Can I Run BioShock 2 Remastered?
Released in 2016, BioShock 2 Remastered is an action role playing game built by 2K Marin. Publishing duties went to 2K. It offers a single player campaign. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. 7 languages are covered by the store listing. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. There are 53 achievements to chase. Its Steam review count passes 23 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ |
|---|---|
| GPU | 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3GHz Quad-Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a horror setting. Play is structured around combat arenas. The view is from a first person view. There are 7 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why BioShock 2 Remastered is demanding
BioShock 2 Remastered is undemanding on the graphics side. Its 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear BioShock 2 Remastered. BioShock 2 Remastered takes about 25 GB of disk space. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run BioShock 2 Remastered?
BioShock 2 Remastered targets a mainstream modern PC: 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.27x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 1.84x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.82x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against BioShock 2 Remastered's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run BioShock 2 Remastered?
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What are the minimum system requirements for BioShock 2 Remastered?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ; GPU: 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does BioShock 2 Remastered need?
BioShock 2 Remastered needs about 25 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run BioShock 2 Remastered?
The RTX 3060 runs BioShock 2 Remastered comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for BioShock 2 Remastered?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for BioShock 2 Remastered is the GPU.