One-off purchase
BioShock cost to play
BioShock prices on Steam UK and the Nintendo eShop UK, The Collection bundle, its PEGI 18 rating and Steam player numbers.
BioShock gameplay, images and trailer
© 2K, BioShock trailer “™ HD Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £13.99: Cheapest standard price: BioShock™ (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 12 h to beat: Main story: 12 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £1.17 an hour: £13.99 ÷ 12 hours (main story)
- 103 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 21 August 2007
- Developer
- 2K Boston, 2K Australia
- Publisher
- 2K
- Platforms
- PS3, PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action RPG, Shooter
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
BioShock player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 107
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 108
- 51 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- −33%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 2,625
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Is BioShock dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: BioShock peaked at 108 players at once in September 2026, with 51 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Mac, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 51 | 108 | −32.9% |
| August 2026 | 54 | 161 | +35.3% |
| July 2026 | 58 | 119 | +21.4% |
| June 2026 | 47 | 98 | −34.7% |
| May 2026 | 54 | 150 | +14.5% |
| April 2026 | 53 | 131 | +11.0% |
| March 2026 | 47 | 118 | −13.2% |
| February 2026 | 56 | 136 | +22.5% |
| January 2026 | 49 | 111 | +1.8% |
| December 2025 | 52 | 109 | +5.8% |
| November 2025 | 43 | 103 | −7.2% |
| October 2025 | 42 | 111 | – |
What BioShock costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioShock™ (Steam UK, standard price) | £13.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| BioShock Remastered (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price) | £15.99 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is BioShock?
BioShock takes about 12 hours to finish the main story, and about 23.5 hours to complete everything.
- Main story12 h
- Main + extras15.5 h
- Completionist23.5 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£1.17
£13.99 on Steam UK ÷ 12 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How BioShock is rated
GamesChart Score
87.7, #36 of 3,236 rated games
#2 of 2007 · #7 of the 2000s · #6 in Puzzle · #18 on Nintendo
Critics
Players
Built from 92,144 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Includes BioShock Remastered (2016). Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #35
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City2002 · Rockstar North87.8 - #36
BioShock2007 · 2K Boston87.7 - #37
Resident Evil 42005 · Capcom Production Studio 487.7
BioShock questions
How much does BioShock cost in the UK?
BioShock™ (Steam UK, standard price): £13.99. BioShock Remastered (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK, standard price): £15.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is BioShock free to play?
No. BioShock is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is BioShock?
Main story: about 12 hours. Main + extras: about 15.5 hours. Completionist: about 23.5 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £13.99, that's £1.17 per hour (main story).
What age rating is BioShock?
BioShock is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play BioShock?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 103, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 2,625.
What is BioShock's all-time Steam peak?
2,625 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for BioShock (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 107. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is BioShock dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: BioShock peaked at 108 players at once in September 2026, with 51 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, Mac, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these BioShock player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS3, Mac, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes BioShock?
BioShock is developed by 2K Boston, 2K Australia and published by 2K.
BioShock is a single-player first-person shooter with role-playing elements, developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia and published by 2K. It was first released in 2007, and the PC version has been on Steam since 21 August 2007. A remastered version followed in 2016 and came to Nintendo Switch in May 2020. Both versions are sold at a one-off price.
How it plays
BioShock is a single-player shooter set in an art deco world hidden deep under the ocean. You carry a full arsenal, from revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, and you can also genetically modify your own body to become a weapon.
Injectable plasmids give you powers alongside your guns: you can send electrical currents into water to shock several enemies at once, freeze enemies solid and break them with a swing of a wrench, send fire from your fingertips or release a swarm of hornets from your arms. The publisher says no encounter plays out the same way twice and no two players will play the game the same way.
Between fights you can hack devices and systems, upgrade your weapons and craft new kinds of ammunition, and the environment itself, including fire and water, can be turned against enemies. Steam lists the game as single-player with partial controller support.
What it costs
At standard price the original BioShock costs £13.99 on Steam UK, and BioShock Remastered costs £15.99 on the Nintendo eShop UK. Steam also sells the BioShock: The Collection bundle for £39.99, the same standard price as The Collection on the Nintendo eShop UK. Steam had the original game 75% off on the day we checked (£3.49); we record the standard price.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 103 concurrent players on 21 October 2026, for the original Steam version. Its all-time peak on Steam is 2,625. Players of the Remastered version and console players aren't counted.
Age rating
BioShock is rated PEGI 18. The pegi.info entry for BioShock: Legacy Edition lists violence and bad language among its descriptors, and Steam's UK store data and Nintendo UK also show PEGI 18.
How we checked
Prices are from the Steam UK listing and the Nintendo eShop UK standard prices, read on 21 October 2026. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The rating is from pegi.info, Steam and Nintendo UK. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
It ranks #36 in our best games of all time ranking.
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Sources
- Card art and page images – BioShock Steam store screenshots (2K), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – BioShock, published by store.steampowered.com
- Nintendo UK – BioShock Remastered, published by nintendo.com
- PEGI rating – BioShock, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – BioShock, published by steamcharts.com
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