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NBA 2K27 cover art

NBA 2K27

Visual Concepts · 2K · 2026-09-03

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Sports

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

Releases: Aug 28, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 28, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Aug 28, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 04, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

The hustle doesn’t stop and the run never ends in NBA 2K27. Chase greatness around the clock in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, and MyNBA, and make your hoop dreams a reality.

NBA 2K27 is a 2026 Sports game priced at $69.99, receiving Mixed sentiment (50% of 3220 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-07

11,152
playing now
49%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
4,214
twitch viewers (latest)
14.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
2.66★
PlayStation Store rating (4,391 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

11,152 players in-game as of 2026-09-17 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

NBA 2K27 trailer thumbnail

NBA 2K27: Official Gameplay Trailer

≈525,615 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 5% of 3,042 Sports games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-16

Tier history: thriving→unknown (Sep 16), unknown→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,548 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $48.99 at Steam (2026-10-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 2 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37037020262026Week of 2026-08-26: 305 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 300 negativeWeek of 2026-09-02: 370 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 313 negativeWeek of 2026-09-09: 214 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 179 negativeWeek of 2026-09-16: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-09-16: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-09-23: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-09-23: 118 negativeWeek of 2026-09-30: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-09-30: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-10-07: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-10-07: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

21k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 10,513 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 11,040 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 11,664 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 12,564 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 12,705 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 12,511 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 12,399 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 11,316 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 10,811 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 10,989 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 11,445 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 13,703 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 16,808 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 19,015 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 21,071 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 18,530 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 15,127 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 12,622 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 11,386 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10,790 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 10,411 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 10,528 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 11,152 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#60#602026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #602026-09-16 — #602026-09-17 — #60
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
49492026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 19 new positive2026-09-16: 28 new negative2026-09-17: 18 new positive2026-09-17: 22 new negative2026-09-18: 21 new positive2026-09-18: 23 new negative2026-09-19: 26 new positive2026-09-19: 38 new negative2026-09-20: 8 new positive2026-09-20: 32 new negative2026-09-21: 23 new positive2026-09-21: 21 new negative2026-09-22: 20 new positive2026-09-22: 23 new negative2026-09-23: 20 new positive2026-09-23: 27 new negative2026-09-24: 16 new positive2026-09-24: 15 new negative2026-09-25: 15 new positive2026-09-25: 30 new negative2026-09-26: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 31 new negative2026-09-27: 25 new positive2026-09-27: 25 new negative2026-09-28: 20 new positive2026-09-28: 23 new negative2026-09-29: 35 new positive2026-09-29: 34 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 20 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 26 new negative2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 16 new negative2026-10-03: 15 new positive2026-10-03: 16 new negative2026-10-04: 17 new positive2026-10-04: 14 new negative2026-10-05: 16 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 17 new positive2026-10-06: 20 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new negative2026-10-08: 7 new positive2026-10-08: 15 new negative2026-10-09: 11 new positive2026-10-09: 22 new negative2026-10-10: 19 new positive2026-10-10: 39 new negative2026-10-11: 26 new positive2026-10-11: 33 new negative2026-10-12: 20 new positive2026-10-12: 49 new negative2026-10-13: 14 new positive2026-10-13: 21 new negative2026-10-14: 16 new positive2026-10-14: 18 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$59.202026-07-222026-09-082026-07-22 — best price $69.992026-07-23 — best price $69.992026-08-07 — best price $69.992026-08-08 — best price $69.992026-08-10 — best price $69.992026-08-11 — best price $69.992026-08-26 — best price $60.992026-08-27 — best price $60.952026-09-02 — best price $59.992026-09-03 — best price $69.992026-09-04 — best price $59.202026-09-05 — best price $69.992026-09-08 — best price $59.30
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

12k1.9k2026-10-01 10:34 — 3,948 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 6,245 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 5,297 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 5,783 viewers2026-10-03 04:12 — 2,939 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 3,140 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 6,286 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 9,232 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 4,669 viewers2026-10-05 03:12 — 3,549 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 3,080 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 10,645 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 7,776 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 3,738 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 8,065 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 3,233 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 5,690 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 5,041 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 3,800 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 8,516 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 5,380 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 8,169 viewers2026-10-10 03:12 — 3,006 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 3,401 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 7,136 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 6,937 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 5,652 viewers2026-10-12 04:12 — 6,279 viewers2026-10-12 10:12 — 2,563 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 6,411 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 9,246 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 3,768 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 7,595 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 5,888 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 4,623 viewers2026-10-15 04:12 — 3,132 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 4,214 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
45.6%
earned "Wonder Twins"
2.1%
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

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2026-08-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)3,5910%49
Xbox Series (Xbox)5950%48
Steam (Steam)3530%48
Switch 2 (Nintendo)120%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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