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NBA 2K26

Visual Concepts · 2K · 2025-09-04

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Sports

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

Releases: Sep 05, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 05, 2025 (Xbox One), Sep 05, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 05, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Sep 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 29, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

NBA 2K26 is a $69.99 Sports title released in 2025, with Mixed (64% of 32143 reviews).

4,415
playing now
64%
positive of 34k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
22
twitch viewers (latest)
11.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.63★
PlayStation Store rating (29,893 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 89% recommend · from 64 critics
93h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

4,415 players in-game as of 2026-09-21 01:00 UTC (census sample)

NBA 2K26 is a 2025 basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. Based on the National Basketball Association (NBA), it is the 27th installment in the NBA 2K series and is the successor to NBA 2K25 (2024). The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows on September 5, 2025. IGN has rated this game an 8/10, with critics praising its smooth gameplay.

Trailer

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Health check

Cooling
  • · 4,415 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,062 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~133/week).
  • · Review velocity down 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 2,990 Sports games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-21

Tier history: thriving→cooling (Sep 21), cooling→thriving (Sep 19), thriving→cooling (Sep 16), cooling→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→cooling (Sep 14)

Estimated sales: 676k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,788 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Microsoft Store (2026-07-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 73 of 115 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
76876820252026Week of 2025-08-29: 469 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 259 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 592 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 291 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 172 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 238 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 210 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 161 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 207 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 137 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 461 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 474 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 142 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 369 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 407 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 406 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 153 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 388 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 154 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 450 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 264 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 112 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 136 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 386 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 529 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 203 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 331 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 768 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 530 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 751 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 524 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 448 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 264 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 203 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 358 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 297 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 175 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 500 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 245 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 462 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 212 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 411 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 172 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 363 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 225 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 150 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-09-11: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-09-11: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-09-18: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-09-25: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-09-25: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-10-02: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-10-02: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-10-09: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-10-09: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

17k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 4,115 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 5,436 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 7,408 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 7,510 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 7,624 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 9,983 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 14,050 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 11,371 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 5,847 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3,981 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3,937 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 6,548 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 9,668 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 12,210 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 12,117 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 12,591 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 13,046 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 16,204 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 15,614 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 8,772 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 5,996 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 4,807 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 4,264 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 5,280 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 7,732 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 10,002 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 9,308 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10,584 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 12,126 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 15,701 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 14,930 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 7,916 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5,597 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 4,444 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3,843 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 4,415 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28k12kSep 2025Aug 2026Sep 2025 — avg 15,917 · peak 31,973Oct 2025 — avg 11,737 · peak 19,952Nov 2025 — avg 14,336 · peak 26,548Dec 2025 — avg 17,123 · peak 28,774Jan 2026 — avg 18,991 · peak 29,777Feb 2026 — avg 20,107 · peak 30,804Mar 2026 — avg 20,042 · peak 34,861Apr 2026 — avg 21,724 · peak 37,695May 2026 — avg 28,009 · peak 52,826Jun 2026 — avg 26,101 · peak 45,520Jul 2026 — avg 23,951 · peak 46,337Aug 2026 — avg 16,826 · peak 32,136
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#54#1002026-09-152026-09-212026-09-15 — #542026-09-16 — #542026-09-17 — #542026-09-19 — #992026-09-20 — #992026-09-21 — #100
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
21212026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 8 new positive2026-09-15: 10 new negative2026-09-16: 9 new positive2026-09-16: 3 new negative2026-09-17: 8 new positive2026-09-17: 2 new negative2026-09-18: 5 new positive2026-09-18: 5 new negative2026-09-19: 21 new positive2026-09-19: 6 new negative2026-09-20: 11 new positive2026-09-20: 12 new negative2026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new negative2026-09-25: 16 new positive2026-09-25: 9 new negative2026-09-26: 13 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-27: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new negative2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new negative2026-09-30: 8 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 16 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 14 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 15 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 8 new negative2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 10 new negative2026-10-14: 10 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$6.992025-07-092026-08-012025-07-09 — best price $69.992025-07-16 — best price $69.992025-08-26 — best price $63.392025-09-05 — best price $63.392025-10-09 — best price $48.992025-10-25 — best price $48.992025-11-02 — best price $62.992025-11-08 — best price $69.992025-11-14 — best price $69.992025-11-21 — best price $26.452025-11-30 — best price $69.992025-12-05 — best price $69.992025-12-18 — best price $24.062026-01-07 — best price $69.992026-02-05 — best price $23.092026-02-19 — best price $69.992026-03-04 — best price $58.792026-03-13 — best price $69.992026-03-25 — best price $15.702026-04-02 — best price $15.702026-04-16 — best price $17.492026-04-22 — best price $62.992026-05-01 — best price $8.622026-05-17 — best price $9.802026-05-22 — best price $8.042026-05-31 — best price $61.592026-06-12 — best price $69.992026-06-22 — best price $8.822026-06-27 — best price $8.352026-07-09 — best price $9.792026-07-13 — best price $58.792026-07-19 — best price $9.802026-07-25 — best price $59.912026-08-01 — best price $61.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9911232026-05-13 — 342 pageviews2026-05-17 — 387 pageviews2026-05-21 — 341 pageviews2026-05-25 — 323 pageviews2026-05-29 — 335 pageviews2026-06-02 — 440 pageviews2026-06-06 — 401 pageviews2026-06-10 — 367 pageviews2026-06-14 — 447 pageviews2026-06-18 — 346 pageviews2026-06-22 — 606 pageviews2026-06-26 — 394 pageviews2026-06-30 — 394 pageviews2026-07-04 — 294 pageviews2026-07-08 — 299 pageviews2026-07-12 — 270 pageviews2026-07-16 — 303 pageviews2026-07-20 — 310 pageviews2026-07-24 — 538 pageviews2026-07-28 — 447 pageviews2026-08-01 — 299 pageviews2026-08-05 — 266 pageviews2026-08-09 — 275 pageviews2026-08-13 — 240 pageviews2026-08-17 — 241 pageviews2026-08-21 — 280 pageviews2026-08-25 — 285 pageviews2026-08-29 — 332 pageviews2026-09-02 — 268 pageviews2026-09-06 — 245 pageviews2026-09-10 — 188 pageviews2026-09-14 — 182 pageviews2026-09-18 — 193 pageviews2026-09-22 — 182 pageviews2026-09-26 — 209 pageviews2026-09-30 — 154 pageviews2026-10-04 — 130 pageviews2026-10-08 — 177 pageviews2026-10-12 — 123 pageviews2026-10-13 — 155 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

38862026-09-30 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 305 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 285 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 22 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
57.2%
earned "A Successful Beginning"
2.4%
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 2026-08-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)24,9570%49
Xbox Series (Xbox)12,0630%48
Steam (Steam)4,2650%48
PS4 (PlayStation)1,8250%50
Switch 2 (Nintendo)5880%0
Switch (Nintendo)3830%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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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