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BioShock® 2
BioShock® 2 centers on returning to Rapture: as a Big Daddy, you combine weapons and Plasmids in combat, with the Protector Trials as another challenge. At ≈ $3.80 from 
Kinguin, it makes most sense if you are specifically after this story-driven solo journey. Multiplayer is also supported, though its presence alone may not determine whether the game suits you. BioShock® 2 costs ≈ $3.80 at Kinguin; compared with Steam's $19.99, that is a saving of ≈ $16.19.
All-time low ~ $2.91across Steam & third-party stores
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Past 36 months · Updated dailyHistorical Low~ $1.752026-07Current Low Across Stores~ $16.69Kinguinvs. Historical Low+854%
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01About BioShock® 2
Return to Rapture as a Big Daddy, roughly ten years after the first BioShock. Explore the fallen underwater city, pursue an unseen enemy and fight to survive. You can combine weapons and Plasmids in combat; the game also offers multiplayer and the Protector Trials combat challenges. Steam player rating: 88% positive from 11,495 reviews.
Credits
Composer
Garry Schyman
Developer
2K Marin · 2K China · Digital Extremes · 2K Australia
Publisher
2K
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$1.752026-07-30 · KinguinBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
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| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-19
02Before you buy
Controller
The Steam PC version has full controller support.
Languages
English, French, German, Italian and Spanish each include full audio and subtitles.
03Frequently asked questions
What is BioShock® 2 about?
You play as a Big Daddy in Rapture, around ten years after the events of the first BioShock.
Does it have multiplayer?
Yes. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer.
What are the Protector Trials?
The Protector Trials are combat challenges where you protect a Little Sister as she gathers ADAM.
8.0
Overall Score
Graphics7.6
Audio7.2
Gameplay8.8
Story8.4
Content7.4
“First-person shooter deepening the underwater world through plasmid combinations and a unique Big Daddy perspective, anchored by the compelling Sofia Lamb narrative.”
Our Verdict
BioShock 2 was released more than five years ago, so it can’t be protected solely by the halo of its high scores from back then. Judged by the actual experience of players today, its biggest disadvantage is that “Rapture appearing for the second time” naturally loses a layer of mystery; its greatest strength, however, is that it turns this disadvantage into a smoother, more aggressive, and more mature systemic expression. Less awe. More fun.
If you take BioShock as the benchmark, this game can hardly surpass its predecessor in the shock of unveiling the world for the first time; if you treat it as a sequel, it is executed with considerable dignity. The combat is smoother, the hacking rhythm is better, the Big Daddy identity is more than just a change in appearance, and the narrative does not abandon the series’ discussion of ideology, control, and moral collapse. It is not a reskinned sequel. At least, not just that.
Is it worth playing through a full run? Yes, especially if you like Rapture, or if you want to see how the series continues to twist shooting, ability combinations, and environmental storytelling together. Don’t expect it to flip the table again. It is more like rearranging the dishes on the table, with steadier heat and sharper knife work. Recommended, but it is best approached with the expectation of an “excellent sequel” rather than “another revolution.”
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviewsSelected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
A game where you, a dad, fight other dads to become the dadliest dad and aquire as many daughters as you can. 10/10 would dad againShow moreShow less
9.3 hours at review912 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
adding their launcher to a 10+ years old game. thank you for nothing. never again 2k "Gabe Newell Says Piracy Is a Service Problem"Show moreShow less
11.4 hours at review69 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Why people insist Bioshock Infinite is amazing and that Bioshock 2 is a mistake is a complete mystery to me. One of the few games to actually make me cry, Bioshock 2 is a masterpiece following a masterpiece, a feat few other franchises can claim. I beg anyone who bothers reading this review. Buy this game, it is worth every penny.Show moreShow less
22.4 hours at review626 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
PLEASE AVOID THIS GAME AT ALL COSTS!!! This is coming from a person who 100%d this game. - Is this a bad game? Nope, absolutely not it was phenomenal. Although BioShock 1 was better, this still hell of a great game. At this point you are wondering if I am insane or not, here is why you should avoid this game at all costs: Reason 1: The game crashes once every 5 to 10 minutes. There are fixes online that I found by simple google search after being frustrated a lot but start with this base; try saving it often. The game crashes a lot especially after long periods of gameplay. Set the launch option to -dx9. This should help smooth it teeny tiny bit. In order to do that, right click the game, go to properties, set launch options and type -dx9 into the text box. However, I hate any developer who is lazy AF to let people and modders do what they are supposed to do. Reason 2: This is a big one; in case you missed the review explaining why 2K is a spyware company and injecting viruses and other means of malware into your kernel and steal your private information. Here we go detailed explanation I copied from the original reviewer why you should definitely avoid this game at all costs and any other products of 2K: Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC Collected Data Types: • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls) • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting) • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality So; after all this you might be asking why I got this in the first place; well I got this on a summer/winter sale sometime in 2020 or 