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BioShock® 2

2K Marin · 2K · 2010-02-09

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Action

Franchise: Bioshock · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

39
playing now
89%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (1104 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 46h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 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 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 598k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,959 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-85%
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 24 of 38 observed days · $0.08 above the all-time low (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

4022026-08-06 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 18 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.95$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8022352026-05-30 — 263 pageviews2026-06-02 — 328 pageviews2026-06-05 — 273 pageviews2026-06-08 — 371 pageviews2026-06-11 — 257 pageviews2026-06-14 — 323 pageviews2026-06-17 — 306 pageviews2026-06-20 — 292 pageviews2026-06-23 — 301 pageviews2026-06-26 — 328 pageviews2026-06-29 — 372 pageviews2026-07-02 — 248 pageviews2026-07-05 — 327 pageviews2026-07-08 — 321 pageviews2026-07-11 — 290 pageviews2026-07-14 — 327 pageviews2026-07-17 — 313 pageviews2026-07-20 — 279 pageviews2026-07-23 — 353 pageviews2026-07-26 — 306 pageviews2026-07-29 — 314 pageviews2026-08-01 — 289 pageviews2026-08-04 — 282 pageviews2026-08-07 — 262 pageviews2026-08-10 — 269 pageviews2026-08-13 — 305 pageviews2026-08-16 — 309 pageviews2026-08-19 — 295 pageviews2026-08-22 — 802 pageviews2026-08-25 — 444 pageviews2026-08-27 — 376 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Player tags

FPSActionHorrorSci-fiShooterAdventureImmersiveSteampunkDystopian Story Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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