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NBA 2K27
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 47% of owners
Steam reviews 49% positive of 4,333
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (82%); after 20h it's 1 in 2 (56%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% 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 4,348 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 304 reviews: 25.5h for positive, 48.4h 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% 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 (48)
story milestone ending side
- Wonder Twins Activate a Running Mates skill. (MyCAREER) 100%
- Winter is Coming Win the G League Winter Showcase. (MyCAREER) 94%
- G League Greatness Win the G League Championship. (MyCAREER) 79%
- Keep Your Distance Make 10 three-point shots in any one game. (Quick Play) 74%
- Winning Win a game. (Quick Play) 65%
- It Takes Two Win a game in Street Kings using two Teammate Bonus Teammates. (MyCAREER) 63%
- Party Crasher Defeat a Court Crasher in Street Kings. (MyCAREER) 42%
- Rucker Rising Complete the Rucker Park tournament to launch Elevate. (MyCAREER) 34%
- VIP Connection Win a game in Street Kings with a VIP Teammate. (MyCAREER) 33%
- Combine Ready Complete Beginner Tutorial. (Learn 2K) 26%
- Mirror Universe Acquire a Parallel Card. (MyTEAM) 25%
- Master Detective Correctly identify the perpetrator of the Playing Favorites quest. (MyCAREER) 24%
- Rucker Royalty Win the Street Kings Rucker Park tournament during your first attempt for the week. (MyCAREER) 22%
- Reign Fall Defeat The Reignmaker at The Hollows in Street Kings. (MyCAREER) 22%
- Peak Performance Max out Trace Miller's Build as an OVR 99. (MyCAREER) 22%
- Fire and Concrete Complete Fire and Concrete by playing the FIBA Championship and Rucker Park bonus game. (MyCAREER) 14%
- Spreading The Love Finish a game in which all 5 starters score double-digit points. (Quick Play) 13%
- Extinguished Defeat The Flame Thrower at Clairemont Court in Street Kings. (MyCAREER) 13%
- Ghosted Use all games of a Free Agent Player Card. (MyTEAM) 13%
- The Consummate Enthusiast Reach Level 40 on the Fire and Concrete Reward Track. (MyCAREER) 12%
- Login Streak Complete a seven day login streak. (MyTEAM) 11%
- It's Back Compete in a returning limited time game mode. (MyTEAM) 9.8%
- Trained Complete a Coach's Training Challenge. (MyTEAM) 8.7%
- Mastery Level up a Player Card to Level 3 in MyTEAM. (MyTEAM) 7.7%
- Arcade Master Complete All Mini-Games. (Learn 2K) 7.7%
- Learn and Upgrade Complete the MyTEAM Tutorial. (MyTEAM) 6.4%
- Return Flight Complete an Exhibition early. (MyTEAM) 5.5%
- Take Over Apply 5 Takeovers to a Shoe Card. (MyTEAM) 5.5%
- What are ya Buyin' Access the secret market in Triple Threat Park. (MyTEAM) 5.3%
- Buddy System Complete a MyCAREER Co-op Story Game with 3 Stars. (MyCAREER) 4.9%
- Rainbow Win a game with Player Cards representing 15 different teams. (MyTEAM) 4.9%
- Wish Upon a Card Add a card to your Wishlist. (MyTEAM) 4.0%
- League Certified Complete Intermediate Tutorial. (Learn 2K) 2.8%
- It's All About the W Win a WNBA game in The W. (The W) 1.5%
- All-Star Potential Complete Advanced Tutorial. (ALL MOVES) (Learn 2K) 1.5%
- Breaking Out Earn 3 prizes on the final board in Breakout. (MyTEAM) 1.1%
- Making Waves Win a WNBA game in Quick Play. (Quick Play) 0.6%
- Big Timer Unlock an All-Time team. (Play Now Online) 0.4%
- Hoop Historian Play a MyCAREER Eras game in every single Era. (MyCAREER) 0.2%
- Eras Tour Reach Level 40 on the MyCAREER Eras Reward Track. (MyCAREER) 0.2%
- Level Up Everyone Earn a level up for 5 Player Cards in a single game. (MyTEAM) 0.2%
- I'm a Champion Become the Showdown Champion. (MyTEAM) 0.2%
- Global Domination Complete 5 Dominations. (MyTEAM) 0.2%
- Shopping Spree Purchase 5 items from the Gauntlet Shop. (MyTEAM) 0.2%
- Rock Hound Collect every Player Card gem color in MyTEAM. (MyTEAM) 0.2%
- Game Over man... Run out of Player Cards to use in Gauntlet. (MyTEAM) 0.2%
- All Timer Unlock all 3 All-Time teams. (Play Now Online) 0.2%
- Well-Traveled Win a game with every regular NBA team. (Play Now Online) 0.2%
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Steam page Updated: 2026-11-01.