2021. It has been sitting in my library alongside with many other games collecting dust and increasing my evergrowing backlog. Back then they weren't this evil so I didn't mind supporting them. Look, I play my games on an isolated PC where I don't have any private info stored. PC is just for playing steam games and that is it. So those woke freaks CANNOT reach my wife's or/and my daughter's videos & pictures and sell them to a data broker in China, India, Russia and Iran or even worse DHS. If you value yourself and your privacy DO NOT EVER buy anything from 2K and any other demonic woke corporations like 2K such as Microsoft, Activision, Bethesda, CDPR etc. There's a good saying on the internet starts with "If buying isn't owning..." you might consider doing the rest. These demons should go bankrupt after all the illegal activity they have done. Their CEO was busted in a medieval themed restaurant with a USB full of illegal data on him. Think about it! There is a remastered version of the game so consider playing that if single player is all you want but they were so lazy they didn't import multiplayer on that one so did I hear. I will play that too and see if it is different than I will update my review to keep it accurate.Show moreShow less
54.5 hours at review64 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Nice Game, awesome Multiplayer !Show moreShow less
55.3 hours at review442 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
"Would I recommend this game" is a difficult question. The game itself is good. It may be the weakest installment in the Bioshock franchise to date, but the weakest installment of an amazing series is still pretty great. The reason I decided to say "no" is because of the amount of crap I had to go through just to get the game to play. I have about 16 hours of playtime logged, and I'm willing to bet a good half of it was spent troubleshooting, checking to see if various fixes worked, replaying segments and sometimes entire levels... it got old, fast. For a game that's been out for so long to not have a single fix for everything is pretty inexcusable, especially one that you're expected to pay for. I ended up looking up various guides on Steam and 2K's support forum to get the game to work, uninstalling and reinstalling the game twice, uninstalling and reinstalling programs on my computer, tinkering with files, settings, and compatibility modes, even editing the .ini file itself. The most prominent issues I had were it constantly crashing shortly after starting the game (just when you get the rivet gun), on the loading screen to Siren Alley, the loading screen for Fontaine Futuristics, and near the end of the Fontaine Futuristics level. All of these required multiple attempts on my part to fix and finally finish. On the other hand, my closest friend also has the Steam version of this game and reports not having the same problems. But for any game to give anyone this much problem, I wouldn't recommend spending your money on a roll of the dice to see whether or not it'll work (for the record, I had no problems with the original Bioshock, so don't assume that just because you played through that with no problems, you won't encounter issues here). It's truly upsetting that what could, and should, have been a pleasant, fun gaming experience turned into a frustrating nightmare, and as soon as I got to the ending, I uninstalled and washed my hands of it. Multiplayer? Other endings? Achievements? Forget about it, not worth the grief. If you do decide to give it a shot (in which case I recommend a console version), here's what I thought, issues getting the game to run aside: like I said, it may be the weakest link in Bioshock's Great Chain, but that doesn't mean it's a total waste of time. A lot of the gameplay was simplified from the first game (such as hacking, researching, even the Tonics all being in one area instead of being in four categories with different slots you need to open), some undoubtedly for the better (it's telling hacking and researching didn't appear in Infinite) and some for the worst. There is the mechanic of carrying around Little Sisters and guarding them as they gather, akin to the ending of the first game only much faster and less frustrating (with tonics to maximize ADAM and speed up the process becoming available fairly early). However, there's up to three Little Sisters per level, and each one can gather up to twice. It's really up to you how you decides to handle them, as in the original, but the fact remains you're still going to have to throw down with a Big Daddy and you're still going to have to deal with them somehow if you want ADAM. The main point that this game got a lot of flack for was the story. The game was, admittedly, a cash grab/attempt to keep the Bioshock name alive while Ken Levine and Take-Two/Irrational were working on Infinite, farmed out to 2K Marin. I, personally, think they did a decent enough job with what they had. The story lacked the symbolism and social commentary that made the first one so powerful, and a lot of the mystique and creepiness that Rapture had during the first outing is absent here. I won't even claim the story made total sense in the end (you pretty much need all the supplemental materials, including the dubiously canon novel Bioshock: Rapture by John Shirley, which did have input from Ken Levine, to make it close to solid). And, to quote the venerable Yahtzee, the original Bioshock's story didn't really need a direct sequel. But I wouldn't say the whole thing is a wash, either. For one thing, there's at least two moments in this game (I won't give spoilers) that I personally felt were some of the most powerful in the entire series to date. It really seems like when they were at the drawing board, whether intentionally or not, 2K Marin got it in their head that in making a game that wasn't basically an exact rehash of the first, they needed to make it as different as possible, and ended up creating the original on Opposite Day. WHAT FOLLOWS ARE SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST GAME! Whereas in Bioshock, you play a man that starts out with nothing and gradually finds his purpose throughout the game, in Biooshock 2, the main character has lost everything, including his identity (he's a Big Daddy), and is on a desperate journey, whether out of compulsion or genuine concern, to reclaim the one thing he had left. Whereas Andrew Ryan was a staunch objectivist who constantly extolled the value of looking out for yourself and acting in your own self-interest, the main villain of this game, Sofia Lamb, is a collectivist, with a cult built around being utterly selfless and willing to lay down your life if it would better serve mankind as a whole. Throughout the first game, you're guided by a man who seems kind, helpful, and sincere, but ultimately betrays you and reveals you were an unwitting pawn in his grand plan all along. In Bioshock 2, you're largely guided by a man who is a confessed and mostly unrepentant sleezeball, who makes no secret of the fact that he's mostly using you as a means to get him out of Rapture as well so he can profit off of the technology there. As he knows his plans hinge on you achieving your goal, he's willing to play ball. And let me add that 2K Marin deserves some major props for making a character that is so slimy, yet ultimately charming and likable. All in all, it's a fun game. You won't miss anything for skipping it, especially now that Infinite is out, and I personally wouldn't blame you if you decided to give it a pass and not bother with this slightly subpar installment in the franchise. But with 2K Marin now in charge of the franchise as a whole, it might be worth it if you're a fan of the series just to see how they've handled it in the past. Just, for the love of little yellow duckies, play it on a console and don't waste your time, money, and possibly hours of frustration trying to play the Steam version.Show moreShow less
16.3 hours at review55 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Would you kindly play this game?Show moreShow less
750.1 hours at review312 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
KNOW THIS, the game is great, I enjoyed it alot. The reason it is not recommended, is strictly due to technical issues. Gameplay: You go through 9 areas in Rapture City in just the same fashion as in the first game; Taking on Big Daddies to get to Little Sisters, looting dead enemies and every kind of containers you come across, obtain and upgrade your weapons, plasmids and gene-tonics. It's all in there. The main differences being first off how this installment is not as free roaming as the first game was, where you could move between the areas. In this sequel, you have to make sure you've done all you want to do in a level before you move on, because there is no chance going back once you do. Then you have the so called Big Sisters, a new enemy that will make Big Daddies seem like a 90 year old, compared to Bruce Lee. Not only are you merely playing as a Big Daddy, you can also do his main-duty of adopting Little Sisters and protecting them, while they collect ADAM from corpses to give you more. Controls: Not much to say, the controls are fluent. I can't see anything amiss in them, there are slightly more features than in the first game. Music: It's music includes old real life classics, a new collection of course, mostly in the Jazz genre. You can tell from the background music when a tough enemy is on the way, it gets dramatic. Graphics: The graphics are done exactly in the same delicate way like in the first game, having great water and fire effects. Story: Takes place 10 years after the first game, which should then be 1969. You are a Delta model of a Big Daddy, having been shot dead, but resurrected and stored within a Vita Chamber by your own Little Sister, this back in 1959. The 10 years pass, and you awake with your goal of reunite with your, now grown up, Little Sister. Bug and Drawback Listing: *Random crashing, which is the most common issue you may experience when playing. It may differ on exactly how it happens, depending on who you ask. For me, the game just shut down without any information at all, close to 20 times in total during my whole playthrough. *Hits on enemies just refuse to register alot of times while in battle. This occurs often if the enemy is doing some kind of animation while you hit it, and is therefor seen mainly on Houdini Splicers and Alpha Series, as they are using alot of graphical effects. But sometimes even a slow walking Ledhead Splicer at distance, can somehow be invulnerable, the shots will just go through whilst leaving its impact on the wall behind. This leaves little to no use for the improved zoom upgrade to the speargun for example. It feels like the game design was primarly aimed for the player going for the drill and plasmids. While the gun selection is showing a great mix, the hit registration sometimes drags it down. *Enemies can suddenly spawn out of thin air. This causes a problem if you have cleared a room and are setting up traps for a planned battle. Suddenly random enemies can spawn behind your back and trigger your traps that you have put time and effort on for a upcoming fight. Conclusion: I'm afraid I can't recommend this specific port version of the game. By purchasing this, you are putting it all up to chance. Its a lottery how the game will run on your PC, depending on a combination of your hardware, drivers and other OS softwares. Such application behaviour is by me, unacceptable. Get a console version instead.Show moreShow less
54.2 hours at review48 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
You are a dad and you kill other dads and steal their daughters and make dad jokes. 10/10 would steal someone elses daughter again.Show moreShow less
100.3 hours at review296 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Spoiler free summary: Sleek, interesting sequel, a worthy successor to the first game. Difficulty curve starts out a little high, and the MC takes way too few hits to be considered apprpriate for an Alpha-Series Big Daddy, but I'm willing to dive into it for the challenge, as well as to see what happens next. However, I cannot recommend it as this game crashes more frequently than tweens caught texting behind the wheel. Seriously, this game's been out for about six years now - there is no acceptable excuse for this.Show moreShow less
9.2 hours at review37 people found this helpful
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