BioShock™ 2 Remastered
BioShock™ 2 Remastered
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BioShock™ Remastered
Developer 2K Boston, 2K Australia, Blind Squirrel
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon. From the Steam store page
409 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
LovedLoved
367 positive · 37 negative
95% range 88–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 367 | 37 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
27,151 of 33,284 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
90% recommend · 251 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 279 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (54,414 of 65,381 positive).
Players praise the game's story, atmosphere, and art, calling it a masterpiece. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note technical issues like crashes and bugs in the remaster. [4][5][6] Many recommend the game despite its age, citing memorable gameplay and world-building. [7][8][9]
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this is worse than the original port in most aspects. the sheer amount of visuals that they broke in this version is astounding, basically every frame of the game from start to finish has something either wrong or missing. yeah they added some stuff but a poorly-scaled starfish on a window hardly makes up for significantly lower quality water effects (if they aren't just outright missing lmao). the audio quality is …
- [1]
Would you kindly… play this game? This isn’t just a game - it’s art. One of the best experiences I’ve had. I even finished it twice to fully absorb the story.
- [3]
There was a slight chance that I could've lived my whole life without playing this Masterpiece, One of the best stories I've ever experienced in gaming and as a huge fan of environmental storytelling I gotta admit it's one of the best ever in that category. Andrew Ryan is one of the best written video game antagonist I've ever seen, This game came out 2 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decades ago dude and has better gameplay than a lot of …
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Bioshock released back 2007 possibly one the greatest years in gaming is the spiritual sucsessor to the system shock games built using the unreal engine three this game is beyond words its must play for any gamer even those new to the fps genre. Story. In 1960, the protagonist, Jack, is a passenger on a plane that crashes in the Atlantic Ocean. The only survivor, Jack makes his way to a nearby lighthouse; inside is …
- [2]
Okay, this is probably one of my top 3 first-person shooters of all time. I’ve beaten it at least 20 times already. Watch daddy platinum Steam verison now I don’t even know where to begin explaining why I love it so much. It’s one of those games that comes as close to actual “art” as videogames can get, the complete opposite of the soulless sludge a lot of modern games feel like. I also have a lifetime of memories …
Summarised from 30 of the 284 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked BioShock™ Remastered talk about excellent story and narrative structure; those who didn't talk about frequent crashes and technical issues. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 409 · most liked firstmen will literally build a city on the bottom of the ocean and start a civil war instead of going to therapy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am Frostee and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a consumer not entitled to a complete game on release? No says the designers, we need more time to fix the bugs. No says the publishers you need to buy the season's pass. No says the shareholders, you have to wait for the next game. I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose to play something else entirely, i chose the impossible, i chose Bioshock... A game where the player need not fear the loot box. Where the player would not be bound by…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is worse than the original port in most aspects. the sheer amount of visuals that they broke in this version is astounding, basically every frame of the game from start to finish has something either wrong or missing. yeah they added some stuff but a poorly-scaled starfish on a window hardly makes up for significantly lower quality water effects (if they aren't just outright missing lmao). the audio quality is unbelievably bad by comparison which was shocking considering this version is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY THE REMASTERED VERSION OF THIS GAME. It crashes constantly, has horrible issues across the entire game, and 2K refuses to even acknowledge that the 2007 version RUNS better and with no issues. I spent over 2 hours just TRYING to get this game to work, guess what? It's so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible that I couldn't even make it to rapture. I must have seen the stupid plane intro like 12 times. What a load of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. You got a second monitor? Issues. You got a GPU that was made after 2017?