Originally developed by
2K Games
Developed for Mac by
Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Mac by
Feral Interactive Limited
As part of the Steam download process, the game has already been installed on your computer. To start playing the game, read the Getting Started section.
Double-click on the Steam application icon. By default this is located in the Applications folder on your computer’s hard drive.
If you are not already signed in, the Steam Login dialog will appear. Enter your account name and password, then select Login.
The Steam application will launch. Select Library.
Highlight BioShock Remastered in the list of games on the left-hand side of the window, then select Play.
The BioShock Remastered pre-game Options window will appear. Click on the Play button. The game will launch.
When the Main Menu appears select New Game.
You will now be asked to choose your difficulty setting according to your experience level. Select Easy, Medium, Hard or Survivor.
After the opening video, you'll find yourself the lone survivor of a horrific plane crash, treading water amid the wreckage…
The most important factors in determining how smoothly BioShock Remastered plays are your CPU speed, the amount of built-in RAM, the type of graphics card in your computer, and the in-game settings you select.
BioShock Remastered is playable with the minimum specifications listed below, but it will play more smoothly on faster computers with more RAM. However, if you are dissatisfied with the performance of the game on your computer, there are a couple of things you can do that are likely to improve performance:
In addition to these general Mac actions, there are some specific in-game settings you can select to speed up the game. These are listed below in order of performance improvement (largest improvement first). Move down the list making the recommended changes until you find settings that give you both good performance and acceptable graphics.
NOTE: All of these settings are found in either BioShock Remastered's pre-game Options window under the Video tab or within the game under Main Menu → Options → Graphics Options.
Feral games come with a pre-game Options window. This window offers Mac-specific extra features, described below.
Extras Tab - iTunes Pausing
Selecting this feature will automatically pause any currently playing song in iTunes while BioShock Remastered is running. Playback will be resumed when the game is quit or paused.
Extras Tab - iChat or Messages Away Status
Selecting this feature will automatically set your iChat (called "Messages" in OS X 10.8 or later) status to "away" while BioShock Remastered is running. You can select different "away" messages from the pop-up menu. The "away" options are taken from the user's iChat (or Messages) status listings.
Support Tab - Support - A Helping Hand
If you encounter a problem with BioShock Remastered, you can use the Support tab to consult Feral's online FAQs. If your problem is not covered by the FAQs, you can contact Feral using the automated game report system. This automatically creates a file with information about your computer that is useful to the Feral Technical Support team in helping to solve the problem.
To uninstall BioShock Remastered, follow these steps:
Double-click on the Steam application icon. By default this is located in the Applications folder on your computer's hard drive.
If you are not already signed in, the Steam Login dialog will appear. Enter your account name and password, then select Login.
The Steam application will launch. Select the Library tab.
In the library, right-click on BioShock Remastered in the list of games on the left-hand side of the window, then select Uninstall....
A dialog will appear confirming that you wish to delete all the game content. Select Delete.
Minimum System Requirements
Processor: 2.4 GHz
RAM: 8GB
Graphics: 1.5GB VRAM
Mac OS: 10.12.5
Hard Disk: 27GB
The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
• All 21.5” iMacs since late 2013 (1GB NVIDIA GT 750M Models are not officially supported)
• All 27” iMacs since late 2013 (1GB NVIDIA GT 755M Models are not officially supported) (1)
• All 13” MacBook Pros since late 2016
• All 15” MacBook Pros since late 2013
• All Mac Pros since late 2013
(1) Late 2012 models with Nvidia 680MX graphics cards are also supported.
The following Macs are capable of running the game but do not consistently meet the standards required for official support.
Every effort has been made to make BioShock Remastered as compatible with current hardware as possible. However, if you are experiencing problems when running BioShock Remastered, please read on.
The latest version of the FAQs can be found by selecting the FAQs button in the Support tab of the BioShock Remastered pre-game Options window (this is the window that opens when you launch the game), or by going straight to the Feral website: http://support.feralinteractive.com
Contacting Feral
If the FAQs and/or updates do not solve your problem, then please feel free to contact us. The following information must be obtained before contacting Feral Technical Support:
All the information required can be obtained by opening BioShock Remastered and clicking on the Support tab in the BioShock Remastered pre-game Options window. In the Support tab, click on the Generate Report button. Once the report is generated it will appear as a file in your ~/Downloads folder (the “~” symbol refers to your home directory). Now click on the Create Email button. Remember to attach the BioShock Remastered Report.txt file to your email.
In your email, please include a brief description of the problem you have experienced with BioShock Remastered.
email: support@feralinteractive.com
Please check the warranty information provided by Steam.