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BioShock™ 2 Remastered
In BioShock 2, you step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as you explore through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Always, always a great play, and replay.”
“Great sequel gameplay-wise, Minerva’s Den is the best story in the series right after BS1.”
“Game crashes every few minutes. I've lost about 2 hours retracing my steps even though I save every few minutes. I did some reading and found that the original runs much smoother than the remastered version. The story…”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Great sequel gameplay-wise, Minerva’s Den is the best story in the series right after BS1.”
“Game crashes every few minutes. I've lost about 2 hours retracing my steps even though I save every few minutes. I did some reading and found that the original runs much smoother than the remastered version. The story…”
“Did not disappoint at all. Bioshock 2 really takes the dark underwater experience to a whole another level. Step up from the previous. Its absolutely stunning in artstyle and gunplay. Lore is also very well. GOOD…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Did not disappoint at all. Bioshock 2 really takes the dark underwater experience to a whole another level. Step up from the previous. Its absolutely stunning in artstyle and gunplay. Lore is also very well. GOOD…”
“BioShock 2 is really enjoyable and, in many ways, feels like the first game but improved in almost every area. Rapture is still an amazing setting — beautiful, atmospheric, and full of life — but this time the gameplay…”
“Note - 9/10 It's the best Bioshock of all, I loved every single part of it, from start to end. Seeing Rapture on these conditions, decaying, seeing old parts of it, learning more about the Big Daddy's, being one...It's…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Very good game played it start to finish on steam deck absolutely no problems got all bioshock games on sale in a bundle would definitely recommend especially if you have never played these games before i will say that…”
“Absolute cinema, while I'd say it's the weakest of the 3 Bioshock games, it's still very good and I highly recommend it. I've seen some people mention crashes. I personally only experienced a single crash at the very…”
“[i]BioShock 2[/i] is essentially if you made the escort section of the original game into an entire game then actually made it good. It is very well-done in terms of gameplay, visuals, and tone. The story and original…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Very good game played it start to finish on steam deck absolutely no problems got all bioshock games on sale in a bundle would definitely recommend especially if you have never played these games before i will say that…”
“I’d recommend picking this up as part of the trilogy bundle you’ll save some money on an amazing series. BioShock 2 is actually my favorite of the three. I love the different perspective it offers, seeing everything…”
“Really good game for what it is for sure. All of the same mechanics are there from the first game with a few tweaks here and there. You play as a big daddy this time though. The story is alright. Not nearly as good as…”
45 of the 104 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“if you want to have a very frustrating gaming experience with constant crashes, this remastered is just for you :D”
“My game crashed 9 times in 3 hours, it's unplayable. And it turns out it wasn't my PC, the game itself was faulty. That's ridiculous, why did I even pay for this game then?”
“[h1]TL;DR[/h1] Great game overall. If you liked the first game, chances are you'll like this one too, but make sure you save often! I lost count how many times I crashed throughout the course of my playthrough, but it…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]TL;DR[/h1] Great game overall. If you liked the first game, chances are you'll like this one too, but make sure you save often! I lost count how many times I crashed throughout the course of my playthrough, but it…”
“They really should've just stopped after the first one. Bioshock 2 is a convoluted mess. Story, gameplay, enemies, guns. All were all overly worked for the sake of being "new" and "exciting". Bioshock 1 was great for a…”
“I think this game is super average. I really did not vibe with the story, gameplay is improved over the first game but other than that I really feel like it’s weaker in every way. It’s a decent game but I’d only get it…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“not my cuppa tea, a 13 hr long little sister escort mission that only got okayish at the end when i got access to a certain plasmid + tonic combo that made ADAM collecting less annoying. i think i prefer the simplicity…”
“I played roughly 3 hours and I got bored out of my mind. There is no evolution in the gameplay from the 1st one, which was blander than a sheet of paper and I don't have the patience to trudge through it for what I am…”
“They really should've just stopped after the first one. Bioshock 2 is a convoluted mess. Story, gameplay, enemies, guns. All were all overly worked for the sake of being "new" and "exciting". Bioshock 1 was great for a…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“not my cuppa tea, a 13 hr long little sister escort mission that only got okayish at the end when i got access to a certain plasmid + tonic combo that made ADAM collecting less annoying. i think i prefer the simplicity…”
“Very good game played it start to finish on steam deck absolutely no problems got all bioshock games on sale in a bundle would definitely recommend especially if you have never played these games before i will say that…”
“I liked the second part of this game more, the plot seemed more interesting to me than in the first part. The game itself is shorter than the first one. They refined some mechanics and removed some unnecessary ones from…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I've always loved bioshock 2 more than 1 and Infinite, so of course i bought the collection again to be able to play this on pc. It does not disappoint, the game looks amazing at max settings, which should be easily…”
“I fondly remember playing this game on my Xbox. However, this version of the game is almost unplayable due to constant freezing and crashing. Any fight scene causes the game to freeze. Even quick-saving every minute or…”
“I couldn’t get into it. The little sisters voice lines felt so cringey and like bad mid-2000’s horror. The game is buggier than the first, slower, framerates are terrible, graphics are a downgrade from the first, and I…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 70.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“This and the first BioShock are both criminally short games. I think the story in the first game is much better than this one, and I only really started to get into this story midway through the last act, but I did prefer the characters in BioShock 2. However, nothing can beat…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Top 10 Games for Divorced Dads Who Hate Their Ex-Wives”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Just wanted to write and warn others: this game keeps crashing to desktop randomly, over and over (I’ve lost count). I’ll keep playing (I’m a stubborn fool with way too much patience), but honestly… is it even worth it.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | FPS · Action · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Horror · First-Person · Shooter · Dystopian · Sci-fi · RPG · Steampunk (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 53 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.bioshockgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system 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 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device Additional Notes: Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 & 2012 Redistributable Package. Some system components such as mobile chipsets, integrated, and AGP