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Forza Horizon 4 vs NBA 2K16

Forza Horizon 4 is an open-world racing game from Playground Games (2021) while NBA 2K16 is an open-world RPG game from Visual Concepts (2015).

Forza Horizon 4

2021 · Playground Games

8.4GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Very Positive

NBA 2K16

2015 · Visual Concepts

5.0GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Steam files Forza Horizon 4 under Open-World and Racing. In contrast, it files NBA 2K16 under Open-World and RPG.

Forza Horizon 4

Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world.

Description from its Steam store page

NBA 2K16

NBA 2K is back with the most true-to-life NBA experience to date with NBA 2K16. Featuring an all-new MyCAREER experience written, directed & produced by acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Forza Horizon 4NBA 2K16
GamingPickz Score8.4/105.0/10
Steam ratingVery Positive (91%, 303,167)Mixed (52%, 7,371)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceNot listedNot listed
Install size80 GB50 GB
Steam Deckplayableverified
Released20212015
DeveloperPlayground GamesVisual Concepts

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Forza Horizon 4 vs NBA 2K16, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Forza Horizon 4Open-world racing game
    NBA 2K16Open-world RPG game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Forza Horizon 4Racing, Open World, Driving
    NBA 2K16Sports, Basketball, Simulation

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Forza Horizon 4Score 8.4 · 91% on Steam
    NBA 2K16Score 5.0 · 52% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Forza Horizon 4303,167 reviews · 80 GB
    NBA 2K167,371 reviews · 50 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Forza Horizon 4Not listed
    NBA 2K16Not listed

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Forza Horizon 4Playable
    NBA 2K16Verified

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Forza Horizon 4 (GamingPickz Score 8.4)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: NBA 2K16 (verified)
  • Lighter on storage: NBA 2K16 (50 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Forza Horizon 4 (303,167 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Open WorldMultiplayerRealisticOnline Co-OpSingleplayerControllerSimulationAtmospheric

Where they differ

Forza Horizon 4 is also

RacingDrivingAutomobile SimPvPAdventureExploration

NBA 2K16 is also

BasketballCo-opRPGFree to Play

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Forza Horizon 4 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. NBA 2K16 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Forza Horizon 4NBA 2K16
Minimum GPUNVidia 650TIDirectX 10.1 compatible (512 MB)
Minimum CPUIntel i3-4170 @ 3.7GhzIntel Core2 Duo
Minimum RAM8 GB4 GB
Install size80 GB50 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Forza Horizon 4 · NBA 2K16.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Forza Horizon 4 and 1 for NBA 2K16. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Forza Horizon 4 and NBA 2K16 in scope?

Forza Horizon 4 has drawn 303,167 Steam reviews and installs in 80 GB. NBA 2K16 has drawn 7,371 Steam reviews and installs in 50 GB.

Is Forza Horizon 4 or NBA 2K16 better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Forza Horizon 4 rates higher (8.4 to 5.0). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Forza Horizon 4 or NBA 2K16?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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