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BioShock Infinite

Irrational Games · 2K · 2013-03-25

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Action

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

Releases: Mar 17, 2015 (Linux), Jun 01, 2013 (Mac), Jun 28, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Mar 26, 2013 (Xbox 360)

Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.

BioShock Infinite is an Action game released in 2013, priced at $7.49, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 145687 reviews).

250
playing now
93%
positive of 146k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
1.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
93/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (2673 ratings)
146
Nexus mods (140k downloads)
17h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 29h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

250 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K. The third installment of the BioShock series, Infinite was released worldwide for the PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, and OS X platforms in 2013. The game is set in the year 1912 and follows its protagonist, Booker DeWitt, who is sent to the airborne city Columbia to retrieve Elizabeth, a young woman held captive there. Booker and Elizabeth become involved in a class war between the nativist Founders that rule Columbia and the rebel Vox Populi, representing the city's underclass. Elizabeth possesses the ability to manipulate "Tears" in the space-time continuum, and Booker and Elizabeth discover she is central to Columbia's dark secrets. The player controls Booker DeWitt throughout the game, fighting enemies and scavenging supplies, while the computer-controlled Elizabeth provides assistance.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 250 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,773 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~347/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 5.8M–12M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145,929 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$6.44-79%
GreenManGaming$6.75-77%
Steam$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at MacGameStore (2024-10-22) · bundled 18×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 127 of 182 observed days · $3.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,269 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,191 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 974 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,543 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 993 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 728 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,854 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,365 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 886 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,175 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 905 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4611602026-09-15 11:00 — 207 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 380 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 232 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 285 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 461 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 249 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 162 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 340 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 244 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 274 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 307 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 263 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 167 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 262 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 411 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 181 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 251 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 286 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 178 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 297 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 438 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 224 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 177 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 250 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30k262Mar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 30,090 · peak 65,198Aug 2013 — avg 1,554 · peak 3,661Jan 2014 — avg 2,573 · peak 7,924Jun 2014 — avg 1,630 · peak 4,901Nov 2014 — avg 1,287 · peak 3,529Apr 2015 — avg 973 · peak 2,185Sep 2015 — avg 992 · peak 2,354Feb 2016 — avg 1,158 · peak 2,512Jul 2016 — avg 1,324 · peak 3,640Dec 2016 — avg 620 · peak 1,224May 2017 — avg 549 · peak 1,005Oct 2017 — avg 528 · peak 1,291Mar 2018 — avg 914 · peak 2,169Aug 2018 — avg 647 · peak 1,654Jan 2019 — avg 569 · peak 1,254Jun 2019 — avg 663 · peak 1,314Nov 2019 — avg 583 · peak 1,107Apr 2020 — avg 743 · peak 1,260Sep 2020 — avg 575 · peak 1,064Feb 2021 — avg 770 · peak 1,394Jul 2021 — avg 735 · peak 1,169Dec 2021 — avg 508 · peak 843May 2022 — avg 473 · peak 792Oct 2022 — avg 315 · peak 615Mar 2023 — avg 443 · peak 866Aug 2023 — avg 304 · peak 495Jan 2024 — avg 380 · peak 671Jun 2024 — avg 328 · peak 589Nov 2024 — avg 305 · peak 541Apr 2025 — avg 428 · peak 871Sep 2025 — avg 310 · peak 581Feb 2026 — avg 357 · peak 673Jul 2026 — avg 346 · peak 621Aug 2026 — avg 323 · peak 670
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
24242026-09-232026-10-152026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 13 new positive2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 13 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 24 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.23$2.982015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-30 — best price $26.652015-08-03 — best price $29.992015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-03-22 — best price $29.992016-08-18 — best price $7.502017-03-05 — best price $29.992017-08-14 — best price $6.492018-01-24 — best price $7.502018-06-22 — best price $7.502018-10-24 — best price $7.492019-02-09 — best price $26.992019-05-16 — best price $7.492019-08-22 — best price $7.492019-12-03 — best price $23.302020-02-28 — best price $29.992020-06-11 — best price $5.622020-09-24 — best price $5.622020-12-18 — best price $6.522021-03-19 — best price $29.992021-06-19 — best price $29.992021-09-23 — best price $5.992021-12-28 — best price $7.492022-04-22 — best price $29.992022-07-29 — best price $8.392022-10-31 — best price $7.492023-02-13 — best price $5.392023-05-27 — best price $29.992023-09-01 — best price $22.802023-12-24 — best price $3.892024-04-18 — best price $26.992024-07-22 — best price $6.592024-11-02 — best price $4.492025-02-15 — best price $26.992025-05-30 — best price $26.282025-09-26 — best price $29.992026-01-16 — best price $29.992026-05-31 — best price $7.502026-09-03 — best price $6.602026-10-15 — best price $6.44
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9474772026-05-31 — 698 pageviews2026-06-04 — 632 pageviews2026-06-08 — 851 pageviews2026-06-12 — 533 pageviews2026-06-16 — 729 pageviews2026-06-20 — 619 pageviews2026-06-24 — 645 pageviews2026-06-28 — 947 pageviews2026-07-02 — 637 pageviews2026-07-06 — 665 pageviews2026-07-10 — 760 pageviews2026-07-14 — 691 pageviews2026-07-18 — 887 pageviews2026-07-22 — 600 pageviews2026-07-26 — 659 pageviews2026-07-30 — 597 pageviews2026-08-03 — 662 pageviews2026-08-07 — 544 pageviews2026-08-11 — 920 pageviews2026-08-15 — 573 pageviews2026-08-19 — 520 pageviews2026-08-23 — 860 pageviews2026-08-27 — 691 pageviews2026-08-31 — 708 pageviews2026-09-04 — 643 pageviews2026-09-08 — 583 pageviews2026-09-12 — 586 pageviews2026-09-16 — 586 pageviews2026-09-20 — 571 pageviews2026-09-24 — 562 pageviews2026-09-28 — 580 pageviews2026-10-02 — 566 pageviews2026-10-06 — 590 pageviews2026-10-09 — 477 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

16502026-10-01 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 22 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
91.8%
earned "Written in the Clouds"
21.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2013-06-25, latest 2016-09-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)138,4193%80
PS3 (PlayStation)101,6223%81
Xbox 360 (Xbox)93,6941%80
Xbox One (Xbox)20,2582%80

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSActionSci-fiShooterAdventureBeautifulSteampunkDystopian Story RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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