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would you kindly… play this game? This isn’t just a game - it’s art. One of the best experiences I’ve had. I even finished it twice to fully absorb the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, this is probably one of my top 3 first-person shooters of all time. I’ve beaten it at least 20 times already. Watch daddy platinum Steam verison now I don’t even know where to begin explaining why I love it so much. It’s one of those games that comes as close to actual “art” as videogames can get, the complete opposite of the soulless sludge a lot of modern games feel like. I also have a lifetime of memories tied to it from replaying it over and over throughout the years. This is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have so many great memories with this game. Playing the remastered version for the first time brought it all back and more. Pros: Graphics/Style - Bioshock will go down in my memories as one of the most beautiful, eerie and unsettling games out there. It truthfully world builds so well in so many ways that graphically speaking in this remastered version, holds up very well. I loved this game so much and this remaster doesn't disappoint in this aspect. Gameplay - This game defined…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They added a binding arbitration clause in the EULA at https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/ so in effect they stole my game from me since they changed the terms of the sale after everything was said and done. More and more game companies are doing this and I would highly recommend installing what games you can before binding arbitration EULA's are everywhere.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ENG/ITA Bioshock is a unique fps set in Rapture, where you can use a vast variety of weapons and special "abilities" called plasmids. The gameplay is quite fun, especially when you beat your enemies up with a wrench, 10/10 only for this, jk ofc :) It's quite dystopian, with an atmosphere that can create a sense on tension especially when a Big Daddy smacks the ♥♥♥♥ out of you or charges at you. Overall, the graphics are quite nice. I really enjoyed the story, especially the plot twist and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this amazing game, developed by an American company calling itself Irrational Games. I haven't played any of their other games (and apparently there aren't that many), so I won't be able to judge it. But what they've created is amazing! The idea of a 1950s-style underwater city is truly amazing! Everything is pleasing: the details, the atmosphere of the gray, dark city of Rapture, the gorgeous monsters, some kind of mutants ready to jump at you from any direction. Speaking of which,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bioshock is an amazing game, but play the original with mods that make the game look better or quality of life, this remaster crashes too frequently and you can lose hours of progress if you are not saving often, even then, the game decides to wipe your save as well, so make different saves. cant even do the challenges without crashing even faster, buy and play the original, not this garbage "remaster"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is one of the greatest games of all time. However, this version of the game is ridiculously buggy and crashes so much you can't play it. That's why the basic achievements a player would complete just by finishing the game have such low accomplishment. Nobody can make it to the end because they eventually can't even do anything in the game without it crashing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly? Didn't age super well. I have fond memories of it, but it's a game I enjoy thinking about more than playing. The first half of it is... okay. The second half just throws wave after wave of the same, like, four incredibly tanky enemies to waste your ammo while you go on random fetch quests to extend the playtime. I genuinely love this game's story and setting, but every time I play it I like it less.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Experienced on the Meta Quest 3 You can view my VR mod gameplay here: https://youtu.be/_Uc7O15H4p0 Yes, you can now play BioShock™ Remastered in VR with a VR mod made by a vibe coder. Beware that there are two different VR mods currently for this game. They both have 6DOD motion controls, however, the one that worked for me with less issues was the one made by BioVRDev (search for it). The mod is totally free. It's an easy install. You may even want to get the HD texture mod prior to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely a great classic mid 2000s era with about under 15 hours type of game. 7.5/10. I played on the steam machine with the steam controller and I didn't have any bugs and this is including someone making a handful of saves for each area. While the story in todays eyes is a little bland, theres a ton of little details that will fly by until they are investigated. Plenty of times I would move on and then be like wait what was that and turn back to actually look. It does have any…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BioShock Remastered completely lived up to the hype. I loved the gameplay from start to finish, and exploring the world never stopped being fun. I ended up getting the good ending, and honestly, it had me tearing up it was such a wholesome and satisfying way to end the journey. Easily one of the best games I've played
