NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience56.0% of reviews
Neutral26.0% of reviews
Negative experience18.0% of reviews

~ Based on 50 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition Safe?

NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 77,066 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 77,066 App Store ratings for NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition.

Is NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition Legit?

NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

My player malfunctions

This game has excellent graphics but control for da my player mode. The player be tired and can’t run back up da court to get back on defense quick enough cuz he tired. And even wen full energy he still slower than da other players. While running behind a player getting on defense he stops running and get in defense stance wen he not in front of player. If y’all are listening 2k20 had da best mobility for my player. Copy that to da newest one wit da graphics. Then u got u an good game. More ppl will play it too. Ppl complain about da shooting and controlling so it be far to get ppl to join da 2k mobile world
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Lipstick on a pig

Congratulations on improving the graphics. They are very impressive. And that’s where the improvements stop unfortunately. Take me back to 2020. Where I could go to Play Now mode & play with teams of all time greats. Why would you take Magic, Bird, Jordan, etc, away from us? Why drop this? It was the best.

I play a lot of MyCareer mode but occasionally life interrupts a game. Why can’t I save the game? Why do I need to start it over if I decide to get up & make a sandwich? What happened? Everything was going so well in the 2020 version. You had an opportunity to build on that & instead you decided to move backwards. It really disappointing.
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Favorite Game

I REALLY love this game,the graphics are insanely good it’s even hard to believe that this is a mobile game. But the only things I don’t like is the fact that all the players have to wear the same shoes,and also there’s no commentary in the game is really not good. But hopefully with 2k23 we’re going to get some commentary and also if we could get different shoes like every player’s with their own shoes. But even with those lack of features,I’ll give a 5 stars because I love this game sooo much,and the fact that you can either play it online or offline just makes it more enjoyable,thank you 2k🙏🏾
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Good Game

Honestly I really enjoy the game. I would go as far to say I prefer it over console but in good conscious I don’t recommend it to anybody who is new to playing 2K because it lacks the immersion verses console: their no mycareer story, you can’t run plays, you can’t see the plays being called, my association when you play you can’t lock on to a certain player, on multiple occasions I wasn’t given my badge and had to grind for it again (defensively badges so that’s really annoying), there no commentary announcers, and passing is abysmal especially when I use my controller. But if you are like me and have been playing 2K a long time but are tired of them releasing the games unfinished, empty promises and VC hungry. With all that being said if you want just the basic game without the bells and whistles then I will definitely recommend it and getting VC is easier and fun, it’s easier to grind MYC and I’m honestly thinking of staying here playing 2K and not returning to console
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DEVS Please

i’m a controller user and i feel as you should put the RB/R1 icon function in because it hard to pass the ball if you want to pass too the guy in the corner put at the last second the icon switch’s to the guy in the paint or a turnover…i’ve come back with something i don’t know why isn’t there an right bumper function/input?all the other ones have a function…I play 2k on consoles and pc and that’s not right that all functions of the game beside Right bumper or Right1 it would help a lot with the T/O ratios and it doesn’t feel like 2k tried of throwing the ball the the person on the other side of the court when i have a guy in the corner or under the rim PLEASE Input the RB/R1 Functions for the controller users
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To the devs: Great Game But..

There are a few things that come to mind that I know many other players as well as myself would like to see added to the game. One is that there should be a option to purchase Vc for those that don’t want to grind out mycareer or be able to obtain it faster by adding in game challenges that might even make the games (mycareer) a lot more fun also. A big one is being able to get badges faster. The process takes way too long..I could see if we wanted to be competitive in park or a game mode like that but since we are playing by ourselves it should be a lot easier to upgrade our players and see how good they would be maxed out (stats/badges). I’m not saying take out the grind entirely, but it shouldn’t be as hard as it is right now to get one badege. To get all the badges we would have to play generously maybe 2 or more seasons in our mycareer. I know this 2K22 arcade but it doesn’t have to be exactly like the console version. It might be a change for the better in the mobile 2k community.
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Good but missing some key features

It’s a good mobile port but its missing some key features and has some bugs. For one, I need the ability to pass to specific players via an assigned button per teammate like the other games instead of always relying on the inconsistent “directional” passing. We also need the ability to run plays in game. A few bugs i have seen is where you run a certain layup and it gets blocked always from defenders that shouldn’t have been able to block a shot from behind on a 6’5 player. I have seen Too many complete stuffs of players like Anthony Davis on gimme layups that it needs adjusted. It can also get annoying sometimes when your teammates just cant seem to be capable of setting a decent pick. Lastly, the blatant misses despite a shot that should be in is annoying. If my character is a 95 rating in 3pters he should be shooting 20% from the 3pt line esp not on wide open shots and the shot timing on the layups is crazy inconsistent. How do I know what animation my character is going to perform and how slow he will do it? All in all, it is still fun and the my player works okay.
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Please fix your game!!

