SimulationSports
NBA 2K25
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 47% of owners
Steam reviews 59% positive of 42,967
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (80%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (40%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 47% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 43,188 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 73h for positive, 77.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (47% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Winning Win a game. 100%
- Keep Your Distance Make 10 three-point shots in any one game. 94%
- Team Chemistry Max out your Team Chemistry meter in either NBA, Online, or Streetball. 66%
- Goal Setter Complete a 1st or 2nd Half Game Goal with 3 stars. 54%
- Making Mends Retain the player that you made unhappy when you became a starter. 47%
- Jersey Swap Complete a Jersey Swap challenge with an extra kicker. 43%
- Trash Talker Successfully complete a Trash Talk quest. 42%
- A Dynasty Begins Make the Dynasty List. 39%
- Dynasty Gold Earn two Gold Dynasty badges. 36%
- Origin Story Get 12 stars in the Heart of a Dynasty flashbacks. 26%
- Spreading The Love Finish a game in which all 5 starters score double-digit points. 25%
- Full Potential Reach Hall of Fame on a GOAT Skill. 23%
- Back-to-Back Win 2 straight NBA Championships with the same team. 21%
- Going Once...Going Twice... Win an Auction and collect your card. 15%
- Three-peat Win 3 straight NBA Championships with the same team. 14%
- The Dunes Defeat all bosses in Streetball at The Dunes. 13%
- The Sideline Defeat all bosses in Streetball at The Sideline. 12%
- The Temple Defeat all bosses in Streetball at The Temple. 11%
- SOLD! Sell any player card in the Auction House. 10%
- 100K Club Have a MyTEAM Point balance of 100,000. 10%
- The G.O.A.T. Reach the Overall #1 spot on the GOAT List. 8.5%
- Ultimate POWAH! Apply a Diamond Shoe with a Gold Takeover to any player. 8.1%
- It's a Season Thing Win a Seasonal Signature Challenge. 7.7%
- Come With Me… Activate and enter a warp in any type of Breakout game. 5.5%
- It's All About the W Win a WNBA game in The W. 5.3%
- Streaker Earn a Win Streak in Showdown. 4.9%
- The Ultimate Dynasty Reach #1 on the Dynasty List. 4.3%
- 5 in a Row Earn a win streak in Triple Threat Park. 3.2%
- Tycoon Complete a Full, Triple Threat, and Clutch Time run in Breakout. 2.6%
- Qualified Qualify for King of the Court. 2.3%
- Showing Off Open any pack on the billboard in Triple Threat Park. 1.9%
- Holo Use a Holo Player in Triple Threat Park. 1.7%
- Streetball Co-Op Finish the Streetball Co-op Challenge. 1.5%
- World Tour Complete 100 Exhibitions. 1.1%
- Crown Me Win a game of King of the Court. 0.9%
- Time Traveler Unlock all ERAs teams. 0.6%
- Watch Me Work Win a game in The W Online. 0.4%
- She Got Game Reach Progression tier 10 in The W. 0.4%
- Top of the World Make it to the highest level in Showdown. 0.4%
- Well-Traveled Win a game with every regular NBA team. 0.4%
- Bet On Woman Reach tier 10 in all pillars in The W. 0.2%
- Big Timer Unlock all 15 All-Time teams. 0.2%
- All-Timer Unlock all 30 All-Time teams. 0.2%
- Timeless Win a game with every All-Time team. 0.2%
- Old-School Pro Win a game with every ERAs team. 0.2%
- Baaaaaaah! Reach the GOAT league in 3 different seasons. 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.