Need for Speed: Shift overview

Overview

Need for Speed: Shift comes from Slightly Mad Studios and is published by Electronic Arts. It arrived on Steam on Oct 6, 2009, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Need for Speed: Shift's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 6 players at 9 October 2026 - 20:26:16 UTC, with a tracked peak near 14. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 72% positive across 948 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Need for Speed: Shift is available in 7 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Need for Speed: Shift has sold up to 196,276 units and has 2,583 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $2,108,004. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Need for Speed: Shift overview details

Need for Speed: Shift combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Need for Speed™ SHIFT is an award-winning authentic racing game that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks. Need for Speed SHIFT takes players in a different direction to create a simulation experience that replicates the true feeling of driving high-end performance cars. Players are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the brutal experience of a first person crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge. True Driver's Experience - A variety of visual cues delivers the true driver’s experience including a three-dimensional HUD that mimics driver head movement, inertia and G-forces. The depth of field also adjusts based on the speed of the car; so when the car is traveling at high speeds the perspective will shift to the distance putting the car/cockpit out of focus. Driver Profile - What kind of driver are you? Driver profile tracks the player’s evolution as a race driver from event to event. This system is made up of a driver’s personality on the track, their success rate and any profile points and badges accrued all of which work together to create a tailor-made career and game play experience. Driver profile is per…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Need for Speed: Shift is listed as a game with No longer available on Steam Store. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Racing. SteamPulse's latest observation records 6 players at 9 October 2026 - 20:26:16 UTC, a tracked peak of 14, and 72% positive reviews.

Support and legal notes

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