Okay so I mostly play this game because of the career mode. It is so fun! But I have an 83 ovr Shooting/Slasher build and I put 40k+ VC into the build, only for me to log on the next day and have the build REMOVED FROM THE GAME. I couldn’t log back onto the build and it was deleted. No VC refunded, none saved. So could there at least be an option to refund a build you already created? I have a 95 ovr SLASHER ONLY build that I don’t like anymore but there is no possible way to get my 150K+ VC that I spent on the slasher back. If I could refund my slasher build VC, I could make a new 95 OVR slasher/shooter build. And this happens a lot! I got an association file removed that I spent time on. So please, fix this in another update. You make so many updates to 2K22 mobile and the actual 2K22 but not so much to the best one on mobile, 2k22 arcade edition. FIX THIS PLEASE!!!
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Awesome game that is missing 1 key feature

Have really enjoyed this franchise and the developers add a few new features with each international but unfortunately one of my favorite features this was in a previous installment got taken away. This was the ability to save a game that is currently taking place and be able to jump back in where you left off, specifically on my career. If I am in the 3rd quarter of a contested game and a phone call comes up that I can’t miss I’ll unfortunately lose all of my progress in my current game and I’ll have to restart from tip off which is a bit frustrating. If my memory serves correct this feature was in the game all the way up until 2k20 or 2K19, and I’m not sure why it got removed. If this feature returns I will happily rate this game 5 stars.
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Game Center connection lost every 2-3 mins it seems

No matter what game it is I choose to play I'm an avid online competitor I love playing against other people win lose or draw but unfortunately this has been one of the hardest things to do with NBA 2K22. Connection issues are guaranteed every game that I play if I’m even allowed into a lobby. Game constantly lags. I get that it is online gaming so networks will peek and spike at times as well as servers but being in the middle of a game fourth quarter and you get connection issues like this is almost every game like somebodies or some bodies are not doing their job. Buttons sometimes are non responsive. I’m playing on a iPad Pro 8th Gen with Bluetooth paired ps4 controller. The game is good for playing career mode if you wanna max out a player‘s archetype other than that it’s just spaced token up on your device. I will continue to leave one or two star reviews every time the game asks me to leave a comment or star rating until the issue is resolved. Keeping my fingers crossed hoping that by the release of 2K23 they will have fixed and solve this issue. This is the only game that I play online that experience this level of disappointment from.
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Bugs here, Bugs there, Bugs everywhere

This game has multiple issues and very few satis-factories. I get bugs and glitches a lot of the time when I am winning. Like I was the Suns and I was playing the Trail Blazers and I had a 14-point lead! My game glitched out and suddenly my lead dropped to 6 points! I mean I still have a manageable lead but I still shouldn’t lose that kind of points! I play The Association a lot. I am a Phoenix Suns fan. I like that they update the players often and I also like the shooting bar which is pretty easy to master that they don’t have in the other NBA games. I would spend my day having played 3 games as The Phoenix Suns. I won all three! Then, I get back in the game the next day and I HAD MADE NO PROGRESS!!! I was still in the same season but none of those games it said I had completed! WHAT A WASTE OF TIME! My quarters where set at 12 minutes too. I believe that I am deleting this game for a good cause and I hope that I will find a better NBA mobile Game.
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Please Read

This game is amazing, but is missing a few things. Can the developers please add a draft order choice to make the game more like nba 2k 22. Also please add an monatorium so I am able to resign my big name players that leave my team and maybe some of the other players because right now it just skips over it automatically. Last thing please add accurate draft classes of the ability to choose a created draft class that other people have made. I think if all this is added it will be the best 2k mobile game ever created.
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Controls setup.

Why does the controls i choose to place revert to default when im in-game? In my settings i changed my controls, got the ball passed to me with an open shot. For background knowledge I prefer the shooting button to be where pass is in this game. So in the game I thought I was about to shoot, but I passed the ball. This annoyed me so I thought I would have to use the virtual joystick so I don’t use muscle memory to shoot and accidentally pass again. Issue is, the joystick isn’t in the actual games either which is even more annoying. Why have features in the game that you use on the MyCourt if they aren’t able to be used in a game?
That’s why I’m rating the game 2 stars. Personally this game is unplayable without a control setup personalized for me.
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Not bad but needs adjustments

I like the graphics and the gameplay is very similar to console however I have 3 issues with this game

Difficulty- I like that it’s challenging and physical even in pro but I feel like if u go to all star its a whole different game. it’s hard to have fun and still get the challenging feeling without having the urge to break your phone in thousands of pieces

Button scheme and layout- buttons work 75% of the time I also don’t like the layout of the buttons it doesn’t make since that block is on the side when it should be at the top vice versa with the still button should be on the side also the shooting button doesn’t work in most catch and shoot situations

Shot meter - the timing can be very early and it still goes in but once I fill the meter I miss. The mechanics of this game is also off as well I know it’s a mobile game but I should be able to shoot and at least hit the rim when the meter is filled up.

