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For competitive sports fans and core gamers who value deep simulation mechanics and roster management, often existing console players.
Known forNBA 2K Mobile Basketball Game
For competitive sports fans and core gamers who value deep simulation mechanics and roster management, often existing console players.
Delivering console-quality sports and strategy experiences to mobile with a focus on deep simulation and cross-platform integration.
Target audience
Portfolio
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NBA 2K Mobile Basketball Game
v10.11.12032709
2mo ago
Primary focus
High-fidelity sports simulations and strategy ports
Scale
studio
Target audience
Competitive sports fans and core gamers who value deep simulation mechanics and roster management, often existing console players.
Maintains a high update frequency with 37 releases in the last 6 months, focusing development on 8 active live-service titles.
12 apps analysed
This is the companion application for NBA 2K24, NBA 2K25, and NBA 2K26
High-value utility (Locker Codes/VC tracking)
Distributed across 18 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 4 of 12 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Positive apps
2
Neutral / mixed
2
Negative apps
34/100
Avg sentiment score
Dominates the 4X strategy niche with massive scale and a proven, high-frequency live-ops engine that captures the same core audience as Civilization VII.
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Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
This is the most direct competitor in the mobile basketball niche, matching the target's focus on competitive multiplayer sports mechanics.
Shares the empire-building and resource management DNA but shifts the theme to a fantasy setting.
A high-volume sports competitor that captures the same 'seasonal' sports fan intent despite the different sport.
Directly targets the historical empire-building niche with a focus on real-time combat and base defense mechanics.
Adjacent competitive multiplayer genre that utilizes similar match-based progression loops to capture sports-game audiences.
Shares the competitive 1v1 sports-adjacent combat DNA, serving as a benchmark for long-term retention in the genre.
A leader in squad-based collection mechanics, providing a blueprint for the target app's team-building features.
Emerging as a significant threat in the strategy-management space with high-frequency updates and rapid growth.
An aggressive, high-velocity competitor that has successfully pivoted the 4X empire-building formula into a survival-themed setting.
