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BioShock (2007)

★ 4.4 from 3,378 players Metacritic 96 About 3h to play 81% finish it

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Overview

A 2007 game release, BioShock can be played on macOS, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Its community score is 4.4/5 from 3,378 ratings. Expect roughly 3 hours of play, a typical playthrough. On Metacritic it scores 96.

What players actually do with it

81%finish it
89%positive ratings3,378 votes
119playing now
347on wishlists
772gave upvs 3,336 beat it

Finish rate = players who marked it beaten ÷ (beaten + dropped) on RAWG. Wishlist and playing-now counts refresh with every sync.

Platforms & availability

PlatformFamilyRelease
macOSPCAug 2007
PCPCAug 2007
PlayStation 3PlayStationAug 2007
Xbox 360XboxAug 2007

Can my PC run BioShock?

Minimum

Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
CPU: Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)
Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive Space: 8GB
Game requires Internet connection for activation

Recommended

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
RAM: 2GB
Video Card: DX 9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better), DX 10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card: SoundBlaster(r) X-Fi(tm) series (optimized foruse with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)

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Questions

When was BioShock released?

BioShock was released on August 21, 2007.

What platforms is BioShock on?

BioShock is available on macOS, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

How long is BioShock?

Average playtime for BioShock is about 3 hours.

Is BioShock worth finishing?

81% of players who started BioShock finished it. 89% of ratings are positive.

How many people play BioShock?

9,577 players on RAWG own BioShock, 119 are playing it right now and 347 have it on their wishlist.

What games are similar to BioShock?

Closest matches in our catalog: F.E.A.R., Wolfenstein: The New Order, Hitman: Blood Money and Dead Space (2008).

Core data via RAWG. Rankings and similarity are our own computation.