Otherwise the game is good
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Suggestions

I think it would be nice if you guys can put in more than two jerseys for the teams maybe yiu could put in one more and make it limited. Another thing that I have in mind is for Mycareer after the players make the avatar the player chooses a college for there character to go to. After a season the draft would come and the player could play more at college or enter the draft. And depending on how well you played in college it would change you draft pick. Anoher thing for the draft is that all the players who played the college could enter. Those are my suggestions. I do enjoy your game but... I would enjoy it more if you used my suggestion.

Thank you
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Fun Game & External Device Tweaks

What's up guys, I just wanted to take some time out my morning and say what a wonderful feeling it is to be able to play a basketball game on my phone man times have really changed and i'm loving it. You guys are really on to something special with 2k22 Mobile & 2k22 Arcade I remember playing NBA Live 1999 with Antwan Walker on the cover of Nintendo 64. So graphics are lit, you guys will always on top of that, I just wanted to make a quick suggestion with the external controller. If it's not to much to ask PLEASE PLEASE Pretty Please, merge the external gaming controls from 2k22 Mobile & 2k22 Arcade both touch screen combined with external controls. But don't stop there. Add Direct Passing from our regular gaming systems from, PC, Playstation, XBOX Gaming Console. Anything you can combine, mainly when it comes to offensive passing and icon direct pass. Thanks for listening.
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Great Game!

I’m writing this review not to say the game is bad but it’s okay. There are some small things that could be fixed, such as: the fact that I have to use a joystick on defense. I think you should have it automatically staying on a defender you should just have the choice to steal and block. Another thing you should change is the computer is WAY to hard. Sometimes it’s good when I want to give myself a challenge but when I want to play a casual game like I usually want to, I can’t. Some great things about the game are the modes such as: Blacktop, I LOVE how I get to choose the players I get to play with. I think you should add the All-Time players in this Blacktop like you can do on 2k on console. Last but not least, The Association and Player Career Mode are AWESOME!!! But to sum up, I love this game and if your a sporty guy like me you should get it. But there are a few small things I would change in the game. Thank you for reading my review, and hope on getting your feedback soon
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It’s great because it’s 2k. But it could use some changes.

Mobile 2k has always been a great way to pass time when you’re away from a console. However of all the Mobile 2k games produced this one is probably my least favorite for a couple reasons. The main reason is that games do not save, so you have to sit through an entire game. If you end up needing to go do something, you lose the entire game. This is especially frustrating because if you exit the game for more than 15 seconds it restarts the app.

My second complaint would be MyPlayer. This feature is great and one of the best ways to play on Mobile. However, the way the statistics have been formulated and how to u can actually spend VC makes it very difficult to earn stats such as strength, speed, quickness, and your vertical. I don’t mind those as much because it makes the game slightly more difficult and takes longer to progress. What I do have an issue with is that stamina/Endurance receive no boost. There’s not even the Gatorade Massive Minutes badge. This becomes frustrating because there is also no way to edit the amount of minutes you are playing in a game. So after a period of time your myplayer is absolutely drained and there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s frustrating and absurd logic.
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Okay game

The reason I left this review is because it has some good qualities and some bad. First good one is the graphics are good and it has a a lot of good game modes (my career, black top, etc.) also in addiction mode (season mode) you can draft your own players and make your own decisions. The only problems I have with it is the game play and shoot. Side note I’m pretty sure I would have less issues if I used a controller but I don’t want to do that every time I play. It is over all a little choppy and kind of hard. I personally don’t like the movement and having to use the joystick to stay on the defender (I would rather have a button like in2k21) along with that the computer is actually hard (good and bad) it is good because it gives me a challenge but bad if I want to play an easy causal game. Finally the shoooting. I don’t like it. I feel like have to be either completely open or to green every shot. It feels like none of my shots are going in no matter what I do. Along with that layups are kind of hard to do (might just be me)
Thank you for reading my review and this is all my opinion so try reading other reviews to make a final decision
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Some things

In nba 2K22 console there is different sound effects for greens, a story for my career, way more songs, my team most of all, and more! Don’t get me wrong this game is GREAT but there are some things to do to make it better. This game is also my favorite mobile game ever! Overall this game is a 8/10. Edit: In this game I would also like to see all time, and classic teams. Edit 2: Cant write a different review so here. I would also like to see a cruise ship to play online with your my player. I know it would be super laggy but please.
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