Action · September 15, 2016

BioShock™ 2 Remastered (2016)

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BioShock 2 provides players with the perfect blend of explosive first-person shooter combat and compelling award-winning storytelling. The halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. Players step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as they travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and their own survival. Features: High Resolution Textures, Models and Interface Art 4K Resolution Support The Protector Trials You receive the call: Tenenbaum desperately needs you to steal as much ADAM as possible, to help thwart Sofia Lamb's insane plan. Enter the Protector Trials: frantic combat challenges designed to push your mastery of weapons and Plasmids to the limit. The goal in each Trial is simple: get your Little Sister to an ADAM-rich corpse and keep her safe while she gathers precious ADAM. Opposition mounts as your Little Sister nears her goal -- will you survive the onslaught? Each Trial features three unique weapon and Plasmid load-outs, keeping the challenge fresh, as well as a fourth bonus load-out the player receives when all previous load-outs are completed.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume26.6k Steam reviewsTop 20% in Action
Positive rating71% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 85%
Concurrent peak198 playersTop 25% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 58% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • FPS · 180
  • Action · 170
  • Singleplayer · 149
  • Story Rich · 144
  • Atmospheric · 129
  • Horror · 127
  • First-Person · 120
  • Shooter · 116
  • Dystopian · 112
  • Sci-fi · 105
  • RPG · 99
  • Steampunk · 91
  • Underwater · 89
  • Adventure · 85
  • Dark · 70

Peer Action titles

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (7)

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  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up

Full audio (6)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

71%Mostly Positive · 26.6k reviews

18.9k positive · 7.7k negative

Curator recommendations

22.5k

Peak concurrent players

198

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

4h

Current engagement

Achievements

53

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 15, 2016
Developer2K Marin, 2K China, Digital Extremes, 2K Australia, Blind Squirrel, Feral Interactive (Mac)
Publisher2K, Feral Interactive (Mac)
Base price$2.99 -85%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy BioShock™ 2 Remastered