SimulationSports
NBA 2K19
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 100h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 39% positive of 22,568
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (77%); after 100h it's 1 in 2 (57%).
- Fully opens up by hour 100.
- The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 68% 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 22,615 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 175.7h for positive, 117.5h 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 (67.8% 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 Get 5 Green Release makes in a single game. 100%
- Makin' Adjustments Make an on-the-fly defensive coaching adjustment during a game. 93%
- Badge of Honor Earn a badge in MyCAREER. 84%
- Take Over Activate your MyPLAYER’s Takeover meter. 77%
- My Every Day Player Become a starter in the NBA in MyCAREER. 69%
- Puttin' In Work Complete a full-team practice in MyCAREER. 67%
- Unleash Chaos Have two consecutive breakout games in the NBA in MyCAREER. 64%
- A Little Something Extra Complete a Daily Bonus in MyCAREER. 62%
- Two Bits Get a haircut from the Barber Shop in MyCAREER. 47%
- Badge of Extreme Honor Level up a badge to Gold in MyCAREER. 40%
- My All-Star Be named an NBA All-Star in MyCAREER. 36%
- I Spy Spalding Find the Spalding IQ equipment in the team practice facility in MyCAREER. 33%
- Rat-A-Tat-Tat Get a tattoo from the Tattoo Shop in MyCAREER. 32%
- Draft, Schmaft Win the Rookie of the Year award in MyCAREER. 29%
- Grindin' Away Achieve an overall rating of 90 in MyCAREER. 27%
- We Need Some Stinking Badges Use the Mentor / Mentee system to help a player learn a badge in MyLEAGUE. 27%
- Money, Whenever You Need It Tested out the jerseys with the street ballers in MyGM. 25%
- Puts The Fly In On-The-Fly Modify a team using the Lineup menu in MyLEAGUE. 22%
- Tex, We Have a Problem The media caught wind of the leaked information in MyGM. 21%
- More Loot! Use your Tokens to acquire a player in MyTEAM 21%
- Gimme A Boost Purchase a skill boost at the Newsstand in MyCAREER. 18%
- Great Kid, Don't Get Cocky Defeat a division in Triple Threat in MyTEAM. 16%
- My Precious Acquire a Signature Player in MyTEAM. 14%
- Drop It! Earn a Token in Triple Threat Online in MyTEAM. 13%
- More Work? Complete 3 Daily Trials in a single day in MyTEAM. 13%
- Double Trouble Play a game with two players who form a duo in MyTEAM. 12%
- Capped Out Max out all of your badges in MyCAREER. 11%
- Get Your Feet Wet Complete a Jordan Rec Center game. 8.4%
- Thrill By Association Create or join a MyLEAGUE Online league. 8.3%
- We The People Join or Own a Crew. 6.8%
- Served Cold Beat Andrew in the Summer League in MyGM. 6.3%
- Rattle On Play a game in the Cages in the Neighborhood in MyCAREER. 6.0%
- No 'I' In Team Join or Own a 2K Pro-Am Team. 5.6%
- Infinity Collect one of each Gem Color Player Card in MyTEAM. 5.2%
- Marathon Man Run 26.2 miles in the Neighborhood in MyCAREER. 5.0%
- Didn't Mean No Harm, George The leak was ousted before the scouting report was revealed in MyGM. 3.8%
- You Do Know Jack Correctly answer a trivia question in the Neighborhood in MyCAREER. 3.7%
- Undefeated Go undefeated in Unlimited in MyTEAM. 2.1%
- My House, My Rules Win a game of Strikeout in your MyCOURT in MyCAREER. 2.1%
- Never Tell Me The Odds! Acquire a Numbered Player in MyTEAM. 1.9%
- Ride It Where I Like Ride a Bike in the Neighborhood in MyCAREER. 1.8%
- You Been Working Out? Use every piece of gym equipment in MyCAREER. 1.6%
- The 5 D's Win a round of Dodgeball in the Neighborhood in MyCAREER. 1.5%
- On The Rise Win as a member of a Pro-Level or higher 2K Pro-Am team. 1.5%
- G.O.A.T. Reach G.O.A.T. Collector Level in MyTEAM. 1.2%
- Inception Play a game of NBA 2K19 in your MyCOURT. 1.0%
- Perfection Win all 10 games of 'Greatest of All-Time' in Play Now Online. 1.0%
- A New Beginning Completed the story, unlocked the best ending and became part owner with Tex in MyGM. 0.9%
- Locked In Earn a Call-Up after winning a ‘Player Control’ game in Play Now Online. 0.9%
- The Rest Is History Win a ‘Player Control’ game using a Historic player. 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.