Need For Speed Payback

Developer: EA Gothenburg
Initial release date: November 6, 2017
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
Mode: Multiplayer video game
Composer: Joseph Trapanese
Genres: Racing Video Game, Nonlinear gameplay, Racing, Adventure, Strategy, Sports
Designer: Riley Cooper

Need for Speed Payback is a 2017 racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on November 10, 2017. It is the twenty-third installment in the Need for Speed series.

Upon release, Payback received mixed reviews from critics, who welcomed the return of offline gameplay modes, but criticized the game's loot box mechanics and use of microtransactions.

Payback was succeeded by Need for Speed Heat in 2019.