Games like NBA Playgrounds
If NBA Playgrounds is your kind of game, the closest matches are NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, Forklift Basketball and Lacrosse 26 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its no microtransactions for unlocks, comedic and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About NBA Playgrounds: Classic NBA arcade action is back! Take your “A” game to the playground and beat the best in high-flying 2-on-2 basketball action. Practice your skills offline, play with up to three others and take your talents online to posterize your opponents with acrobatic jams and ridiculous displays of skill.
Players who liked NBA Playgrounds also play
Steam players who put hours into NBA Playgrounds also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Top pick for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
NBA arcade action is back with NBA 2K Playgrounds 2! Pick your team, get ready to jam, and Ball Without Limits!
Forklift Basketball
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Earn your forklift certification in Forklift Basketball! Forklift Basketball is a chaotic, physics-based sports game where forklifts take center court. Drive, lift, and launch your way to victory in fast-paced matches filled with pure unpredictable fun!
Lacrosse 26
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Lacrosse 26 is a high-paces lacrosse simulation with realistic motion capture animations and motion matching!
New Retro Arcade: Neon
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Emulate your favorite arcade games in an environment engrossed with retro realism and extremely detailed surroundings. Be filled with nostalgia and realise what arcade life felt like back in the 80’s/early 90’s.
Layup Legends™
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The basket-brawler for up to 4 players! Use your skills to outplay your opponents on a variety of stages. Unleash powerful super moves to destroy your enemies and become a Layup Legend. Play with your friends or CPUs in 1v1 and 2v2 matches locally or online.
Hoop Fighters: Party Basketball
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Ranked #6 for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Knock down your opponents and smash their hoops! Hoop Fighters is an online, no-rules party basketball game for up to 6 players. Slide into opponents, throw punches or objects at them. Do your best to get the ball. Remember, there are no rules in Hoop Fighters!
NBA 2K20
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
NOTE: All multiplayer servers for NBA 2K20 will be shutdown as of 12/31/2021. After that time, all game functions requiring online servers will no longer function.
RoboDunk
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Ranked #8 for NBA Playgrounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
DUNK FROM SPACE in the 1st basketball roguelite! Smash and blast in the replayable single player and coop campaign: buy robots, upgrade their stats and unlock tons of new skills. Choose your path among different opponents, traps and rewards.. Up to 4 players versus where every match is different!
Reviewers mention these as similar to NBA Playgrounds
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Hangtime!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Reviewers of NBA Playgrounds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Hangtime! is a high-stakes volleyball roguelite where every rally hits like a boss fight. Chain explosive abilities, shut down evolving teams, and spike your way to the top — or lose it all in one play.
NBA 2K17
WHY THIS
Reviewers of NBA Playgrounds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Following the record-breaking launch of NBA 2K16, the NBA 2K franchise continues to stake its claim as the most authentic sports video game with NBA 2K17. As the franchise that “all sports video games should aspire to be” (GamesRadar), NBA 2K17 will take the game to new heights and continue to blur the lines between video game and...
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Reviewers of NBA Playgrounds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
NBA arcade action is back with NBA 2K Playgrounds 2! Pick your team, get ready to jam, and Ball Without Limits!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Rec Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
Fishing Planet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Fishing Planet® is a free-to-play and highly realistic first-person online multiplayer fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC.
TrackMania Nations Forever
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A free game in the truest sense of the word, TrackMania Nations Forever lets you drive at mind-blowing speeds on fun and spectacular tracks in solo and multiplayer modes.TrackMania Nations Forever offers a new "Forever" version of the Stadium environment, a solid solo mode and 65 brand new, progressively challenging tracks.
Yet Another Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Ninja Kiwi Archive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Enjoy some of the best loved Flash games of the past in this awesome time capsule of over 60 Ninja Kiwi classics. Experience a piece of history and play the original Flash games that spawned the worldwide phenomenon of Bloons TD.
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
Idol Showdown
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.
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More from Saber Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Saber Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
WHY THIS
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.
SnowRunner
WHY THIS
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
MudRunner
WHY THIS
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!
Gloomhaven
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
RoadCraft
WHY THIS
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Crysis 2 Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.
Crysis 3 Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA Playgrounds.
Experience the single-player experience from the iconic first-person shooter, Crysis 3, optimized to take advantage of today's hardware in Crysis 3 Remastered.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
New Retro Arcade: Neon
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
Emulate your favorite arcade games in an environment engrossed with retro realism and extremely detailed surroundings. Be filled with nostalgia and realise what arcade life felt like back in the 80’s/early 90’s.
Layup Legends™
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
The basket-brawler for up to 4 players! Use your skills to outplay your opponents on a variety of stages. Unleash powerful super moves to destroy your enemies and become a Layup Legend. Play with your friends or CPUs in 1v1 and 2v2 matches locally or online.
NBA 2K20
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
NOTE: All multiplayer servers for NBA 2K20 will be shutdown as of 12/31/2021. After that time, all game functions requiring online servers will no longer function.
RoboDunk
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with NBA Playgrounds.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports with NBA Playgrounds.
DUNK FROM SPACE in the 1st basketball roguelite! Smash and blast in the replayable single player and coop campaign: buy robots, upgrade their stats and unlock tons of new skills. Choose your path among different opponents, traps and rewards.. Up to 4 players versus where every match is different!
Frequently asked about NBA Playgrounds
- Does NBA Playgrounds have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — NBA Playgrounds supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to NBA Playgrounds?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NBA Playgrounds are NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, Forklift Basketball, Lacrosse 26.
- Who developed NBA Playgrounds?
- NBA Playgrounds was developed by Saber Interactive and published by Mad Dog Games, LLC.
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