BioShock™

BioShock™

2K Boston · 2007 · FPS, Atmospheric, Story Rich, Action, Singleplayer

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Very Positive94% · 25,03696Metacritic64playing now
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About BioShock™

✦ AI summary

Blast through an underwater art deco dystopia armed with guns, genetic superpowers called plasmids, and the environment itself as your arsenal. Every encounter plays out differently based on how you combine abilities, weapons, and tactics, letting you approach each challenge your own way.

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. 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. Injectable plasmids give you super human powers: blast electrical currents into water to electrocute multiple enemies, or freeze them solid and obliterate them with the swing of a wrench.
No encounter ever plays out the same, and no two gamers will play the game the same way.
  • Biologically modify your body: send fire storming from your fingertips and unleash a swarm of killer hornets hatched from the veins in your arms.
  • Hack devices and systems, upgrade your weapons and craft new ammo variants.
  • Turn everything into a weapon: the environment, your body, fire and water, and even your worst enemies.
  • Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean.

BioShock: Breaking the Mold


A free download that takes an inside look at the art of BioShock.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Bioshock is widely praised as a classic shooter with an immersive world, compelling story, and thematic depth that holds up remarkably well, earning strong appreciation from players for its creativity and influence. However, players note some technical issues including audio cutoff during intense combat, visual settings that need adjustment to avoid discomfort, and the requirement of the 2K launcher, while some find the combat difficulty against certain enemies like Big Daddies to be punishing.

Recommended Jul 15, 2026
We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.
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Recommended Jul 13, 2026
This game will always hold a special place in my heart. Without it i wouldn't be where i am in my creative pursuits and taste in media. And i can't thank it enough.
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Recommended Jul 15, 2026
Unfortunately uses the 2K launcher, but other than that the game is an all time classic. Revisiting it as an adult it's a lot deeper than I remember, and still extremely fun.
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
Truly Bioshock is one of the best shooters out there,. The story and world are immaculate, I personally really enjoyed the ending I got, and I feel like it's a great throughline for all the themes in the game. I think this game really holds up and is still really fun, and really mezmerizing to play. A few notes, I played the original PC version, and while I really enjoyed the visuals there were some definite audio problems, mostly once the game gets loud during fights lots of sounds cut out for no reason. You also have to make sure to uncheck "horizontal fov lock" in the settings so the game won't have the harshest POV you've ever seen, I started getting sick. I honestly think it's worth trying the remaster if you have the option and seeing how well it plays. I just am a sucker for that nostalgic older engine and how it feels. Must play, get it.
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Truly a great game, most of the time I have absolutely zero idea of what is happening infront of me so I just started mag dumping on splicers and Big Daddies. Speaking of big daddies, I have to cause 9/11 levels of destruction just to get them to half health
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
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