BioShock™ Remastered
Story-driven first-person shooter in a dystopian underwater city
2K Boston, 2K Australia, Blind Squirrel, Feral Interactive (Mac) · Published by 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac) · Released Sep 15, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 65K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 428 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 180
- peak 24h 342
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Nov 25, 2024
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is BioShock™ Remastered?
This single-player first-person shooter takes place in Rapture, a dystopian underwater city. You explore its corridors and fight mutated inhabitants with firearms, explosives, chemical weapons, and genetically acquired abilities called Plasmids.
For you if...
- +you want a story-focused single-player shooter
- +you enjoy eerie settings and environmental storytelling
- +you like combining firearms with special abilities
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer rather than a story-led campaign
- −you avoid dark, horror-tinged environments
What players say
83% of 65,162 reviews are positive · 91% of 428 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the story, underwater setting, atmosphere, and environmental storytelling. The dominant complaint is frequent crashing, sometimes accompanied by lost or deleted saves; players also report visual, audio, and progression bugs in the remaster.
Screenshots and trailer
BioShock™ Remastered system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor
- Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
- Graphics
- 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Other Requirements: Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 & 2012 Redistributable Package. Some system components such as mobile chipsets, integrated, and AGP graphics cards may be incompatible. Unlisted specifications may not be supported by publisher.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor
- 3GHz Quad-Core
- Graphics
- 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 65
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Device compatibility warnings shown
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- 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, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese. Text only: Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- FPS
- Story Rich
- Atmospheric
- Horror
- Singleplayer
- First-Person
- Action
- Dystopian
- Shooter
- Underwater
- Steampunk
- Sci-fi
- Dark
- Classic
- Adventure
- Immersive Sim
Recent updates
- Nov 25, 2024 · 2K Launcher Removal
- Sep 2, 2022 · Quality of Life Update
- Dec 5, 2017 · PC Patch Notes: December 5
- Dec 5, 2017 · PC Patch Notes: December 5
- Dec 19, 2016 · PC Patch Incoming December 20
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