BioShock

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS

Genres

• first-person shooter

• science fiction video game

• video game with LGBT character
• horror game^*

• role-playing video game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

• PlayStation 3^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

• ESRB · PlayStation 3^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• BioShock

Engines

• Unreal Engine 2.5

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• 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

  1,353^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  1,053^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  1,007^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  984^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  923^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  750^*

• Steampunk^*

  Votes · historical

  704^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  661^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  610^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  517^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  468^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  454^*

• Dystopian ^*

  Votes · historical

  413^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  412^*

• Underwater^*

  Votes · historical

  375^*

• Immersive^*

  Votes · historical

  357^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  325^*

• Political^*

  Votes · historical

  303^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  239^*

• Alternate History^*

  Votes · historical

  203^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Audio hardware

  100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card Hard Drive Space : 8GB Game requires Internet connection for activation^*

  Conditions

  Operating System : Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista CPU : Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz RAM : 1 GB Video Card : Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia GeForce 6600^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz^*

• macOS · Unspecified tier^*

  Requirements

  Please See BioShock Remastered^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  174^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Irrational Games

• 2K Boston^*
• 2K Australia^*

Publishers

• 2K

• 2K Games^*

• 2007-08-21

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2007-08-20 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2007-08-20^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2008-10-21 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2008-10-21^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 21, 2007^*

Detailed specifications