
- 69/100
- Players25 ratings
- 79/100
- Critics5 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic11 critic reviews
- 76/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 48/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3/5
- Player reviews
- 60% positive31,002 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows
Where to get it

2024 · Visual Concepts · Basketball · Simulation
NBA 2K25
Stack wins, raise banners, and make history in NBA 2K25. Command every court with authenticity and realism Powered by ProPLAY, giving you ultimate control over how you play in NBA 2K25. Define your legacy in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyNBA, and The W.
- Released
- 6 September 2024
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/S
- Genres
- BasketballSimulationSports
- Developers
- Visual Concepts
- Publishers
- 2K
- Series
- NBA 2K
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- PEGI 3ACB MUSK 12ESRB ECLASS_IND LGRAC 12+CERO A
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain)
- Copies sold
- 11.5 million as of 2025-06-30
- Entry
- #26 in NBA 2K
- Time to beat
- 22hmain story431hcompletionist
About
NBA 2K25 is a 2024 basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. Based on the National Basketball Association (NBA), it is the 26th installment in the NBA 2K series and is the successor to NBA 2K24 (2023) and the predecessor to NBA 2K26 (2025). The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on September 6, 2024. It was also released for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade on October 3, 2024. The game will be delisted from digital storefronts on October 30, 2026, and the online servers will be shut down on December 31, 2026.
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Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Development
The game was announced on July 11, 2024 and is the first instance in the NBA 2K series that features cover art with both NBA and WNBA players on the same release, with the All-Star Edition featuring Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics and A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces. The Standard Edition has Tatum, WNBA Edition has Wilson, and the Naismith Hall of Fame Edition features Vince Carter, who led a crop of inductees scheduled to enter the month after this game was released. This will be the first installment of the series where the PC edition will have all of the features of the home console editions, minus cross-play support, which is only on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Additionally, in the Season 3 update, the PC version received Easy Anti-Cheat to help combat hackers.
NBA 2K25 has ProPlay, a technology introduced in the predecessor NBA 2K24, which turns real NBA footage into animations in-game for players. Using ProPlay, 9,000 new animations were added. The game additionally features a new dribble engine and a new defensive movement system. An additional paid DLC mode, Gravity Ball, was added in Season 2 on October 22.
Reception
The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC versions of NBA 2K25 received "generally favorable" reviews on review aggregator Metacritic, with the PlayStation 5 version having a 79/100, the Xbox Series X version having a 77/100, and the PC version having a 76/100.
It was nominated for "Best Sports / Racing Game" at The Game Awards 2024, as well as for "Sports Game of the Year" at the 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
Awards
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- NBA 2K25 x WWE 2K24 BundleNBA 2K25 x TopSpin 2K25 BundleNBA 2K25 x WWE 2K24 x TopSpin 2K25 Bundle
- Editions
- NBA 2K25: All-Star Edition
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1999 · Dreamcast
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Sega exclusive74NBA 2K1
2000 · Dreamcast
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70NBA 2K3
2002 · GameCube, PlayStation 2 +1
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2004 · PlayStation 2, Xbox
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2006 · PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 +2
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80NBA 2K8
2007 · PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 +1
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77NBA 2K9
2008 · PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 +2
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79NBA 2K10 Draft Combine
2009 · PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 +4
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90NBA 2K11
2010 · OnLive Game System, PlayStation 2 +5
Visual Concepts
83NBA 2K12
2011 · OnLive Game System, PlayStation 2 +5
Visual Concepts
76NBA 2K13
2012 · Android, PlayStation 3 +7
Visual Concepts
78NBA 2K14
2013 · Android, PlayStation 3 +5
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79NBA 2K15
2014 · Android, PlayStation 3 +4
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2015 · Android, PlayStation 3 +4
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- Games released in 2024List › July–September
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