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BioShock

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First release
Aug 21, 2007
Publisher
2K Games
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle · Open world, Action, Science fiction, Horror, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Mac, Xbox 360

BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. The player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting new ammo variants, and experimenting with different battle techniques are all possible. The game is described by the developers as a spiritual successor to their previous PC title System Shock 2. BioShock received high praise in critical reviews for its atmospheric audio and visual quality, absorbing and original plot and its unique gaming experience.

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Storyline
In the year 1960, a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a man named Jack as the only survivor. He has the apparent luck of resurfacing in front of what looks like a door to an underwater complex. Without hesitating, Jack enters the door and is greeted by slogans that praise the city of Rapture, a paradise of free will built in the 1940s by a business magnate named Andrew Ryan. However, even before he assimilates all this new information, the descent to this supposed paradise ends and he can only see ruins and chaos. Learning about the destiny of Rapture will be now Jack's main motivation while he tries to survive the horrors that free can create.Read more

In the year 1960, a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a man named Jack as the only survivor. He has the apparent luck of resurfacing in front of what looks like a door to an underwater complex. Without hesitating, Jack enters the door and is greeted by slogans that praise the city of Rapture, a paradise of free will built in the 1940s by a business magnate named Andrew Ryan. However, even before he assimilates all this new information, the descent to this supposed paradise ends and he can only see ruins and chaos. Learning about the destiny of Rapture will be now Jack's main motivation while he tries to survive the horrors that free can create.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 21, 2007
Xbox 360
Aug 21, 2007
Xbox 360
Aug 24, 2007
All 6 release dates
Xbox 360
Feb 21, 2008
Mac
Oct 07, 2009
Mac
Oct 23, 2009
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
8h
Main + Extras
16h
Completionist
26h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
ghosts, assassin, bloody, underwater, time travel
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At a Glance

Critic Score
93
Main Story (IGDB)
8h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
16h
Completionist (IGDB)
26h
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Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Very Positive, 25,232 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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