SimulationSports
NBA 2K24
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 47% of owners
Steam reviews 32% positive of 44,154
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (94%); after 10h it's 1 in 2 (59%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 100% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 47% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 44,672 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 62h for positive, 93.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (47.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Green Light Make 1 green release shot in a MyCAREER NBA game 100%
- Best Friends Forever Get 3 assists in a MyCAREER NBA game 83%
- Not Too Shabby Score 10 points in a MyCAREER NBA game 80%
- Superstar Win a QUICK PLAY game 62%
- Social Distancer Equip a vehicle in MyCAREER 55%
- Clutch Score 30 points in a MyCAREER NBA game 53%
- Board Man Gets Paid Get 5 defensive rebounds in a MyCAREER NBA game 53%
- Five Finger Discount Get 3 steals in a MyCAREER NBA game 51%
- Timing Is Everything Make 10 green release shots in a MyCAREER NBA game 51%
- Double Trouble Record a double-double in a MyCAREER NBA game 48%
- In It To Win It Go to the playoffs in MyLEAGUE 46%
- Tre' Bomber Make 5 three-pointers in a MyCAREER NBA game 44%
- Everybody Makes The First Jump Complete the Virtual Rivals tutorial 27%
- All-Star Win an NBA All-Star game 27%
- Make A Wish Pick up the Daily Prize 26%
- Go Ahead And Jump Create a jump shot in MyCAREER 24%
- All Rise Record a triple-double in a MyCAREER NBA game 22%
- Direct To You Buy a Card from the Player Market in MyTEAM 21%
- Block Party Get 5 blocks in a MyCAREER NBA game 19%
- New With Tags In MyTEAM, apply a Diamond Shoe Card to any Player Card 19%
- Follow Me On... Get 1 million fans in MyCAREER 17%
- Bartering Up Make a trade in MyGM 13%
- Got'em In MyTEAM, create a Diamond Shoe in the MT Show Lab 11%
- MyCHAMPION! Win a championship in MyLEAGUE 11%
- Mini Mamba Earn 12 stars in Mamba Moments 10%
- Collector Complete any Collection in MyTEAM 9.9%
- Repping Humans Over AI Score every point for your team while winning a Virtual Rivals match 9.3%
- True Gamer Earn a Prize from each mini game in MyTEAM 7.4%
- On My Way Win a PLAY NOW ONLINE game 7.2%
- Virtual Rivals Completionist Defeat every Virtual Rivals team 6.6%
- Thunderstruck Beat a Team in Domination by 73 points in MyTEAM 6.6%
- Jigsaw Complete a Shattered Prize in MyTEAM 5.9%
- You're A Star Win an NBA TODAY game 5.9%
- Omnipotent Play a game in MyGM 5.7%
- She's Got Game Win a PLAY WNBA game 4.4%
- Yelling At Clouds Complete Roger Roger’s Virtual Rivals questline 4.2%
- Must Go Faster! Complete Siegbert’s Virtual Rivals questline 4.0%
- Tour Of The NBA Complete all divisional Virtual Rivals questlines 3.6%
- Cap Space Win a game in Salary Cap mode in MyTEAM 3.4%
- Common Dominator Complete Merry Misfit’s Virtual Rivals questline 3.2%
- NBA Historian Complete Tomás’s Virtual Rivals questline 3.0%
- Full Mamba Earn 21 stars in Mamba Moments 2.7%
- Enhanced Add or improve a Badge and apply a Shoe Card to the same Graded Player in MyTEAM 2.3%
- Second Opinion Regrade an already graded MyTEAM card a second time 2.3%
- They’re On To You Complete Janitor’s Virtual Rivals questline 2.1%
- Scoreboard Queens Score 90 points as a team in a WNBA Season game 1.1%
- Theater Hopping Get 3 steals while defeating the Three PG13s Virtual Rivals team 0.8%
- Anything You Can Do Assist or finish 5 alley-oops while defeating the ‘13-'14 Los Angeles Clippers Virtual Rivals team 0.8%
- A Taste Of Their Own Medicine Commit 5 fouls while defeating the ‘88-'89 Detroit Pistons Virtual Rivals team 0.8%
- Super Shiny Play a MyTEAM game where your complete 13-man lineup is all Holo Cards 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.