Games like NBA 2K18
Closest overall match: NBA 2K19 (★ 3.3). Highest rated: Cat Quest II at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: NBA Playgrounds at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like NBA 2K18? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Split Screen.
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85%
1. NBA 2K19
Shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 22h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, 15
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83%
2. NBA 2K20
Shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 34h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, 15
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67%
3. NBA 2K17
Shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 32h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 4, 15
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63%
4. NBA 2K16
Shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 35h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 15
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62%
5. WWE 2K16
Shares Split Screen, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; about 42h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, 15
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59%
6. NBA 2K21
Shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 27h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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58%
7. NBA Playgrounds
Shares Basketball, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 45h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 15
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56%
8. URBAN TRIAL FREESTYLE
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 43h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, 15
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56%
9. Red Wings: Aces of the Sky
Shares Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; about 45h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.1
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4, 14
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54%
10. Disc Jam
Shares Split Screen, Full controller support and Steam Achievements; about 43h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 4, 15
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53%
11. Cat Quest II
Shares Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher; about 43h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 4
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53%
12. Steep
Shares Singleplayer; about 41h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, 15
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like NBA 2K18?
On our similarity model, NBA 2K19 is the closest match to NBA 2K18 — shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 22h shorter; released within 1 year.
Which game like NBA 2K18 is rated highest?
Cat Quest II holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 122 players.
Are there games like NBA 2K18 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 8 games like NBA 2K18 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like NBA 2K18 on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 5 games like NBA 2K18 on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against NBA 2K18 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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