the world’s greatest cars.
Forza Horizon 5 at a glance Released 2021 Studio Playground Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 279,979 Price $23.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimSimulationArcadeOnline Co-Op
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DiRT Rally 2.0
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Simulation; published by the same company.
DiRT Rally 2.0 dares you to carve your way through a selection of iconic rally locations from across the globe, in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end your stage.
DiRT Rally 2.0 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Codemasters Player sentiment 89% positive of 48,388 Price $19.99 RacingAutomobile SimSimulationDrivingController
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Mafia
Why it matched: both open world and story-rich; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Classic and Great Soundtrack.
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Mafia at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 88% positive of 16,301 Price $14.99 Story RichClassicGreat SoundtrackRacingController
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: both open world and story-rich; shares 4 player tags including Controller, Story Rich and Online Co-Op; published by the same company.
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Battlefield 4 at a glance Released 2013 Studio DICE Player sentiment 85% positive of 81,609 Price $39.99 ControllerStory RichOnline Co-OpGreat Soundtrack
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Need for Speed Payback
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including Racing, Controller and Arcade; published by the same company.
Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.
Need for Speed Payback at a glance Released 2017 Studio EA Gothenburg Player sentiment 85% positive of 32,277 Price $29.99 RacingControllerArcadeSimulationOnline Co-Op
Common questions
What game is most like Need for Speed Undercover?
DiRT 4, on the evidence we have. It both open world. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Need for Speed Undercover" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Need for Speed Undercover. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.