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{{Short description|2007 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = BioShock
| image = BioShock cover.jpg
| developer = {{Unbulleted list|[[2K Boston]]|[[2K Australia]]{{efn|Ported to PlayStation 3 by [[2K Boston]], [[2K Australia]], [[2K Marin]], and [[Digital Extremes]]; to Mac OS X by [[Feral Interactive]]; and to iOS by [[2K China]].}}}}
| publisher = [[2K (company)|2K]]
| director = [[Ken Levine (game developer)|Ken Levine]]
| designer = Paul Hellquist
| programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Rowan Wyborn|Christopher Kline}}
| artist = Scott Sinclair
| writer = Ken Levine
| composer = [[Garry Schyman]]
| series = ''[[BioShock (series)|BioShock]]''
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 2]]<ref name=engine>{{cite web |last=Grant |first=Christopher |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/03/bioshock-infinite-is-to-unreal-engine-3-as-bioshock-was-to-unrea/ |title=BioShock Infinite is to Unreal Engine 3 as BioShock was to Unreal Engine 2.5 |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=August 23, 2011 |publisher=[[Joystiq]] |quote=Despite an aging engine under the hood, the artists at Irrational were able to make BioShock look more UE3 than UE2.5. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106052243/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/03/bioshock-infinite-is-to-unreal-engine-3-as-bioshock-was-to-unrea |archive-date=November 6, 2010  }}</ref>
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[Xbox 360]]|[[PlayStation 3]]|[[Mac OS X]]|[[iOS]]}}
| released = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|August 21, 2007}}|'''Windows''', '''Xbox 360'''{{Video game release|NA|August 21, 2007<ref name="IGN1">{{cite web |url=http://au.games.ign.com/articles/812/812621p1.html |title=BioShock Demo Now Available on Xbox LIVE |access-date=October 15, 2007 |date=August 13, 2007 |work=[[IGN]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004601/http://au.games.ign.com/articles/812/812621p1.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref>|PAL|August 24, 2007<ref>{{cite web|first=James |last=Kozanecki |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/au-shippin-out-august-20-24-bioshock-graw-2/1100-6176899/ |title=AU Shippin' Out August 20–24: BioShock, GRAW 2 |access-date=March 6, 2017 |date=November 11, 2007 |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210356/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/au-shippin-out-august-20-24-bioshock-graw-2/1100-6176899/ |archive-date=March 6, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="IGN1"/>}}'''PlayStation 3'''{{Video game release|PAL|October 17, 2008|NA|October 21, 2008<ref name=ps3pressrls>{{cite press release |url=http://www.2kgames.com/#/news/2k-games-injects-playstation-reg-3-system-owners-with-genetically-enhanced-version |title=2K Games Injects PlayStation 3 System Owners with Genetically Enhanced Version of BioShock |access-date=August 26, 2010 |date=May 28, 2008 |publisher=Take-Two Interactive |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701170800/http://www.2kgames.com/#/news/2k-games-injects-playstation-reg-3-system-owners-with-genetically-enhanced-version |archive-date=July 1, 2010  }}</ref>}}'''Mac OS X'''{{Video game release|NA|October 7, 2009|EU|October 7, 2009}}'''iOS'''{{Video game release|WW|August 27, 2014}}}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}

'''''BioShock''''' is a 2007 [[first-person shooter]]<!-- Consensus has so far been against calling BioShock a "Survival Horror" game. Please bring up on the talk page if you feel differently - before adding the genre. --> [[video game]] developed by 2K Boston (later [[Irrational Games]]) and [[2K Australia]], and published by [[2K (company)|2K]]. The first game in the [[BioShock (series)|''BioShock'' series]], it was released for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Xbox 360]] platforms in August 2007; a [[PlayStation 3]] port by Irrational, [[2K Marin]], [[2K Australia]] and [[Digital Extremes]] was released in October 2008. The game follows player character Jack, who discovers the underwater city of [[Rapture (BioShock)|Rapture]], built by business magnate [[Andrew Ryan (BioShock)|Andrew Ryan]] to be an isolated utopia. The discovery of ADAM, a genetic material which grants superhuman powers, initiated the city's turbulent decline. Jack attempts to escape Rapture, fighting its mutated and mechanical denizens, while engaging with the few sane survivors left and learning of the city's past. The player can defeat foes in several ways by using weapons, utilizing plasmids that give unique powers, and by turning Rapture's defenses against them.

''BioShock''{{'}}s concept was developed by Irrational's creative lead, [[Ken Levine (game developer)|Ken Levine]], and incorporates ideas by 20th century [[dystopian]] and [[utopian]] thinkers such as [[Ayn Rand]], [[George Orwell]], and [[Aldous Huxley]], as well as historical figures such as [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]] and [[Walt Disney]]. The game includes [[Role-playing video game|role-playing]] elements, giving the player different approaches in engaging enemies such as by [[Stealth game|stealth]], as well as moral choices of saving or killing characters. Additionally, the game borrows concepts from the [[survival horror]] genre, notably the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series. ''BioShock'' is considered a [[spiritual successor]] to the [[System Shock (series)|''System Shock'' series]], on which many of Irrational's team, including Levine, had worked previously.

''BioShock'' received universal acclaim and was particularly praised by critics for its narrative, themes, visual design, setting, and gameplay. It is considered to be one of the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest video games ever made]] and a demonstration of [[video games as an art form]]. ''BioShock'' was followed by two sequels, ''[[BioShock 2]]'' and ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'', released in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Ports of ''BioShock'' were released for [[macOS]] and [[Mobile phone|mobile]] following its console releases. A remastered version of the game was released on [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Xbox One]], and [[Nintendo Switch]] as part of ''[[BioShock: The Collection]]''.