Games like BioShock™
If BioShock™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are BioShock™ Remastered, BioShock™ 2 Remastered and BioShock Infinite — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, atmospheric 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 drops players into the crumbling Art Deco grandeur of Rapture, an underwater city frozen in a 1950s aesthetic and twisted by ideological excess. Released in 2007, the game combines tactical shooting with environmental hacking and plasmid-based genetic modification, creating a challenging yet story-driven experience that takes most players a medium-length campaign to complete. Players describe the atmosphere as dark and immersive, with reviewers highlighting how the setting's isolation and decay create an unsettling tone. The underwater environment provides a unique and eerie backdrop for exploring the city's secrets, and reviewers note the philosophical undertones woven throughout the narrative. At $19.99, it remains playable on Steam Deck and holds strong with 93% positive feedback from over 12,500 Steam reviews.
About BioShock™: 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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BioShock™ Remastered
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Top pick for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
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 Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Second-strongest match for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
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.
BioShock Infinite
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Third-strongest match for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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™.
Ranked #4 for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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™.
Ranked #5 for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
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...
INDUSTRIA
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Ranked #6 for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.
Half-Life 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Ranked #7 for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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.
Black Mesa
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Ranked #8 for BioShock™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Relive Half-Life.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
"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.
DEATHLOOP
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Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Prey
WHY THIS
Shares environmental hacking and an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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.
Half-Life
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Singularity™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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.
Thief
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BioShock™.
Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
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Reviewers of BioShock™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BioShock™ at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under BioShock™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under BioShock™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with BioShock™.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
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™.
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.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BioShock™.
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™
- Does BioShock™ run on Steam Deck?
- BioShock™ 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™ cost?
- BioShock™ is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BioShock™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BioShock™ are BioShock™ Remastered, BioShock™ 2 Remastered, BioShock Infinite.
- Who developed BioShock™?
- BioShock™ was developed by 2K Boston, 2K Australia and published by 2K.
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