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Basketball games on Steam

36 games carry the tag · 1 released in the last 12 months (vs 9 the year before) · median price $14.99

The verdict

Not enough estimated games in this niche for an honest verdict yet — a median under the coverage floor would be a lie with confidence. The counted facts below stand on their own.

What players say across the niche — measured thumbs shares

Aggregated over 625 stored reviews from 36 games.

Price & value70% positive · 237 mentions · 29 games
Gameplay & mechanics77% positive · 162 mentions · 30 games
Visuals & audio80% positive · 153 mentions · 31 games
Performance & stability49% positive · 153 mentions · 26 games
Multiplayer & community79% positive · 132 mentions · 22 games
Content & longevity69% positive · 132 mentions · 25 games
Controls & UI61% positive · 118 mentions · 29 games
Story & writing72% positive · 110 mentions · 22 games
Difficulty & balance68% positive · 62 mentions · 26 games

Reviews are shown as published on Steam, including reviews from key activations and free copies — so percentages here can differ from the score on the Steam store page. GameTrend does not check whether reviewers bought or played the game.

Attention concentration — counted shares, not an index

The top 5 games hold 97% of the niche's 47,168 reviews; it takes 1 games to reach 80%. Fewer games to 80% means a harder niche to be seen in.

Most-reviewed Basketball games

GameReleasedReviewsSteam says
NBA 2K25 2024 42,948 Mixed
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash 2024 1,627 Mostly Positive
Blacktop Hoops 2024 757 Very Positive
KUNKUN Defender 2 2025 344 Very Positive
Basketball Club Story 2023 213 Mostly Positive
International Basketball Manager 23 2022 198 Very Positive
Pro Basketball Manager 2025 2024 178 Mixed
Pro Basketball Manager 2024 2023 165 Mostly Positive
Campus Legends College Basketball 2025 82 Very Positive
Nock 2023 57 Very Positive

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Counts are measured (reviews, releases, prices); concentration is review-share, not an index; momentum is new-review pace between our own daily observations, computed across the segment's 400 most-reviewed games.