Games like NBA Playgrounds
Closest overall match: NBA 2K16 (★ 3.0). Highest rated: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Pinball FX3 at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for NBA Playgrounds — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements.
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58%
1. NBA 2K16
Shares Basketball, cooperative, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; about 10h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 15
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58%
2. Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder
Shares Local Multiplayer, Online multiplayer, cooperative, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 11
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58%
3. NBA 2K18
Shares Basketball, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; about 45h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 46h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 15
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57%
4. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
Shares cooperative, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 higher.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 11, 15
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56%
5. NBA 2K19
Shares Basketball, cooperative, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; about 23h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 24h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 15
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55%
6. Pinball FX3
Shares Local Multiplayer, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 11
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55%
7. Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame
Shares Online multiplayer, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 15%
- Shared genres
- 15
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55%
8. Bang Bang Racing
Shares Local Multiplayer, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 11, 15
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54%
9. Nine Parchments
Shares Local Multiplayer, Online multiplayer, cooperative, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 11
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53%
10. Super Bomberman R
Shares Local Multiplayer, Online multiplayer and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 11
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52%
11. Risk of Rain 2
Shares Local Multiplayer, Online multiplayer, cooperative, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 11
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52%
12. Headsnatchers
Shares Local Multiplayer, Online multiplayer, cooperative, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 1.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 2%
- Shared genres
- 15
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like NBA Playgrounds?
On our similarity model, NBA 2K16 is the closest match to NBA Playgrounds — shares Basketball, cooperative, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; about 10h longer; released within 2 years.
Which game like NBA Playgrounds is rated highest?
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 233 players.
Are there games like NBA Playgrounds on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 10 games like NBA Playgrounds on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against NBA Playgrounds 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.