BioShock® 2
Last updated: 2025-12-21
- Exceptional gameplay with upgradable weapons and plasmids
- Atmospheric storytelling with emotional depth
- New enemies and boss fights enhance experience
- Severe crash issues corrupt save files
- Lack of innovation compared to predecessor
- Dated graphics and poor optimization
Emotions
Frustration25%Disappointment14%Nostalgia8%Excitement8%Satisfaction8%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 14,666
- Positive
- 13,01888.8%
- Negative
- 1,64811.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,029,584
- Estimated revenue
- $20,581,384
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 587.61%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,072
- Estimated revenue lost
- $81,399
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 587.6% Avg playtime 0.7h | 526.8% Avg playtime 0.6h |
| > 2h playtime | 9111.9% Avg playtime 22.8h | 56173.6% Avg playtime 31.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 11.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,361.1 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
762 total
Organic purchasers63883.7%
Voted up: 81%
Key activations12416.3%
Voted up: 80%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
760 total
First impression0-2h12015.7%
Voted up: 52%
Mid game2-10h23430.7%
Voted up: 83%
Late game10-20h23030.2%
Voted up: 87%
Endgame20h+17623.1%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.5%
Global baseline 80.4%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 14,666 total.