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NBA 2K17
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 54% positive of 8,782
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (74%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 2 (43%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 59% 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 8,772 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 116.3h for positive, 70.2h 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 (58.7% 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 (49)
story milestone ending side
- No TV, No Newspapers… Get in some extra work with Justice. 100%
- That's Got a Ring To It Come up with a nickname for your dynamic duo. 89%
- Mano a Mano Play 1-on-1 with a teammate in MyCOURT. 81%
- My Every Day Player Become a starter in the NBA in MyCAREER. 78%
- Ice is Nice Go to the barbershop with Justice. 75%
- Wait, There's More! Perform a celebration after scoring an "And-1" during a game. 72%
- Get By With a Little Help Reach out to Xavier about setting up a better workout plan. 70%
- Just Say No Purchase a Card Pack in MyTEAM. 70%
- Makin' Adjustments Make an on-the-fly defensive coaching adjustment during a game. 64%
- Leavin' On a Jet Plane Get the sad news from Denver. 57%
- Back To The Future Start a new MyGM/MyLEAGUE in the Offseason. 50%
- Friend For Life Say hello to an old friend. 49%
- Ah, Memories Get the gift from Coach Falls. 45%
- Poetic Justice Publicly state your support for Justice remaining with the team. 45%
- In Your Image Create your own jump shot in MyCAREER. 40%
- My All-Star Be named an NBA All-Star in MyCAREER. 39%
- To The Victor… Earn a Challenge Token in MyTEAM. 33%
- Insurance Policy Add a Pick Protection on a traded pick in MyGM/MyLEAGUE. 32%
- Total Confidence Add a Pick Swap on a traded pick in MyGM/MyLEAGUE. 28%
- Play It Safe Choose to rest and not risk further injury. 27%
- Plus One Start a new MyLEAGUE with an Expansion Team. 25%
- I Got You Make 5 Jump Pass assists in a single game. 22%
- I Want To Go Home Acquire a Ruby Player in MyTEAM. 21%
- Man Of The People Get 5,000,000 fans in MyCAREER. 20%
- Mount Up Join a Squad in MyPARK. 13%
- Movin' On Up Earn a Rookie 3 Rep level in MyPARK. 12%
- …Go The Spoils Earn a Challenge Prize in MyTEAM. 7.7%
- Get Your Feet Wet Complete a 2K Pro-Am Walk-On game. 7.5%
- History Lesson Unlock Historic Domination in MyTEAM. 7.2%
- Nothing But Net Find a points card and make a basket in MyTEAM Blacktop. 7.0%
- Got My Passport Travel to a Rival Park in MyPARK. 6.5%
- Lift It Up Win an NBA Title in Playoffs mode. 6.0%
- Run It Get a win streak of 5 or more in MyPARK. 6.0%
- No 'I' In Team Join or Own a 2K Pro-Am Team. 5.8%
- 198 Problems and Domination IS One! Earn 198 Stars in Domination and Historic Domination in MyTEAM. 5.3%
- Bust A Move Bust a 5 or more game win streak of an opposing team in a MyPARK game. 5.3%
- The First Of Many Earn a Call-Up in Play Now Online. 4.3%
- What's My Line? Get at least 5 PTS, 5 AST, and 5 REB in a MyPARK game. 3.9%
- Pssst! Solve a code in MyTEAM. 2.7%
- Always the Comedian Choose to do the funny shoe commercial. 2.6%
- Ringer Beat a Tier 1 team with a team from a lower tier in Play Now Online. 2.6%
- Flexin' Go shirtless in MyPARK. 2.0%
- Next Level Reach level 10 in MyTEAM Blacktop. 1.7%
- Déjà vu Prestige in MyTEAM Online. 1.2%
- Form Blazing Sword Upgrade a Park Card by applying 5 duplicates in the same slot in MyPARK. 1.2%
- Represent Win 3 Rival Day games in MyPARK. 1.2%
- Perfection Win all 10 games of 'Greatest of All-Time' in Play Now Online. 1.2%
- On The Rise Win as a member of a Pro-Level or higher 2K Pro-Am team. 1.2%
- How Much Ya Got? Sign a max deal in free agency in MyCAREER. 1.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.