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2019PCPlayStationNintendo Switch92 % positive8.19 €

You play side-scrolling 5-on-5 basketball with a simple three-button control scheme and a retro arcade feel. Its rosters of hundreds of teams and players and its play-calling system recall the golden age of sports games.

  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Basketball Classics are NBA Street, NBA Street Vol. 2 and NFL Street. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Basketball Classics special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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NBA Street

92 %Match

2001PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Basketball Classics: a bright tone, gameplay over story and a clearly guided structure.

Arcade street basketball in 3-on-3 matches where flashy tricks and combos fill your Gamebreaker meter. A well-timed Gamebreaker can swing a game entirely.

NBA Street Vol. 2

Distinctive, stylised art style

Arcade 3-on-3 street basketball built around over-the-top tricks, huge dunks and a combo system that rewards style. The fast, cheeky gameplay shines especially in local multiplayer.

NFL Street

Linear, curated structure

Arcade-style football featuring NFL stars on makeshift street fields, with small teams, over-the-top tricks and looser rules than the real sport. It shines most in head-to-head play with friends.

FIFA Street 3

Distinctive, stylised art style

Arcade street football played in small-sided matches with caricatured players, flashy tricks and combos instead of realistic simulation. Its over-the-top style shines especially in local and online multiplayer.

FIFA Street 2

Distinctive, stylised art style

Arcade street football in four-a-side matches where flashy tricks and skill moves matter more than strict rules. In career mode you build your own player and team, earning currency for clothing and rating upgrades.

NFL Street 2

Distinctive, stylised art style

Arcade street football played in urban arenas, with exaggerated tricks, wall passes and wall jukes. Fast, casual matches that shine most in multiplayer.

Sportsfriends

Distinctive, stylised art style

A bundle of four distinct local multiplayer games built for couch play, from a pixel-art brawler to the motion-controlled Johann Sebastian Joust. The focus is on face-to-face competition and social fun in the same room.

Super Blood Hockey

Action-packed real-time combat

A violent homage to 8- and 16-bit ice hockey classics, with fast arcade matches, bone-crunching hits and plenty of blood. Best enjoyed in 4-player local multiplayer or the franchise mode with team management.

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2

Linear, curated structure

Arcade basketball in the spirit of NBA Jam: two-on-two street ball with over-the-top dunks, power-ups and a huge roster of current and retired NBA stars. Local and online multiplayer, plus a season mode and a ranked mode, are the main draws.

FIFA Street

Linear, curated structure

A fast, trick-heavy street football spin-off of the FIFA series with small teams, flashy dribbling and a loose arcade feel. Great for quick matches solo or against friends.

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