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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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Release DateAug 21, 2007
PriceFree
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.1% (very positive) Top 15% / 94.1%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92% Top 2% / 92.1%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)23.1K  Top 2% / 29.8K  Top 2%
Curators830 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time13.2 hours  Top 15%
Followers32.1K  Top 4%
Owners± 5.7M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 3.3M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of BioShock™ steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see BioShock™'s Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 100% (October 2010) to 94.1% (December 2023).

With 29.8K reviews Top 1%, BioShock™ is definitely a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for BioShock™ and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of BioShock™'s Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (51%), followed by Spanish - Spain (13%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 5 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying BioShock™ percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in BioShock™ depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is not bad at all, with 22 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.5 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Extremely atmospheric
  • Fantastic original story
  • Do things YOUR way
  • Exploring is rewarding
  • Difficulty is just right
  • Great character development
  • Fun combat progression and variety
  • Big Daddies are intimidating
  • Graphically the game looks a little old
  • Cheapened death
  • Hacking minigame

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 94.1%  Top 15% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of BioShock™'s review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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