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NBA 2K25

Visual Concepts · 2K · 2024-10-28

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SimulationSports

Franchise: NBA · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 06, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 06, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Sep 06, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 06, 2024 (Xbox One)

Command every court with authenticity and realism Powered by ProPLAY™, giving you ultimate control over how you play in NBA 2K25. Define your legacy in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyNBA, and The W.

NBA 2K25 is a Simulation, Sports game released in 2024, priced at $69.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 42930 reviews).

1,244
playing now
59%
positive of 43k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
0.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (1.2k downloads)
3.03★
PlayStation Store rating (55,166 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 54% recommend · from 68 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

1,244 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

NBA 2K25 is a 2024 basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. Based on the National Basketball Association (NBA), it is the 26th installment in the NBA 2K series and is the successor to NBA 2K24 (2023) and the predecessor to NBA 2K26 (2025). The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on September 6, 2024. It was also released for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade on October 3, 2024.

Trailer

NBA 2K25 trailer thumbnail

NBA 2K25 | Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1,244 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 170 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,454 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 16,797 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 859k–1.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 42,964 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.49 at GameBillet (2025-06-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 1 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20242026Week of 2024-09-04: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2024-09-04: 1,121 negativeWeek of 2024-09-11: 663 positiveWeek of 2024-09-11: 491 negativeWeek of 2024-09-18: 360 positiveWeek of 2024-09-18: 210 negativeWeek of 2024-09-25: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-09-25: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-10-02: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-10-02: 159 negativeWeek of 2024-10-09: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-10-09: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-10-16: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 221 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 190 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 287 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 253 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 171 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 129 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 762 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 296 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 221 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 209 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 204 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 228 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 136 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 363 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 274 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 388 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 272 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 533 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 282 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 169 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 231 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 196 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 422 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 214 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 188 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 454 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 740 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 509 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 488 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 304 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 198 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 215 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 199 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 484 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 301 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 352 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 269 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 245 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 184 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.4k7592026-09-15 12:00 — 2,990 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 898 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,504 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 3,273 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,249 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,331 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2,039 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,996 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,166 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,773 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2,579 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 759 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2,389 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,363 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 902 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,999 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 3,257 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 783 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,763 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 3,114 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,055 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,390 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2,378 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,244 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28k2.5kSep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 21,290 · peak 40,434Oct 2024 — avg 16,316 · peak 29,610Nov 2024 — avg 17,842 · peak 32,508Dec 2024 — avg 19,505 · peak 34,625Jan 2025 — avg 19,178 · peak 34,568Feb 2025 — avg 24,437 · peak 44,031Mar 2025 — avg 22,379 · peak 40,939Apr 2025 — avg 20,923 · peak 39,985May 2025 — avg 28,085 · peak 56,395Jun 2025 — avg 25,942 · peak 46,617Jul 2025 — avg 25,688 · peak 45,893Aug 2025 — avg 17,343 · peak 35,191Sep 2025 — avg 10,183 · peak 24,587Oct 2025 — avg 8,444 · peak 17,816Nov 2025 — avg 8,226 · peak 17,097Dec 2025 — avg 7,071 · peak 14,836Jan 2026 — avg 6,528 · peak 13,492Feb 2026 — avg 5,846 · peak 12,129Mar 2026 — avg 4,909 · peak 10,498Apr 2026 — avg 4,441 · peak 9,036May 2026 — avg 4,172 · peak 8,876Jun 2026 — avg 3,697 · peak 7,853Jul 2026 — avg 2,876 · peak 6,244Aug 2026 — avg 2,509 · peak 4,943
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-222026-10-112026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$8.492024-07-102026-10-092024-07-10 — best price $69.992024-07-26 — best price $62.972024-08-12 — best price $64.992024-10-03 — best price $69.992024-10-19 — best price $69.902024-10-25 — best price $45.392024-11-02 — best price $62.992024-11-16 — best price $69.992024-11-27 — best price $26.892024-12-06 — best price $60.892024-12-21 — best price $25.192025-01-04 — best price $62.992025-01-16 — best price $27.412025-01-28 — best price $24.342025-02-04 — best price $69.992025-02-09 — best price $69.992025-02-21 — best price $24.502025-03-05 — best price $18.472025-03-17 — best price $19.202025-03-27 — best price $21.002025-04-17 — best price $17.482025-04-22 — best price $21.002025-05-05 — best price $62.992025-05-21 — best price $69.992025-05-28 — best price $69.992025-06-06 — best price $8.622025-06-17 — best price $9.792025-07-11 — best price $69.992025-07-18 — best price $60.892025-07-30 — best price $69.992025-08-27 — best price $69.992026-02-21 — best price $65.792026-09-04 — best price $69.992026-10-09 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

262602026-05-30 — 108 pageviews2026-06-03 — 174 pageviews2026-06-07 — 114 pageviews2026-06-11 — 100 pageviews2026-06-15 — 150 pageviews2026-06-19 — 136 pageviews2026-06-23 — 124 pageviews2026-06-27 — 107 pageviews2026-07-01 — 113 pageviews2026-07-05 — 119 pageviews2026-07-09 — 127 pageviews2026-07-13 — 100 pageviews2026-07-17 — 74 pageviews2026-07-21 — 93 pageviews2026-07-25 — 133 pageviews2026-07-29 — 98 pageviews2026-08-02 — 91 pageviews2026-08-06 — 88 pageviews2026-08-10 — 70 pageviews2026-08-14 — 76 pageviews2026-08-18 — 106 pageviews2026-08-22 — 119 pageviews2026-08-26 — 134 pageviews2026-08-30 — 101 pageviews2026-09-03 — 130 pageviews2026-09-07 — 103 pageviews2026-09-11 — 80 pageviews2026-09-15 — 93 pageviews2026-09-19 — 74 pageviews2026-09-23 — 67 pageviews2026-09-27 — 77 pageviews2026-10-01 — 60 pageviews2026-10-05 — 198 pageviews2026-10-08 — 94 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2802026-10-01 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
46.9%
earned "Winning"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2025-08-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)31,4090%47
PS4 (PlayStation)12,1580%51
Xbox Series (Xbox)9,3600%46
Steam (Steam)3,9431%46
Xbox One (Xbox)1,2310%50
Switch (Nintendo)1390%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DPvPCo-opSportsTradinge-sportsBasketballControllerManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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