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BioShock™

BioShock™ cover art
Developer
2K Boston, 2K Australia
Publisher
2K
Released
Aug 21, 2007
Steam reviews
94% of players recommend it, from 32,246 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags
ActionRPG
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On Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

Proton: GoldDeck PlayableSteam Machine: PlayableSteamOS Compatible

This game runs great under Proton after tweaks, per ProtonDB reports (175 reports). Valve rates it Playable on Steam Deck.

Valve rates it Playable on Steam Machine. Valve marks it SteamOS Compatible.

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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

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.

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System requirements

As Steam lists them.

Windows

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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