Last updated on January 24th, 2026 at 02:01 pm
Basketball Showdown – Action Game Review
Basketball Showdown is a Action/Entertainment/Sports game from Naquatic LLC, first launched in 2nd November 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 2,728+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Basketball Showdown Stand Out
Match up against your friends, your enemies, or anyone worldwide in a head-to-head Basketball Showdown!
• COMPETE FOR GLORY •
Win prizes in online tournaments or compete in single player seasons as your favorite team. Then put your winnings to use by unlocking unique basketballs and upgrades.
• BECOME A BASKETBALL CELEBRITY •
Beat down opponents with your skills AND your popularity. Add friends to earn rewards and steal experience points from your opponents!
• A SPECTACULAR NEXT-GEN EXPERIENCE •
Hyper-realistic graphics and heart pounding multiplayer action turn you into a superstar.
• THE BUZZER-BEATER IS GOOD •
"Keep your charger handy, 'cause you will NOT be setting this down." – FreeAppsArcade
ENOUGH FEATURES TO PACK A STADIUM
• Online multiplayer matchmaking
• No loading screens
• Season, Playoff, and Exhibition game modes
• Unlockable balls and upgrades to boost your skillz
• Unique trophies and bonuses for completing achievements
• The exclusive PhysKick™ engine for unparalleled control
• Full set of achievements and leaderboards
• JOIN OVER 100 MILLION GAMERS WORLDWIDE •
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This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Basketball Showdown is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 30th June 2023
Recent improvements include:
• Major graphics enhancements on newer devices!
• Improved multiplayer matchmaking!
Download & Availability
Basketball Showdown is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Basketball Showdown on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Very intuitive energy and professional make game.
Its a good game we like you grab please. Everything is nicel.
The game is so good that the first time we played it we were addicted.
We still think you can make a little bit easier it means its kinda hard.
It feels way too easy honestly when we get into an online match it feels as though Im not actually playing against a real person we wish it was skill based because Ive only two online games because we let the people get a 6 shot lead. Also we saved up all our coins and got the gold ball so maybe thats why its so easy idk.
Okay thanks bro we dont think let us go back in time for sure. Yup thanks Ill let you know later today so we have a good time at the meeting thanks bye good love baby shower baby baby girl baby girl we think will catch us later on our back love too thanks bye good bye you need us a time done love we think dont have bad drama but its not really scary Im just saying we think and Im so dumb we know we have bad drama but its not really scary but its like and its like but.
This game is off the hook! Its be the champion.
Great game, just add chat box so that players can appreciate each other And how can we achieve popularity? And also fix the win records, we can see that it only gets until 20,000 wins, if you could adjust it up to at least 100,000 so that players wont get stuck to 20,000.
We believe you should add a practice mode for people to get better at the game and it should be easy to add. Other than that love the game.
Very awesome app! John chapter 3-16, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life! God Bless.
There is a bug where if u join season it kicks you from the game. Plz fix that.
Us and our friend loved this game. We probably put 20+ hours in the game. We ended up playing a whole lot with the worst ball until we paid to upgrade to the second best. We loaded it back up and season mode wasnt working. That bummed us out, because its our favorite. We deleted the game and re downloaded it, assuming it would pull our data from Gamecenter. Unfortunately we lost all of our data. We contacted support and outlined our situation. We had a response within 5 minutes and a solution within a couple of hours with a few quick emails. Our account was probably worth about 15000 of the game currency, and the support guy sent over 20000 as a solution. Now Ive purchased the best ball in the game and Im enjoying the game again. Big thanks to Michael for helping us out.
We cant invite our friend! We dont know why! How we can invite our friend? But we love this game. So fun.
Great game but every time we want to play a season the app closes and we cant access it! Season is the best part! If they fix that easy 5 stars.
This is a pretty fun game but one big issue. It is WAY to easy. Like we beat the season mode on our first try with a non upgraded trash ball. This is one of the easiest games Ive played. Maybe you can add a difficulty setting in season mode like easy, medium, hard, and extra hard. That would easily solve the problem. There is no insensitive to play the game since it is too easy and it takes a year to unlock 3rd ball. So Im giving 3 stars.
Every time we press season it reload.
Love the game but there should be a feature where we can mute the game. If Im listening to music while playing its frustrating listening to the game at the same time when theres no need to.
