Need for Speed Games in Chronological Order (Complete List)

Mainline Series (24 Entries, 1994–2022)

1. Need for Speed (1994) — 3DO/PS1/Sat/PC
2. Need for Speed II (1997) — PS1/PC
3. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998) — PS1/PC
4. Need for Speed: High Stakes / Road Challenge (1999) — PS1/PC
5. Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (2000) — PC/PS1 (Spin-off, often counted)
6. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002) — PS2/GC/Xbox/PC
7. Need for Speed: Underground (2003) — PS2/GC/Xbox/PC/GBA
8. Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004) — PS2/GC/Xbox/PC/DS/PSP
9. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) — PS2/GC/Xbox/PC/DS/PSP (Black Edition adds content)
10. Need for Speed: Carbon (2006) — PS2/GC/Xbox/PC/PS3/Wii/DS/PSP
11. Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007) — PS2/PS3/Xbox360/PC/Wii/DS/PSP
12. Need for Speed: Undercover (2008) — PS2/PS3/Xbox360/PC/Wii/DS/PSP
13. Need for Speed: Shift (2009) — PS3/Xbox360/PC/PSP/Mobile
14. Need for Speed: Nitro (2009) — Wii/DS (Arcade spin-off)
15. Need for Speed: World (2010) — PC (F2P MMO, shut down 2015)
16. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010) — PS3/Xbox360/PC/Wii/PSP (Criterion reboot)
17. Shift 2: Unleashed (2011) — PS3/Xbox360/PC
18. Need for Speed: The Run (2011) — PS3/Xbox360/PC/3DS
19. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) — PS3/Xbox360/PC/Vita/Wii U (Criterion open-world)
20. Need for Speed: Rivals (2013) — PS3/PS4/Xbox360/XboxOne/PC
21. Need for Speed (2015) — PS4/XboxOne/PC (Ghost reboot, "Always Online")
22. Need for Speed: Payback (2017) — PS4/XboxOne/PC
23. Need for Speed: Heat (2019) — PS4/XboxOne/PC
24. Need for Speed: Unbound (2022) — PS5/XboxSeries/PC

Mobile / Spin-Offs (Not Mainline)

• NFS: No Limits (2015, Mobile F2P)
• NFS: Edge (2017, Mobile/PC Asia)
• NFS: Hot Pursuit Remastered (2020, Remaster)
• NFS: Most Wanted (2005) Mobile (Java/BREW, different game)

Total Mainline Entries: 24 (1994–2022).