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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…

79 6 September 2024

NBA 2K25 is a simulator developed by Visual Concepts, released 6 September 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What NBA 2K25 is

NBA 2K25 is a simulator game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2024. 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

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 46 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the NBA series

NBA 2K25 is the 180th of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. It arrived 7 months after NBA Now 24. The next entry was NBA 2K25: Arcade Edition in 2024. Its critic score of 79 is 6 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.

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How it was received

NBA 2K25 holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 63% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. It also needs around 150GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

NBA 2K25 launched on 6 September 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Astro Bot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NBA 2K25 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

NBA 2K25 — frequently asked questions

When did NBA 2K25 come out?
NBA 2K25 was released on 6 September 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for NBA 2K25?
At minimum, NBA 2K25 needs Intel® Core™ i3-9100 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 570 4 GB or Intel® Arc™ A580 graphics, 150 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is NBA 2K25?
The PC version needs about 150 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("150 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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