BioShock Infinite

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• first-person shooter

• shooter game^*

• adventure game^*

• role-playing video 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 · PlayStation 3^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• BioShock

Engines

• Unreal Engine 3

Localized titles

• BioShock Infinite

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on Tablet^*
• 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^*

• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Korean^*
• Traditional Chinese^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• German^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Japanese^*
• Traditional Chinese^*

Community tags · historical

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  3,021^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  2,677^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  2,308^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,973^*

• Steampunk^*

  Votes · historical

  1,940^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  1,734^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  1,552^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  1,460^*

• Beautiful^*

  Votes · historical

  1,036^*

• Alternate History^*

  Votes · historical

  1,029^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  927^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  782^*

• Dystopian ^*

  Votes · historical

  781^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  606^*

• Time Travel^*

  Votes · historical

  487^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  376^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  339^*

• Linear^*

  Votes · historical

  321^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  284^*

• Immersive^*

  Votes · historical

  241^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz^*

  Memory

  2GB Hard Disk Space: 20 GB free Video Card: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics Video Card Memory: 512 MB Sound: DirectX Compatible^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  10.12 (Sierra)^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 30 GB Video Memory: 512 MB Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVidia Geforce 640M / Intel HD4000 Additional: BioShock Infinite supports both the Microsoft Xbox 360 wired gamepad and the PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller in addition to the Macintosh mouse and keyboard NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive) NOTICE: The following video chipsets are unsupported for BioShock Infinite: ATI RADEON 2000 series, HD 4670, HD 6490M and 6630M, NVIDIA 9000 series, 320M, 330M, Intel HD 3000, Intel Integrated GMA chipsets and 3100 NOTICE: The Mac version of Bioshock Infinite is available in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish only.^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 14.10, Mint 17.1 or similar Linux distribution^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz^*

  Memory

  4GB Hard Disk Space: 20 GB Free Video Card: NVidia/AMD OpenGL 4.1/DirectX 10.0 level compatible Video RAM: 1GB Sound: ALSA/PulseAudio compatible^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Quad Core Processor^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

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

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  143^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Aspyr

• Irrational Games

• 2K

• Virtual Programming (Linux)^*

Publishers

• 2K

• 2K Games^*

• 2013-03-26

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2013-08-29

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2014-11-04

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2013-03-26 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2013-03-26^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

• 2013-03-25 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2013-03-25^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Mar 25, 2013^*

Detailed specifications