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bruh the game crashed and deleted half my saves. I lost like 2 hours of progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve Always seen this game around somewhere in the background I saw it for 6$ at a GameStop on Xbox 360 and got sonic colors instead (I hated it), a few months later I saw it again but got Lego marvel superheroes (couldn’t play it due to no backwards compatibility, I’d seen the big daddy guy on the cover in that one ps3 smash bros knock off, and lots of other random references. I saw this game on sale and its franchise for 10$ and I thought “why not” I was bored and needed something new. This…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good but some of the problems were not addressed with the remaster. Good - the setting is unique, an underwater city full of creatures who are in-between a normal human and a monster. The gunplay still holds up. The story is interesting. The bad - unfortunately you can't shoot and use Plasmids (something like spells) at the same time. In effect this means you almost always stick with either Plasmids or guns, never both. The game can sometimes crash. Alt+tab sometimes causes the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →all BioShock series are worth to buy a legend of a game nothing to say about it just do it and buy it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BioShock is a classic and a must play if you haven't played it already. Although dated now, the story and gameplay are both top notch. This is a remastered version, but it does have some crashing issues... so you'll need to beware of that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was a slight chance that I could've lived my whole life without playing this Masterpiece, One of the best stories I've ever experienced in gaming and as a huge fan of environmental storytelling I gotta admit it's one of the best ever in that category. Andrew Ryan is one of the best written video game antagonist I've ever seen, This game came out 2 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decades ago dude and has better gameplay than a lot of modern games, So 'Would you kindly' play this game right ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ now? :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very good graphics and gameplay with story i played at 480x640 still 8.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is ok. Never got on the Bioshock train like everyone else. People say it's a spiritual successor to System Shock, and after having played the original SS, SS2, and the SS Remake I just don't see it. SS2 is better in my opinion. Anyway. as of 12/18/2025 the infuriating constant crashing I had to endure to finish this game was just that...infuriating. BSODs. Locked up PC where I had to reset. I got almost to the end of the game, and it crashed so much I just downloaded a save before the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{Gameplay}--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It‘s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{Audio}--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ All ---{PC Requirements}--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games ever made. Given its age, it is a graphical masterpiece and even if that weren't true, the storywriting and philosophical themes challenge conventions and mainstream video game narratives.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BioShock is a profound philosophical, social, and psychological experience, a game that will stick with you long after you finish it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man, the story is really nice, combat is really ok, the only things I feel bad about are the random technical antics (like needing to change the game window from windowed to borderless every time I opened the game and the fact that I had to open it from the game files to turn on subtitles) and Take Two's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ practices. Note: Never skip on listening to the audio tapes, especially the late game ones, lost some story beats because I ignored them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A true masterpiece now with remastered and expanded visuals. I had some problems playing this game on my old PC but now it works flawlessly. I decided to skip the game since I already played the original, but it doesn't take from the fact that the game slaps. When this came out it definitely set the bar in story telling and overall gameplay, a story about the grand underwater city of Rapture, all it's mayor characters, the story of greed, lunacy and how in the end everything gets back to it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bioshock released back 2007 possibly one the greatest years in gaming is the spiritual sucsessor to the system shock games built using the unreal engine three this game is beyond words its must play for any gamer even those new to the fps genre. Story. In 1960, the protagonist, Jack, is a passenger on a plane that crashes in the Atlantic Ocean. The only survivor, Jack makes his way to a nearby lighthouse; inside is a bathysphere that takes him to Rapture. Jack is contacted via radio by…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I DID IT! #BioShock Platinum Trophy (PLATINUM) #PlayStationTrophy #PS5Share #BioShockRemastered
