Games like BioShock™ 2 Remastered
If BioShock™ 2 Remastered is your kind of game, the closest matches are BioShock™ Remastered, BioShock® 2 and BioShock™ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →BioShock 2 Remastered is a 2016 action RPG set in the underwater dystopian city of Rapture. Players take on the role of a Big Daddy, exploring the decrepit fallen city in pursuit of answers and survival. The game combines first-person shooter combat with dual-wielding of weapons and plasmids simultaneously, along with mechanics such as protecting Little Sisters during harvesting operations, timed hacking sequences, and tower defense-style sequences. Reviewers highlight that big sister boss fights feel thematic and intense, and players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, contemplative, and immersive. The remaster is playable on Steam Deck and currently retails for $19.99, holding a 71% positive rating from over 11,700 Steam reviews.
About BioShock™ 2 Remastered: In BioShock 2, you step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as you explore through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
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BioShock™ Remastered
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Top pick for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
BioShock® 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Second-strongest match for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
BioShock™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Third-strongest match for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
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.
BioShock Infinite
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Ranked #4 for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.
Dishonored
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Ranked #5 for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Ranked #6 for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...
Half-Life 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Ranked #7 for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Deus Ex: Invisible War
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Ranked #8 for BioShock™ 2 Remastered fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.
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BioShock Infinite
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.
Dishonored
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
BioShock™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
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.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
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Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
System Shock® 2 (1999)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
Prey
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Reviewers of BioShock™ 2 Remastered cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BioShock™ 2 Remastered at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about BioShock™ 2 Remastered
- Does BioShock™ 2 Remastered run on Steam Deck?
- BioShock™ 2 Remastered is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does BioShock™ 2 Remastered cost?
- BioShock™ 2 Remastered is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BioShock™ 2 Remastered?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BioShock™ 2 Remastered are BioShock™ Remastered, BioShock® 2, BioShock™.
- Who developed BioShock™ 2 Remastered?
- BioShock™ 2 Remastered was developed by 2K Marin, 2K China, Digital Extremes and published by 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac).
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