BioShock 2

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS

Genres

• first-person shooter

• shooter game^*

• horror game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

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^*

Series

• BioShock

Engines

• Havok

• Unreal Engine 2.5

Localized titles

• BioShock 2

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

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

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^*

Community tags · historical

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  643^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  479^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  395^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  368^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  368^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  298^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  290^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  287^*

• Steampunk^*

  Votes · historical

  254^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  218^*

• Underwater^*

  Votes · historical

  177^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  174^*

• Dystopian ^*

  Votes · historical

  170^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  149^*

• Immersive^*

  Votes · historical

  123^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  120^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  111^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  104^*

• Philosophical^*

  Votes · historical

  98^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  72^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

• 2K Marin

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

Publishers

• 2K

• 2K Games^*

• 2010-02-09

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2010-02-09 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2010-02-09^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2010-02-09 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2010-02-09^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Feb 9, 2010^*

Detailed specifications