BioShock® 2 overview

Overview

BioShock® 2 comes from 2K Marin, 2K China, Digital Extremes, 2K Australia and is published by 2K. It arrived on Steam on Feb 9, 2010, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

BioShock® 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 37 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:29:34 UTC, with a tracked peak near 912. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 89% positive across 14,833 reviews.

Language and system requirements

BioShock® 2 is available in 5 languages including:

8 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

BioShock® 2 has sold up to 2,600,000 units and has 11,463 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $20,100,000. On Twitch, 1 streamers are live with around 6 total watchers.

BioShock® 2 overview details

BioShock® 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, 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. Multiplayer in BioShock 2 will provide a rich prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock fiction. Set during the fall of Rapture, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a premier provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city of Rapture that was first explored in the original BioShock. Players will need to use all the elements of the BioShock toolset to survive, as the full depth of the BioShock experience is refined and transformed into a unique multiplayer experience that can only be found in Rapture. Updated This bundle also includes the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, Rapture Metro Map Pack, Kill ‘em Kindly, Zigo & Blanche multiplayer characters, and The Protector Trials. Requires the full game to play. Single-player Features Evolution of the Genetically Enhanced Shooter: Innovative advances bring new depth and dimension to each encounter. New elements, such as the ability to dual-wield weapons and Plasmids, allow players to create exciting combination's of punishment Return to Rapture: Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioS…

SteamPulse editorial summary

BioShock® 2 is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 37 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:29:34 UTC, a tracked peak of 912, and 89% positive reviews.

Overview tags

FPSActionSingleplayerStory RichAtmosphericHorrorFirst-PersonShooterSteampunkSci-fiUnderwaterMultiplayerDystopianAdventureImmersive

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Support and legal notes

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