2K Marin · 2K China^* +2^*

BioShock 2

2010 first-person shooter · shooter game^* · horror game^* +1^*

At a glance

Genres

first-person shooter
shooter game^*
horror game^*
role-playing video game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Series

BioShock

Game facts

Developers

2K Marin
2K China^*
Digital Extremes^*
2K Australia^*

Publishers

2K
2K Games^*

Engines

Havok
Unreal Engine 2.5

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Platforms

Players by platform

PlayStation 3^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
10^*
Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
10^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
M - Mature^*
ESRB · PlayStation 3^*
Classification
M - Mature^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Gold^*
Reports
69^*
Community confidence
strong^*

System requirements

macOS · Minimum^*
Operating system
10.9.5^*
Processor alternatives
2 GHz^*
Memory
4GB^*
Graphics alternatives
256 MB The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 9400.^*
Storage
18GB^*
Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7^*
Processor alternatives
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better^*
Memory
2GB^*
Graphics alternatives
NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c^*
Storage
11GB Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Memory
3 GB^*
Processor alternatives
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz^*
Graphics alternatives
NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
3 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Full audio
Yes^*
German^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Italian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Full audio
Yes^*

Audio languages

English^*
French^*
German^*
Italian^*
Spanish - Spain^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Multi-player^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
Remote Play on TV^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from BioShock 2

Screenshot 2 from BioShock 2

Screenshot 3 from BioShock 2

* Provisional data