Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A landmark story-driven shooter with an unforgettable underwater setting and twist, but the Remastered PC port is crash-prone and has a known softlock bug. Skip it if you hate dated, repetitive combat.
Great for
Story and atmosphere lovers who accept dated shooting and will save often
Main risk
Frequent crashes with no autosave can wipe hours of progress, plus a known softlock bug
94 recent reviews
Recent positive reviews come from new players discovering the classic in 2026 and praising its story and atmosphere. We can't identify a specific patch or fix behind the shift.
94 recent reviews
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“One of the best stories I've ever experienced in gaming and as a huge fan of environmental storytelling I gotta admit it's one of the best ever in that category.”
Steam review · 29.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“One of the best atmospheric games I’ve ever played. The world feels unique from the very first minutes. Rapture is beautiful, creepy, and unforgettable at the same time.”
Steam review · 68.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Bioshock is probably the first game where I craved to learn more about its world like nowhere else.”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Timeless classic, looks and plays better then many modern games.”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the real work was the powers they were super fun and im for sure going to do a second playthrough to get the ones i missed”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“graphically speaking in this remastered version, holds up very well”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I HAVE TO SAVE EVERY 10 MINUTES BECAUSE IF I DONT, MY GAME WILL CRASH AND I WILL LOSE ALL MY PROGRESS.”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the combat is incredibly meticulous sometimes because everything is just a bullet sponge.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“this is worse than the original port in most aspects.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The game feels HUGEly task-y and has you running mazes and one way tunnels etc until youre just spun around and tired of the back and forth tedious collect this collect that mechanic for the missions.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Game breaking bug that prevents you from progressing where the room 5 spider splicer in the neptune's bounty quest won't spawn.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“the fact that subtitles cannot be enabled in game settings is a crime”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
Minimum
Recommended
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analyzed 1 d ago
+ Excellent story and characters
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analyzed 1 d ago
+ Noticeably improves aim
− Paywalls and subscription pushed everywhere
analyzed 21 h ago
+ Photorealistic graphics and immersion
− Matchmaking, party play and P2P servers broken
analyzed 22 h ago
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