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NBA Playgrounds

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.

Released May 8, 2017 Developer Saber Interactive Publisher Mad Dog Games, LLC Platforms Windows SportsBasketballArcadeMultiplayerCo-op
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

70.9%positive1,363 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Thank You”

— a player, Steam review · 480 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“its ok”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

13achievements
18.5%median completion
3.3%rarest: Rise to the Challenge
71.8% of players 47.7% of players 47.1% of players 39.5% of players 24.1% of players 22.7% of players 18.5% of players 16.4% of players 16.2% of players 13.4% of players 10.4% of players 6.3% of players 3.3% of players 71.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.8%First Taste of Victory — Win your first game
47.7%Fifty Deep — Unlock the first 50 players
47.1%Buzzer Beater Boss — Score at the last second
Rarest badges of honor
3.3%Rise to the Challenge — Unlock all tournament challenges
6.3%Aerial Attack Ace — Execute 50 alley-oops
10.4%Your Pain, My Gain — Activate 5 Lottery Picks in the same game

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 04, 2017
NBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.4

More players incoming. The new content update for NBA Playgrounds is here. Thanks for continuous feedback and support. You Rock! See you at the Playgrounds. New Features: Added: New players join the r

Jul 25, 2017
NBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.3.0

Hot Summer, Great Fans, Hot Update. The new content update for NBA Playgrounds is here. Thanks for continuous feedback and support. You Rock! See you at the Playgrounds. New Features: Added: New playe

Jun 14, 2017
NBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.2.1

With this update we release a fixes for a few technical issues we saw after the latest patch release. Notable Fixes Fixed: An issue that prevented some users in rare cases from progressing through the

Jun 12, 2017
NBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.2.0

Welcome to the Playground, welcome to Chicago and Madrid. With this patch not only do 35 new NBA players join the roster, but also 5 Youtubers are gearing up to enter the playground. Along with the ne

May 26, 2017
NBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.1.2

Thanks for all your feedback regarding the last patch. We really appreciated and we´re releasing this patch for the weekend with some improvements we made based on your feedback. We know that the patc

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSports
Player tagsSports · Basketball · Arcade · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local Multiplayer · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements13
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://playgroundsgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel core i3 CPU 530 2.93GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 630 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0x compatible sound card