NBA 2K23

Rise to the occasion in NBA 2K23. Showcase your talent in MyCareer. Pair All-Stars with timeless legends in MyTeam. Build your own dynasty in MyGM, or guide the NBA in a new direction with MyLeague. Take on…

80 9 September 2022

Simulator Sport Non-fiction

NBA 2K23 is a simulator developed by Visual Concepts, released 9 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What NBA 2K23 is

NBA 2K23 is a simulator game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2022. 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

Rise to the occasion in NBA 2K23. Showcase your talent in MyCareer. Pair All-Stars with timeless legends in MyTeam. Build your own dynasty in MyGM, or guide the NBA in a new direction with MyLeague. Take on NBA or WNBA teams in "Play Now" and feel true-to-life gameplay.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are 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 2K23 is the 171st of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. The next entry was NBA 2K23: Michael Jordan Edition in 2022. Its critic score of 80 is 7 points above 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 2K23 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

NBA 2K23 launched on 9 September 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger and Grounded. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger, Grounded.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NBA 2K23 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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