Bully: Scholarship Edition
Third-person open-world action at a chaotic boarding school
Rockstar New England · Published by Rockstar Games · Released Oct 21, 2008
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 42K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 431 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 202
- peak 24h 406
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 72/100 (critic reviews)
What is Bully: Scholarship Edition?
A third-person, open-world action-adventure set at Bullworth Academy, a fictional New England boarding school. As 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins, you play dodgeball, pull pranks, help other students, and navigate the school's social hierarchy.
For you if...
- +you enjoy open-world adventures with dark comedy
- +you want a story-driven, single-player school sandbox
- +you like pranks, dodgeball, and student social rivalries
Not for you if...
- −you prefer multiplayer over a solo story
- −you dislike schoolyard mischief and adolescent comedy
What players say
84% of 42,226 reviews are positive · 82% of 431 in the last 30 days
Players praise the story, school setting, soundtrack, and replay value. Their dominant complaint is frequent crashing on modern Windows systems, which can cost progress; community patches help some players but do not resolve the problem for everyone.
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Bully: Scholarship Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 4 (3+ GHZ) / AMD Athlon 3000+
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0c Shader 3.0 supported, Nvidia 6800 or 7300 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4.7 GB free space
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0c
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Rockstar Games (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Native resolution not supported
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, French.
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