positive · AI labelView post →No wonder this changed games back then The way its narrative structure blends with the places you visit and the environment in general is nothing short of perfect, the story is too. Something is happening in front of you and there's always a theme in the back. The characters and their ideals are extremely solid and interesting considering its a 2007 game. It basically asks: what would happen if you put a group of people in a metropolis without anyone enforcing any kind of law? this with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ran into a gamebreaking bug that softlocked me. This apparently has existed since the Xbox 360 version and still has not been fixed to this day. It is extremely well documented (links below) and there isn't even a way to console command yourself out of a situation. Completely unacceptable to leave a bug like this in a paid rerelease of such an old game. Shame because the game seemed fun but I don't feel like redoing all of my progress in hopes the bug doesn't trigger a second time.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Timeless classic, looks and plays better then many modern games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the remaster, it definitely plays like a game from 2007, which is not always a bad thing, but can lead to frustrating moments here and there. The story and freedom to approach objectives in different ways are clear highlights and probably why this game is remembered fondly despite its age.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wild that it's 20 years later and this game is still an unparalleled classic. Here's hoping we get another iteration of it one day. 10/10 I play it again every five years or so, wish I could play through it again for the first time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too many bugs in this remaster. Audio repeating for no reason, lights glitching in and out, NPCs getting stuck on nothing, I had an entire miniboss fight with the enemy just standing there glitched. Some of the Big Daddies and Little Sisters just standing there staring off into space for an eternity. And one time I had to reset the game because an object was lodged into a crawl space making it impossible to move through until after reset.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bioshock is a first person shooter. The game is set in a under water city where a rich story is part of the action. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you. The remastered Bioshock brings many updates for modern systems. The game is also 64-bit for modern systems. I played this on my Dell XPS 9570 with GTX 1050 Ti Max Q…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i don't have words to describe how this games feels, this is what we call a piece of work, every single step, enemy and everything around you will be in your memory... i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game till the end.... Ken Levine, you made me happy.... and for you, you little piece of ♥♥♥♥, if you harvest a little sister you're a monster....
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you kill the little sisters you are a monster! Varied and fun combat action with a splash of horror. The story was great as well; the twist midway was unexpected. The Big Daddies are scary at first but they are no push over, show em who's boss! This version runs very smooth, no crashes, no stuttering. A must play for anyone that sat on this game like I did. 9.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When it first came out back in 2007, Bioshock was widely hailed as a masterpiece. Why? Because it's the embodiment of games as an art form and an incredibly deep and enjoyable game in its own right. Set in the 1960s, you play as Jack, the lone survivor of a plane crash in the middle of the Atlantic. He finds himself marooned at a mysterious lighthouse and a curious vessel takes him down to Rapture, an underwater city that has descended into chaos. Why is Rapture breaking apart at the seams and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fairly competent remaster to one of the greatest games ever made. It's a great place to start. This game reset the formula for how an action game could include more compelling RPG mechanics, storytelling and exploration, as well as a unique and palpable setting. It takes the best of Half-Life, Metroid Prime, and mixes it up with the likes of System Shock and Looking Glass' immersive sim classics. Must-play!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i just finished the game for the first time and its amazing. still to this day its a very good and entertaining game. you can play it both when you just want to relax and actually focus on the story/gameplay. some people say they have had technical issues with the remasters, but if you but the collection you get all the games, originals and remasters. on sale its 100000% worth it. the story is amazing and you dont need a big brain to understand it. the game is like fallout but if it had a fixed…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this 10 years back and dropped it after a few hours, but decided to replay because I think I wasn't being fair with the criticism I had back then. I was right, this is an incredible game, even to this day it plays phenomenally with no mods needed or tweaks
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is held very close to my heart, I played way back when i was young lad and ever since then ive been such a big fan of the games. Ive rebought all bioshocks atleast 4 times over and played them all over many more times than that. If there was ever a series more deserving of the title "masterpiece" it would be bioshock.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best Video Games ever made. If you never played it, you are missing out big time....