Yes hes right ever since we got the coin doubler for 4.99 it keeps crashing.
When we click on season, it just exits us out of the game! Please fix.
This is probably the best basketball shooting game Ive ever played! But theres one problem. Every time we shoot and follow our shot with our finger to make sure it goes in the right direction The shots way off. Over all the games ok but probably needs an update.
We really like a basketball games and we think this game is the best one that we ever played.This game is really awesome.
We like this game because it is fun playing basketball and play any random players.
Everything you ask for but make it more realistic by actually playing online and chill with the ads.
This game is 100% a 5 if they fix this one thing. When we go to the single game against the computers it closes our game. There is no way for us to access single play seasons. If this is fixed we would give it a 5 because everything else is perfect. Please fix this.
So when the iPod touch 5 came out we got one and this was the first app we downloaded and as the time went on we got new apps and then deleted them and this is the longest we have ever kept an app and never deleted it and we still love it! 6 years later….. Well we now have it on an iPhone 8 and well its really responsive has a few glitches, but a really great way to spend a few minutes. We tried the 2015 version of this and we dont like the change. This app is way better and more fair no fire ball, powers, or the advantage of choosing where you shoot first. We also was the coach of the third best team in the 2015 version and we never got any prize. Just seemed to be not worth getting on the leaderboards for teams. FOR DEVELOPERS: What we love: – The playoffs – Playing with friends except little inaccurate where friends ball is – The difference between the balls not to strong but not to little just perfect – Season is a great way to play offline! Love how we can play it even if we have no service or WiFi! Things to improve on: – Need a clan/team that has a better hierarchy than just coach and the coach can demote or promote these players. – Need a chat in this clan/team – Need to make a friends only tournament this would revolutionize this game serious it would become more of a party game!! – Update this app dont make another app with all these updates – Delete the other app seems a little broken. We had a strategy that made us win every game in the 2015 app. – Make it more customizable like change the boards or court that you play in. – Make the overtime like the 2015 app. – Add season to multiplayer if possible.
We used to play it all the time with our cousins and we had all the basketballs and they were awesome a lot we dont know why a lot a people gave it a down thumbs but this game.
We think its a great game to play but there should be a choice to have a player shoot.
This game is an awesome game to play if you are good at it.
If u make a shot and hold it where you made it then you will repeatedly make it.
Great basketball game app and a lot of fun.
We love this game! This is coming from a 9 year old who loves basketball you should really get this awesome game.
This is a great game to see how quick you are at flicking.
We mean this game is just legendary it can do everything as long as you know da wae.
We love this game but season mode keeps crashing everytime we click it. This is our favorite mode so please fix it soon.
But all Naquatic games are great the football, soccer etc. Etc. Though we wish they had a BASEBALL game.
The game is hands down the best basketball app out there been playing it since 8th grade and we are now a junior in high school and we still am hooked.
When you create an account you can't log in to that account anymore if you delete the app.
It is a four because when you play and you have 4-0 lead you lose because you miss all of them but the bot makes all of the shots so you can lose please fix it cause it is annoying.
Add better net physics and make it where you are a person instead of air.
This game is really challenging its really cool.
In our opinion we wouldnt get it its just not worth it,but….we give it 4 stars because its not as bad as some games. Choose what you want, try dont like it delete it,like it keep it.
The game perfect but when you reach a certain level it turns the game off and sends you back to your home screen.
Very fun game, but graphics are odd compared to Basketball Showdown 2015.
We won a season and now it crashes when we try to play another one. Aside from that, its a good game.
This game is great, but it would be better if there was a practice mode where you dont have to play against anybody and if there were less adds.
Its hard to get money for balls but the play aspect is really good but needs a practce mde.
This is the most Epic and Amazing game of all how did you think of but however you thought about you did a awesome job we love this game.
This is a wonderful game. Great stress reliever but we really want to be able to practice and not keep losing in seasons or playoffs or even exbition. But so far this is our favorite showdown game of all time.
Once we play the game for a long period of time it starts the mess up when we click on season will kick us out of the game can you please fix it.
This is a great game to pass the time.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.7
- Size: 145.07 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Naquatic LLC
Last updated: 30th June 2023 | Genre: Action, Entertainment | Developer: Naquatic LLC