BioShock: The Collection
BioShock: The Collection is a game bundle consisting of remastered 1080p editions of BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite along with their accompanying downloadable content.
BioShock: The Collection is an adventure developed by Irrational Games, released 13 September 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What BioShock: The Collection is
BioShock: The Collection is an adventure game developed by Irrational Games and released in 2016. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
BioShock: The Collection is a 2016 video game compilation developed by Blind Squirrel Games and published by 2K. The Collection features upgraded versions of BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite, with new textures and support for higher resolution displays and framerates. The compilation was released in September 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows; versions for macOS and Nintendo Switch followed in August 2017 and May 2020, respectively.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Bioshock series
BioShock: The Collection is the 20th of 23 entries we hold in the Bioshock series. It arrived 2 years after BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition. The next entry was BioShock Remastered in 2016. Its critic score of 84 is almost exactly the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is BioShock at 93.
How it was received
BioShock: The Collection holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 78 votes.
What it launched against
BioShock: The Collection launched on 13 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Forza Horizon 3. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Forza Horizon 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for BioShock: The Collection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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