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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

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).

21,650
playing now
64%
positive of 33k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
245
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
93h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)

21,650 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 21,650 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 4,749 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~594/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 977 Sports games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 658k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 32,893 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 74 of 122 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: 195 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 122 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32k6.8k2026-08-06 16:00 — 23,055 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 17,643 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 11,370 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 29,275 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 23,330 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 15,241 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 21,255 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 12,185 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 23,243 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 17,107 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 10,300 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 26,767 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 15,627 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 12,168 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 20,730 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 11,377 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 21,825 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 15,568 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 8,795 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 25,064 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 14,719 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 11,049 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 16,942 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 10,447 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 21,988 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 19,607 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 10,081 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 24,910 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 13,294 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 10,487 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 16,652 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 9,644 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 17,907 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 13,614 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 6,817 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 22,828 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 16,308 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 9,412 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 18,893 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 21,650 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#45#732026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #452026-08-07 — #452026-08-08 — #452026-08-09 — #452026-08-10 — #452026-08-11 — #452026-08-12 — #452026-08-13 — #592026-08-14 — #582026-08-15 — #582026-08-16 — #602026-08-17 — #632026-08-18 — #662026-08-19 — #632026-08-20 — #622026-08-21 — #622026-08-22 — #632026-08-23 — #662026-08-24 — #662026-08-25 — #682026-08-26 — #672026-08-27 — #662026-08-28 — #662026-08-29 — #702026-08-30 — #73
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
59592026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 36 new positive2026-08-07: 30 new negative2026-08-08: 59 new positive2026-08-08: 22 new negative2026-08-09: 41 new positive2026-08-09: 34 new negative2026-08-10: 47 new positive2026-08-10: 29 new negative2026-08-11: 37 new positive2026-08-11: 14 new negative2026-08-12: 29 new positive2026-08-12: 15 new negative2026-08-14: 24 new positive2026-08-14: 24 new negative2026-08-15: 57 new positive2026-08-15: 21 new negative2026-08-16: 20 new positive2026-08-16: 17 new negative2026-08-17: 29 new positive2026-08-17: 19 new negative2026-08-18: 27 new positive2026-08-18: 13 new negative2026-08-19: 21 new positive2026-08-19: 21 new negative2026-08-20: 15 new positive2026-08-20: 13 new negative2026-08-21: 13 new positive2026-08-21: 17 new negative2026-08-22: 33 new positive2026-08-22: 21 new negative2026-08-23: 29 new positive2026-08-23: 12 new negative2026-08-24: 24 new positive2026-08-24: 12 new negative2026-08-25: 29 new positive2026-08-25: 11 new negative2026-08-26: 21 new positive2026-08-26: 15 new negative2026-08-27: 23 new positive2026-08-27: 13 new negative2026-08-28: 24 new positive2026-08-28: 19 new negative2026-08-29: 22 new positive2026-08-29: 14 new negative2026-08-30: 21 new positive2026-08-30: 12 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

9912192026-05-13 — 342 pageviews2026-05-16 — 360 pageviews2026-05-19 — 329 pageviews2026-05-22 — 337 pageviews2026-05-25 — 323 pageviews2026-05-28 — 354 pageviews2026-05-31 — 386 pageviews2026-06-03 — 439 pageviews2026-06-06 — 401 pageviews2026-06-09 — 432 pageviews2026-06-12 — 315 pageviews2026-06-15 — 423 pageviews2026-06-18 — 346 pageviews2026-06-21 — 348 pageviews2026-06-24 — 366 pageviews2026-06-27 — 338 pageviews2026-06-30 — 394 pageviews2026-07-03 — 334 pageviews2026-07-06 — 333 pageviews2026-07-09 — 327 pageviews2026-07-12 — 270 pageviews2026-07-15 — 354 pageviews2026-07-18 — 326 pageviews2026-07-21 — 330 pageviews2026-07-24 — 538 pageviews2026-07-27 — 395 pageviews2026-07-30 — 315 pageviews2026-08-02 — 265 pageviews2026-08-05 — 266 pageviews2026-08-08 — 284 pageviews2026-08-11 — 251 pageviews2026-08-14 — 225 pageviews2026-08-17 — 241 pageviews2026-08-20 — 296 pageviews2026-08-23 — 275 pageviews2026-08-24 — 270 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.4k1222026-08-18 08:12 — 1,911 viewers2026-08-20 08:12 — 1,895 viewers2026-08-22 04:12 — 2,492 viewers2026-08-23 04:12 — 2,082 viewers2026-08-23 07:12 — 2,209 viewers2026-08-25 04:12 — 3,131 viewers2026-08-25 09:12 — 1,799 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 1,328 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1,211 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,271 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 868 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 521 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 350 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 215 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 459 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 462 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 555 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 750 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 510 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 255 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 147 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 260 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 477 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 487 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 348 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 705 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 421 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 232 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 164 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 263 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 352 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 415 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 417 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 504 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 454 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 264 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 182 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 180 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 245 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

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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