We Love It's Guide to…
Play NBA games, guide a player through a story-driven career, manage a franchise, or compete in online team modes.
Released 29 Sep 2015
Manage Career Off-Days
Create Pro-Am Teams
Run an NBA Franchise
NBA 2K is back with the most true-to-life NBA experience to date with NBA 2K16. Featuring an all-new MyCAREER experience written, directed & produced by acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee.
Developed by Visual Concepts · Published by 2K









NBA 2K16 is a basketball simulation where you play NBA games and guide a custom player, MyPLAYER, through a career. MyCAREER includes a story, off-day activities, endorsements, connections, and live practice.
You can manage a team or shape a league in MyGM and MyLEAGUE, with options such as relocating teams, making trades, and creating online leagues. MyLEAGUE supports seasons lasting up to 80 years.
Online and team modes include 5v5 Pro-Am with customizable teams, street basketball at MyPARK, and MyTEAM, where you collect players and build a lineup for several types of matches.
Some players describe NBA 2K16 as a favorite entry in the series, with praise for its realism and career campaign. Others enjoy returning to it for nostalgic reasons. Criticism in this sample focuses on a difficult learning curve, frustrating shot outcomes, and buggy interactions.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Steam Deck | Verified |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Age ratings |
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| Players | 1–10 |
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| Multiplayer | NBA 2K16 supports both single-player and multiplayer. The provided text confirms online head-to-head play, online leagues, online team-based modes, and shared/split screen. Named multiplayer modes include 2K Pro-Am with 5v5 tournaments, MyTEAM's 3-on-3 The Gauntlet, MyPARK with 2v2 and 3v3 variants, Play Now Online head-to-head, and MyLEAGUE Online. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No official multiplayer mod support is described. User reviews repeatedly report cheating, hacked players, and modded attributes in online modes, indicating unofficial modifications negatively affected multiplayer integrity. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |