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BioShock™

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

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August 21, 2007
18 years and 350 days ago
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Very Positive32,084 reviews94.0%

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Updated: Jul 13, 2026Developer scaleThe operating scale of the game's developer.
2K Boston; 2K Australia is part of or backed by Take-Two.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026Publisher scaleThe operating scale of the game's publisher.
2K is part of or backed by Take-Two.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026Publisher statusHow the game's publishing relationship is classified.
2K is part of or backed by Take-Two.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026FundingThe known source of funding behind the game.
2K provides the corporate publishing relationship for this release.
Search Google: Who controls the creative direction and IP for BioShock™ and 2K Boston and 2K Australia?Creative controlWho appears to retain creative control of the game.
Updated: Jul 13, 2026Release statusWhether and how the game has been released.
2K is listed as a separate publisher for this release.

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About the Game

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you. Injectable plasmids give you super human powers: blast electrical currents into water to electrocute multiple enemies, or freeze them solid and obliterate them with the swing of a wrench.
No encounter ever plays out the same, and no two gamers will play the game the same way.

  • Biologically modify your body: send fire storming from your fingertips and unleash a swarm of killer hornets hatched from the veins in your arms.
  • Hack devices and systems, upgrade your weapons and craft new ammo variants.
  • Turn everything into a weapon: the environment, your body, fire and water, and even your worst enemies.
  • Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean.

BioShock: Breaking the Mold

A free download that takes an inside look at the art of BioShock.