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Bragging rights are on the line in MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyNBA, The W, and Play Now. Showcase your bag of moves with hyper realism, Powered by ProPLAY™, and challenge your friends, or rivals, in NBA 2K26’s competitive modes—and leave no doubt that you wear the crown.

NBA 2K26 is a sports, gambling and simulation game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K.
Released on September 04th 2025 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 2,289 reviews of which 1,535 were positive and 754 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 69.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified NBA 2K26 into these genres:

Sports Gambling Simulation Basketball eSports 3D Immersive Sim Management Singleplayer Character Customization PvP Multiplayer Controller Team-Based Online Co-Op Trading Co-op Local Multiplayer Local Co-Op

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 110 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD Required. Dual-analog Gamepad recommended. Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributable 2019. In order to play NBA 2K26 on PC, you need a processor capable of supporting AVX2 and a graphics card capable of supporting DirectX feature level 12.0.

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2025

Horrible micro transaction practice. $70 for the game,$100 for early access plus an additional $50 if you want to take your my player to a 85 overall,which most do because the grind for alot isn't worth not paying. for most people i would not suggest this game on that alone but for myself i am a basketball junkie and basically only play my career. love the story this year,gameplay changes are great. shooting is way too easy though imo but i would take it any day over rng that we previously had. Reason im rating this positive is because this review is my experience and im tailoring it off of that. its a great basketball sim,great gameplay but its not a game i would recommend to the average basketball fan that just wants to play a bit. wait for a deep discount.

Sept. 2025

I'm only 5 hours in but my initial impression is that 2K26 is the best and most realistic 2K in the last 10 years. Pro tips: 1) Turn off temporal anti-aliasing because it reduces picture quality substantially. It seems to run on top of DLSS and that causes some visual issues such as the names on the jerseys becoming illegible. 2) 2K26 does not have a frame generation option in game but if you have at least a 40 series graphics card you can enable "smooth motion" in the Nvidia app to generate frames. It works great for me. 3) Make sure to set your Nvidia app to override DLSS to the latest version.

Aug. 2025

3080, R9 5900x, 32 gb ram Updated drivers, installed game, let the game compile all shaders using 19 cores (didn't increase or decrease) On 1440p quality dlss, high/ultra settings, it runs nearly flawless. No crashes to report either Game is much better than 25 imo, it seems EA's looming college bball made them up their game a bit.

Aug. 2025

Before I go on with the review I should say that I am on an Intel CPU/Nvidia GPU system. I understand AMD users are having issue getting the game to work for them. Hopefully that gets fixed in a hurry so y'all can enjoy the game too. I'm 2 hours in and I already like it a lot more than 2K25. The shooting is more friendly to the user as opposed to being prone to RNG like outcomes. If you get yourself open for a shot, or you're in your hot zone wide open and a PG with passing badges passes you the ball and you catch and shoot the wide open look? Unless you yourself mess it up somehow, its going to go in. No more releases that missed the green by a mere 1/16th of a pixel and it misses. Even a slight miss off the green still has a great chance of going in. Its the way it should be. If you work hard to get an open look you should get your reward with nothing but net. I think they also did a great job with how the meter adjusts when a defender is closing out or contesting a shot. That meter will jump and it does make it harder to hit the shot. I missed plenty like that. So its not like they put shooting on easy mode. Its just more rewarding for the ones who work on getting good looks. I'm personally already loving the changes. Game play is faster which is nice. Its more challenging in a lot of ways but in ways I believe it was needed. If you're running Intel and Nvidia hardware i'd say its worth it to get it right now. If you're running AMD I'd wait for news on them fixing the current issues, Its fun times!

Aug. 2025

Works good on steam deck. probably the best 2K game we'll get for years. this one is a shooters/playmakers wet dream.

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Frequently Asked Questions

NBA 2K26 is currently priced at 69.99€ on Steam.

NBA 2K26 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 69.99€ on Steam.

NBA 2K26 received 1,535 positive votes out of a total of 2,289 achieving a rating of 6.54.

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NBA 2K26 was developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K.

NBA 2K26 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

NBA 2K26 is not playable on MacOS.

NBA 2K26 is not playable on Linux.

NBA 2K26 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

NBA 2K26 offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 4 DLCs available for NBA 2K26. Explore additional content available for NBA 2K26 on Steam.

NBA 2K26 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

NBA 2K26 supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

NBA 2K26 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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