NBA 2K22

NBA 2K22 puts the entire basketball universe in your hands. Play now in real NBA and WNBA environments against authentic teams and players. Build your own dream team in MyTeam with today’s stars and…

73 9 September 2021

Simulator Sport Action Business Non-fiction

NBA 2K22 is a simulator developed by Visual Concepts, released 9 September 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What NBA 2K22 is

NBA 2K22 is a simulator game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2021. It was published by 2K. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

NBA 2K22 puts the entire basketball universe in your hands. Play now in real NBA and WNBA environments against authentic teams and players. Build your own dream team in MyTeam with today’s stars and yesterday’s legends. Live out your own pro journey in MyCareer and experience your personal rise to the NBA. Flex your management skills as a powerful Executive in MyGM and MyLeague. Anyone, anywhere can hoop in NBA 2K22.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, business and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the NBA series

NBA 2K22 is the 165th of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. The next entry was NBA 2K22: Cross-Gen Digital Bundle in 2021. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.

See all 187 NBA games in release order →

How it was received

NBA 2K22 holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

NBA 2K22 launched on 9 September 2021, within three weeks of Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut.

Cheats and codes

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