How many people are playing NBA 2K26 right now?

NBA 2K26 has 5,131 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 19,117 and an all-time peak of 52,826 on May 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of NBA 2K26?

52,826 concurrent players on May 2026.

When was NBA 2K26 released on Steam?

NBA 2K26 was released on Steam on 4 Sep 2025.

NBA 2K26 Steam Charts: 5,131 Players Now

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NBA 2K26 Steam Charts: 5,131 Players Now · SteamPeaks

Steam charts

Playing now

5,131−984

24-hour peak

19,117

All-time peak

52,826May 2026

30-day average

11,862

Rank right now

#195

NBA 2K26 · Concurrent players

Updated 4 minutes ago

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NBA 2K26

Monthly breakdown

Updated 4 minutes ago

Month	Average	Gain	% Gain	Peak
Sept 2026	11,862	−4,964	−29.5%	21,353
Aug 2026	16,826	−7,125	−29.7%	32,136
Jul 2026	23,951	−2,150	−8.2%	46,337
Jun 2026	26,101	−1,908	−6.8%	45,520
May 2026	28,009	+6,285	+28.9%	52,826
Apr 2026	21,724	+1,682	+8.4%	37,695
Mar 2026	20,042	−65	−0.3%	34,861
Feb 2026	20,107	+1,116	+5.9%	30,804
Jan 2026	18,991	+1,868	+10.9%	29,777
Dec 2025	17,123	+2,787	+19.4%	28,774
Nov 2025	14,336	+2,599	+22.1%	26,548
Oct 2025	11,737	—	—	19,952

Tracking since since 3 Sep 2026, 10:03 UTC

Launch retention

Open in CompareUpdated 4 minutes ago

Launch retention needs samples from the first day after release. SteamPeaks started sampling this app since 3 Sep 2026, 10:03 UTC; the curve appears for launches tracked from their unlock.

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Now · of launch peak

Days above 1,000,000 in 2026

21,353

Weekend peak this week

Milestone	NBA 2K26	Genre median
Launch peak	—	—
Hour 1	—	—
Hour 24	—	—
Hour 72	—	—
Day 7	—	—
Now	5,131	—

Daily peak · last 14 days	Peak
Thu 3 Sept	21,353
Fri 4 Sept	20,299
Sat 5 Sept · weekend	20,211
Sun 6 Sept · weekend

Followers · last 12 months

1m 3m 6m 1y All

Updated 2 days ago

Steam store

Store data

Lists refresh every 6 hours

#195

Concurrent players rank

Among apps sampled in the last 15 minutes

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Top sellers rank

Not in the weekly top 100

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Wishlist activity rank

Wishlist list arrives with the store rankings job

#148

Most followed rank

Among apps with a follower count

Twitch viewers · last 7 days

Sampled 12 hours ago

Estimates · not Steam data

Owner estimates

Calibrated 6 Sep 2026

Every figure here is derived, shown as a range, and links to its method. Steam does not publish owner counts.

Source	Estimated owners	Method	Confidence
SteamPeaks	742,697 – 4,210,202	Reviews × k, calibrated on 144 announced figures · How it works	High