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Visual Concepts · 2020 · 41 % positive of 39,056

24 games that play like NBA 2K21 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: NBA 2K22, NBA 2K20 and NBA 2K23.

Player tags

  • Basketball
  • Sports
  • Simulation
  • Character Customization
  • Realistic
  • Multiplayer
  • Action
  • Third Person

At a glance

What games like NBA 2K21 have in common

  • The tags they share most often with NBA 2K21: Sports (22 of 24), Simulation (19) and Basketball (17).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2026, 13 of them after NBA 2K21 (2020).
  • Best rated by Steam players: NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (80 % positive of 2,110).
  • 15 games both play and look like NBA 2K21, among them NBA 2K20, NBA 2K23 and NBA 2K25.

By gameplay

Plays like NBA 2K21

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Blacktop Hoops88 % positive of 780Shared: Basketball · Sports · Simulation
  2. Pro Basketball Manager 202471 % positive of 161Shared: Basketball · Sports · Simulation
  3. Pro Basketball Manager 202374 % positive of 163Shared: Basketball · Sports · Simulation
  4. International Basketball Manager 2286 % positive of 220Shared: Basketball · Sports · Simulation
  5. EA SPORTS™ FIFA 2176 % positive of 56,283Shared: Sports · Simulation · Realistic
  6. Freestyle 2: Street Basketball72 % positive of 12,647Shared: Basketball · Sports · Simulation
  7. Madden NFL 2150 % positive of 5,172Shared: Sports · Simulation · Realistic
  8. FIFA 2280 % positive of 120,871Shared: Sports · Simulation · Realistic
  9. NBA THE RUN67 % positive of 985
  10. 3on3 FreeStyle: Rebound63 % positive of 3,864Shared: Basketball · Sports · Character Customization
  11. WWE 2K2273 % positive of 10,013Shared: Sports · Simulation · Character Customization
  12. Madden NFL 2446 % positive of 8,604Shared: Sports · Simulation · Local Co-Op

By look

Looks like NBA 2K21

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE77 % positive of 37,942
  2. Madden NFL 2446 % positive of 8,604
  3. FIFA 2280 % positive of 120,871
  4. EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 2554 % positive of 4,258
  5. Madden NFL 2150 % positive of 5,172
  6. EA SPORTS™ FIFA 2176 % positive of 56,283
  7. EA SPORTS FC™ 2651 % positive of 109,615
  8. AO Tennis 270 % positive of 1,576
  9. EA SPORTS FC™ 2549 % positive of 74,796
  10. EA SPORTS FC™ 2457 % positive of 109,574
  11. Madden NFL 2351 % positive of 6,233
  12. eFootball™47 % positive of 92,333

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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