How many people are playing Need for Speed™ Payback right now?

Need for Speed™ Payback has 146 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 441 and an all-time peak of 12,152 on Sept 2022.

What is the all-time peak player count of Need for Speed™ Payback?

12,152 concurrent players on Sept 2022.

Need for Speed™ Payback was released on Steam on 18 Jun 2020.

GameApp ID 1,262,580by Ghost GamesReleased 18 Jun 2020

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3 Sep 2026

18:00:28PICSPublic manifest changed+234——#38,580,201

Recorded change · 3 Sep 2026, 18:00:28 UTCView all 234

Status	Key	Previous value	New value
Added	Install directoryconfig.installdir	—	Need for Speed Payback
Added	Launch option 0 · executableconfig.launch.0.executable	—	link2ea://launchgame/1262580?platform=steam&theme=nfspb
Added	Launch option 0 · typeconfig.launch.0.type	—	none
Added	Launch option 1 · betakeyconfig.launch.1.config.betakey	—	eax_test
Added	Launch option 1 · descriptionconfig.launch.1.description	—	New launch method
Added	Launch option 1 · description_loc · englishconfig.launch.1.description_loc.english	—	New launch method
Added	Launch option 1 · executableconfig.launch.1.executable	—	steam2ea://launchgame/1262580?platform=steam&theme=nfspb