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BioShock® 2

2K Marin · 2K · 2010-02-09

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Franchise: Bioshock · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 09, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Feb 09, 2010 (Xbox 360), Feb 09, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2012 (Mac)

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.

BioShock® 2 is a 2010 Action game priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 14959 reviews).

9
playing now
89%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,032
twitch viewers (latest)
2016.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (1104 ratings)
62
Nexus mods (71k downloads)
14h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 46h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin and published by 2K Games. It was released worldwide for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 on February 9, 2010; Feral Interactive released an OS X version on March 30, 2012. The game takes place in the dystopian underwater city of Rapture, eight years after the events of BioShock. In the single-player campaign, players control the armored protagonist Subject Delta as he fights through Splicers—the psychotic human population of the city—using weapons and an array of genetic modifications. The game includes a story-driven multiplayer mode that takes place before the events of BioShock, during Rapture's civil war.

Trailer

BioShock® 2 trailer thumbnail

BioShock 2 Launch Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 373 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 600k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,993 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.91 at Nuuvem (2014-02-06) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 34 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4372026-09-14 20:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 32 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 31 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 31 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36020Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 270 · peak 503Dec 2012 — avg 141 · peak 501May 2013 — avg 119 · peak 241Oct 2013 — avg 264 · peak 912Mar 2014 — avg 171 · peak 384Aug 2014 — avg 303 · peak 848Jan 2015 — avg 251 · peak 575Jun 2015 — avg 276 · peak 679Nov 2015 — avg 258 · peak 661Apr 2016 — avg 176 · peak 356Sep 2016 — avg 164 · peak 341Feb 2017 — avg 69 · peak 145Jul 2017 — avg 80 · peak 176Dec 2017 — avg 57 · peak 116May 2018 — avg 44 · peak 87Oct 2018 — avg 33 · peak 81Mar 2019 — avg 46 · peak 101Aug 2019 — avg 33 · peak 71Jan 2020 — avg 43 · peak 94Jun 2020 — avg 40 · peak 86Nov 2020 — avg 35 · peak 73Apr 2021 — avg 38 · peak 91Sep 2021 — avg 41 · peak 92Feb 2022 — avg 42 · peak 78Jul 2022 — avg 30 · peak 57Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 56May 2023 — avg 26 · peak 62Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 58Mar 2024 — avg 31 · peak 64Aug 2024 — avg 27 · peak 65Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 71Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 57Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 49Apr 2026 — avg 27 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 62
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.95$2.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-20 — best price $20.492015-05-01 — best price $19.852015-06-03 — best price $19.862015-08-03 — best price $19.992015-11-20 — best price $4.992016-01-26 — best price $18.992016-02-25 — best price $3.992016-04-25 — best price $10.002016-09-02 — best price $19.992017-02-22 — best price $5.002017-05-22 — best price $16.992017-10-26 — best price $6.592018-05-17 — best price $6.602018-08-08 — best price $7.672018-11-15 — best price $6.592019-02-14 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-04-10 — best price $18.992020-07-07 — best price $19.992020-08-27 — best price $19.992020-10-02 — best price $17.882020-11-15 — best price $19.992021-01-09 — best price $17.882021-03-08 — best price $17.882021-04-16 — best price $19.992021-05-23 — best price $17.882021-09-27 — best price $19.992022-05-15 — best price $19.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-07-02 — best price $17.992024-02-11 — best price $12.592024-08-01 — best price $17.482025-01-24 — best price $17.482025-08-14 — best price $2.992026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8022352026-05-30 — 263 pageviews2026-06-03 — 377 pageviews2026-06-07 — 349 pageviews2026-06-11 — 257 pageviews2026-06-15 — 346 pageviews2026-06-19 — 331 pageviews2026-06-23 — 301 pageviews2026-06-27 — 336 pageviews2026-07-01 — 292 pageviews2026-07-05 — 327 pageviews2026-07-09 — 330 pageviews2026-07-13 — 351 pageviews2026-07-17 — 313 pageviews2026-07-21 — 296 pageviews2026-07-25 — 315 pageviews2026-07-29 — 314 pageviews2026-08-02 — 286 pageviews2026-08-06 — 330 pageviews2026-08-10 — 269 pageviews2026-08-14 — 283 pageviews2026-08-18 — 300 pageviews2026-08-22 — 802 pageviews2026-08-26 — 429 pageviews2026-08-30 — 445 pageviews2026-09-03 — 350 pageviews2026-09-07 — 364 pageviews2026-09-11 — 297 pageviews2026-09-15 — 291 pageviews2026-09-19 — 297 pageviews2026-09-23 — 317 pageviews2026-09-27 — 297 pageviews2026-10-01 — 296 pageviews2026-10-05 — 244 pageviews2026-10-09 — 259 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.0k2.0k2026-10-02 07:12 — 2,202 viewers2026-10-02 08:12 — 2,446 viewers2026-10-02 09:12 — 1,958 viewers2026-10-02 10:12 — 3,526 viewers2026-10-03 07:12 — 2,100 viewers2026-10-03 08:12 — 2,025 viewers2026-10-03 09:12 — 2,037 viewers2026-10-03 10:12 — 4,032 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
51.4%
earned "Daddy's Home"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-10-02 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSActionHorrorSci-fiShooterAdventureImmersiveSteampunkDystopian Story Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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