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SportsBasketballSimulationMultiplayer3DeSports

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 13,880

Peak in the last 7 days: 15,317

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Game description

Bragging rights are on the line in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyNBA, The W, and Play Now. Showcase your bag of moves with hyper realism, Powered by ProPLAY™, and challenge your friends, or rivals, in NBA 2K26’s competitive modes—and leave no doubt that you wear the crown.

Basic info

DeveloperVisual Concepts
Publisher2K
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateSep 4, 2025
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580
Storage110 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 374 reviews from the past 1 year

58.6/ 100
Bottom 10%

Steam rating: Mixed (64%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

On the court this basketball sim plays smoothly, but costs and connection trouble leave it at 58.6 from 374 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

54 reviews call it fun, and some enjoy relaxing offline seasons or say it is hard to put down. 31 praise the graphics and animations, with sharp lighting, detailed player models and movement that some say looks like a real broadcast. Visuals & Sound ranks 834th of 1249. 30 say the controls feel smooth and responsive, with dribbling and shooting that reward timing, and a few call it the closest thing to real basketball. Story & World ranks 880th of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness ranks 1322nd of 1399. 60 reviews describe aggressive monetization, with virtual currency costs that turn progress into a choice between grinding and paying, and some see the online modes as pay to win. 50 cannot connect to the servers reliably, reporting failed logins and frequent disconnects from online modes. 49 report crashes, freezes and black screens, sometimes after updates or in career mode. Tech & Support appears in 47% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1303rd of 1399, and Multiplayer ranks 606th of 642.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“shooting around with LeBron for hours is fun and relaxing” · 54 reviews
“graphics and animations are the best looking in the series” · 31 reviews
“gameplay is fun and closest approximation of NBA basketball” · 30 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.21 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “gameplay is fun and closest approximation of NBA basketball” · 30 reviews
Negative “AI defensive switches mindless, random player movement, terrible controls” · 17 reviews

Progression 19% · Difficulty 8% · Onboarding 10% · Freedom 3% · Strategy 8%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Story +1.00 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “MyCareer is a step up, story mode very satisfying” · 7 reviews
Negative “stupid story with meaningless choices and annoying protagonist” · 2 reviews

Characters 2% · World 3%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +1.47 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “offline MyNBA and MyGM modes are decent basketball simulation” · 4 reviews
Negative “WNBA bundled takes excessive file space” · 1 review

Variety 9% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.63 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “graphics and animations are the best looking in the series” · 31 reviews
Negative “stadium blur and field edge blur is downgrade, support refuses to add toggle option” · 2 reviews

Audio 5%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.58 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “dead game with no players and long queue times of 30+ minutes” · 3 reviews

Playing together 17% · Servers & Connection 24%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 49% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.96 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “excessive VC costs and paywalls create artificial difficulty and grind” · 60 reviews
Positive “cheap price, great value for money” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 9% · Balance 19% · Matchmaking 8%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.72 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “servers shut down, forces annual purchase of new game, career mode deleted” · 9 reviews

Stability 25% · Performance 21%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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