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bioshock will probably remain one of my all-time favorite games in the genre, second only to Bioshock Infinite (is my number one because it was my gateway into the franchise and the first FPS I ever played). The mystery and atmosphere of Rapture are unparalleled; the city itself feels like a living organism, vital to the story’s existence. It’s clear that Rapture is the true protagonist not just as a backdrop, but as the heart of the narrative, shaping the gameplay, the horror-filled climax,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A masterpiece of a game, still feeling fresh and modern 19 years since it's original release. A relic of a time when Ken Levine wasn't a subversive sack of crap who tainted and butchered his own universe with Elizabeth the Mary-Sue and the litany of retcons in the overglazed ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that is INFINITE. I don't need to sell you on this game, you know what it is. My only gripe is I crashed 5 times across the runtime, sometimes just walking and not even doing anything intensive, and the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am putting this comment down not because I hate Bioshock. I love it to no ends. The remaster however lacks many environmental artistic choices that the original thrived on. I do not suggest playing this, but the original. Sadly to unlock steam backgrounds that are Bioshock themed, you are required to play the remastered one for 2 hours. No kidding, I opened the game and left it running idle for two hours. I have over twenty-five hours on the original on steam apart from countless hours…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →playing the game is like torture but the story and world are so cool that i highly recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the ocean outside is silent but the city inside never stops speaking in collapsing philosophies and broken men. "A man chooses, a slave put's a negative review" kind of thing! haunting, elegant and self-aware, a amazing game that watches you as much as you watch it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best atmospheric games I’ve ever played. The world feels unique from the very first minutes. Rapture is beautiful, creepy, and unforgettable at the same time. The story kept me interested all the way through, and the audio logs made the city feel alive. Combat is fun because of the mix of weapons and plasmids, and every fight can be approached differently. The remastered version still looks great, especially with the lighting and art style. Sound design and music are amazing and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A man chooses, a slave obeys. Bioshock Genre: Immersive Sim FPS Tags: Rapture - Player Freedom - Atmosphere Bioshock is a masterpiece in game design. Plain and simple. The Irrational Games project led by the now legendary Ken Levine is precise in its length, certain in its aesthetic, and confident in its depth (no pun intended). It delivers early halo level enemy AI, a profound message about agency in the face of evil, and peanut butter thick atmosphere that is on the level of a Fallout or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid gameplay, the story is not bad with a nice twist near the end, the idea of an underwater city is a cool and a scary concept. Plasmids are fun however I just kinda used 2-3 of them the whole game, it's mainly the weapons that will do most of the damadge, especially the The Crossbow which is incredibly overpowered and satisfying to land headshots with leading to most of the time 1 hit kills. I really liked the Big Daddys, since I thought they would just attack you on sight, but it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the Most Interesting Lore I've Ever Seen Bioshock is probably the first game where I craved to learn more about its world like nowhere else. Rapture is a magnificent underwater city with the most fascinating history and ideology. The foundation of Rapture's ideology is Ayn Rand's objectivism – a philosophy of rational individualism. The game reinterprets this ideology and shows how it would function in the real world, exposing its problems. Bioshock reveals the history and lore…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had been in my backlog for almost 15 years, since I played 2. I finally got around to it, and I feel like an idiot for letting so much time pass, it is that good. The story and the tighter structure compared to the sequel work really well even today. The only things I might dislike about it are how you have to switch between plasmids and guns, and that the guns can sound a little quiet, but I think that’s just a sign of its age. And of course, the fact that a huge chunk of the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✅ Pros: Masterpiece narrative and unforgettable Art Deco underwater setting (Rapture), brilliant combination of Plasmids & gunplay, upgraded high-resolution textures and lighting, included Museum of Orphaned Concepts and director's commentary. ❌ Cons: Lack of significant gameplay improvements or FOV slider options, audio bugs and occasional save file corruption. 🏆 Rating: 8.8 / 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bioshock is a profound horror game classic that belongs in any genuine horror connoisseur's library. It's a Steampunk styled FPS that takes place in the Oceanic city of Rapture beneath the waves. You are a plane crash victim that stumbles into the city and must learn to survive in the decrepit, crumbling and drowning ruins of a once magnificent pantheon of human ingenuity. Rapture was meant to be a Libertarian heaven, an entire society built and raised underwater and completely devoid of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just played (and finished) this game for the first time. Loved its mood, gameplay, story. Even though it's an old game, the remaster is beautiful and it makes it still enjoyable in 2026. BUT. It did crash quite a lot of times and I have lsot many hours of playtime. Almost gave up at some point. You should keep that in mind if you are easily pissed at such events. If you are patient, then feel free to buy the game and have fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I prefer the original, but for some reason it does not play on Steam Deck well. So, this one will have to do. Replaying it is fun.
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