Games like NBA 2K21
Closest overall match: PGA TOUR 2K21 (★ 3.5). Highest rated: eFootball PES 2021 at ★ 3.7. Quickest to finish: PGA TOUR 2K21 at about 3 hours.
Looking for something like NBA 2K21? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Online PvP, In-App Purchases and Split Screen.
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70%
1. PGA TOUR 2K21
Shares Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Remote Play Together, Online PvP and In-App Purchases and 7 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 16h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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65%
2. NBA 2K20
Shares Basketball, Gambling, In-App Purchases, Split Screen and Full controller support and 3 more tags; same developer; about 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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64%
3. NBA 2K19
Shares Basketball, Gambling, Split Screen, cooperative and Full controller support and 3 more tags; same developer; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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59%
4. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2019
Shares In-App Purchases, Local Multiplayer, Online Co-Op, cooperative and Singleplayer; about 7h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 26h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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59%
5. NBA 2K18
Shares Basketball, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; about 27h longer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 46h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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59%
6. FIFA 22
Shares Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Online PvP, Team-Based and Realistic and 8 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 15
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59%
7. eFootball PES 2021
Shares 4 giocatori divano, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Online PvP and Realistic and 7 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; about 12h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 15
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57%
8. NBA 2K16
Shares Basketball, Realistic, Split Screen, Online Co-Op and cooperative and 4 more tags; same developer; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 15
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56%
9. FIFA 19
Shares Online PvP and Singleplayer; about 19h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 80
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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55%
10. F1 2021
Shares Online PvP, Realistic, In-App Purchases, 3D and PvP and 7 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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54%
11. Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
Shares In-App Purchases, Online Co-Op, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; about 28h longer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 47h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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54%
12. WWE 2K16
Shares Character Customization, Split Screen, cooperative, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 14, 15
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like NBA 2K21?
On our similarity model, PGA TOUR 2K21 is the closest match to NBA 2K21 — shares Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Remote Play Together, Online PvP and In-App Purchases and 7 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 16h shorter; same release year.
Which game like NBA 2K21 is rated highest?
eFootball PES 2021 holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.7/5 from 96 players.
Are there games like NBA 2K21 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 6 games like NBA 2K21 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against NBA 2K21 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.
Base game data via RAWG.