NBA 2K25

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mixed · 61%Mixed · 61%2024

$69.99

US Steam price, checked 6 h ago

The verdict

A fun, polished basketball sim with excellent offline modes like MyNBA Eras, but online and MyCareer are buried in microtransactions and tied to servers that shut down after two years. Skip it if you want online play.

Great for

Offline players who love franchise play, MyNBA Eras and custom teams, ideally buying on sale

Main risk

Servers shut down after about two years, killing MyCareer and online modes, while VC grind dominates

What changed in the last 30 days

16 recent reviews

Recent negative reviews overwhelmingly cite 2K delisting the game and shutting down servers after two years, which breaks MyCareer and MyTeam. Fairly confident this drives the drop.

16 recent reviews

What players love

Fun with friends and as a single-player game

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“verry nice to play on couch with friends.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗

“It's a really good game if you just want to play against the AI.”
Steam review · 121.6 h played ↗

Deep offline MyNBA and Eras mode

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“you've got arguably the deepest franchise mode that sports gaming has ever offered here. The MyNBA Eras feature is so good”
Steam review · 145.6 h played ↗

“Every game played singleplayer and offline.”
Steam review · 1008.5 h played ↗

“The game has a cool feature to play in the era you want, like the Jordan or Kobe era.”
Steam review · translated · 171 h played ↗

Fluid, realistic on-court gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The on-court gameplay is the biggest strength. Players feel more physical, movement feels smoother”
Steam review · 454.5 h played ↗

“Animations are smooth, you feel the player's weight when dribbling.”
Steam review · translated · 7 h played ↗

Great graphics and presentation

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“The visuals and presentation are outstanding, making every matchup feel like a real NBA broadcast.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

“The most beautiful sports game! Recommended!”
Steam review · translated · 7.2 h played ↗

Good value when bought on sale

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“this 2k is pretty decent only get on sale though”
Steam review · 345 h played ↗

“Great game but ONLY if it's on sale. This game is worth nowhere near $70.”
Steam review · 27.6 h played ↗

Better than 2K26 and recent entries

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“2K25 is so much better then 2K26”
Steam review · 177.2 h played ↗

“25 was still better”
Steam review · translated · 439.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Crashes, bad PC optimization and long shader builds

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“It will consistently crash when you load into MyCity in MyCareer.”
Steam review · 30.9 h played ↗

“I refuse to wait tens of minutes for some FCKIN shaders to build EVERYTIME I start this abomination up.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗

“Optimization is simply zero, I had to uninstall the game without even getting a feel for it.”
Steam review · translated · 1.5 h played ↗

VC microtransactions and endless grind

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“gotta dedicate your life to getting vc if you don't want to pay for it”
Steam review · 37.1 h played ↗

“It doesn’t feel like your player grows through practice or understanding of the game, but rather through how much of money you’re willing to spend on the game.”
Steam review · 80.1 h played ↗

“Microtransactions, microtransactions, microtransactions!”
Steam review · translated · 4.4 h played ↗

Dead or laggy online, anti-cheat and cheaters

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“I never saw anyone in my lobbies this game is unplayable and not worth the money or the time.”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗

“There are more cheaters than normal players”
Steam review · translated · 233.9 h played ↗

Inconsistent shot meter and frustrating shooting

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“The shotmeter is ridiculously inconsistent”
Steam review · 129.5 h played ↗

“99 overall three point and still wont let me green nice bro”
Steam review · 29.5 h played ↗

Same game every year, cash grab

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“horrible garbage cashgrab. same ♥♥♥♥ every year with no updates”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗

“it’s the same game every year, yet there are constantly features being removed.”
Steam review · 29 h played ↗

Servers shut down after two years

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“Turning the servers off and breaking career mode within 2 years. Absolute scam.”
Steam review · 52.9 h played ↗

“MyCareer is a rental disguised as a full game.”
Steam review · 128.4 h played ↗

“How the ♥♥♥♥ do you tie 80 percent of the games content to online then shut it down 2 years later”
Steam review · 163.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 10 64-Bit (latest update)

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580

Storage150 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 64-Bit (latest update)

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8 GB or Intel® Arc™ A770

Storage150 GB available space

OSWindows 10 64-Bit (latest update)

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580

Storage150 GB available space

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