Need for Speed Rivals

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Need for Speed Rivals

Short description

Erase the line between single player and multiplayer in this street-racing rivalry between Cops and Racers. Seamlessly join a world where your friends are already racing and chasing

Developer
Criterion Games
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Release
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Price
$19.99
Reviews
9,359
Positive
77%
Followers
17,475
Owners (estimated)
1M – 2M
Concurrent players
42
Genres
Action, Adventure, Racing
Features
Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Racing Driving Open World Multiplayer Combat Racing PvP Action Arcade Third Person First-Person Sports Atmospheric Singleplayer Adventure Co-op Destruction Online Co-Op Split Screen War Psychological Horror
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$8.2msomewhere between $3.6m and $38.7m · roughly 187K–2M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $19.36, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $19.99 launch price. That is 3% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

48 data points since Aug 13, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$7.9m → ~$8.2m
Reviews 9,037 → 9,359
Followers 17,086 → 17,475
Concurrent players 42 → 42
Price $1.99 → $19.99
Positive reviews 76.5% → 76.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 90 further data points reach back to Jun 1, 2020 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $1.99 on Aug 11, 2026.

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