Can I Run BioShock Remastered?
BioShock Remastered is an action role playing game from 2K Boston, released in 2016. 2K published it. It offers a single player campaign. 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 65 achievements to chase. 7 languages are covered by the store listing. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. With more than 51 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Critics scored it 80 on Metacritic. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.
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 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a horror setting, moving through combat arenas. The publisher supplies 5 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is from a first person view.
Why BioShock Remastered is demanding
BioShock 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 Remastered. BioShock Remastered takes about 25 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run BioShock Remastered?
BioShock 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 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 Remastered?
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What are the minimum system requirements for BioShock 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 Remastered need?
BioShock Remastered needs about 25 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run BioShock Remastered?
The RTX 3060 runs BioShock Remastered comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for BioShock Remastered?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for BioShock Remastered is the GPU.