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November 5th, 2009, 10:08 GMT · By

Download Bioshock for Mac OS X Free Demo

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Earlier confirmed by Feral Interactive as headed to the Mac, Bioshock is now available as a free download as well, in the form of a demo version. Developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, and originally published by 2K Games, Bioshock introduces gamers to a world filled with fascinating characters, intelligent enemies and complex, moral choices.

Bioshock is a “genetically enhanced,” first-person shooter that lets players turn everything they can get their hands on into a weapon, biologically modify their character’s body with plasmids, hack devices and systems, upgrade weapons, or develop new types of ammunition, etc. Below, Softpedia has reproduced the official Feral post announcing the Bioshock demo for Mac.

Look, Mr Bubbles! A demo! Of Bioshock!

The multi award-winning game has already been getting rave reviews, and now you too can get a taste of rapture by visiting the downloads area.

You’ll find the game in our webstore, but to see screenshots, videos, desktop wallpapers and more, dive into our Bioshock mini-site.


Minimum system requirements for Bioshock include a 1.8 GHz Intel Mac, 1.5 GB of RAM, a 128 MB graphics card, a DVD drive, 8 GB of hard disk space and Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later. While it does run on the latest generation of MacBooks and Mac minis, the title does not support Intel GMA-integrated video chipsets. Bioshock is now available for $49.95 in North America and retails for £34.99 (inc. VAT) in the UK and €39.95 (inc. VAT) throughout the rest of Europe.

The 1.79GB DMG file containing the demo version of Bioshock for Mac is available either as a direct download via Feral Interactive or Softpedia (download link below), or as a torrent download from the publisher’s website. To download as torrent, users need to be prepared by installing a software application like Transmission, or uTorrent.

Download Bioshock Demo for Mac OS X (Free)


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Comment #1 by: Linux-user on 05 Nov 2009, 19:15 UTC reply to this comment

Does anyone know if the Mac version has any kind of product activation? I've never played the Windows version, because of the DRM. I just don't play any games that require an internet connection. If this Mac version doesn't need an internet connection or uses some other stupid kind of copy protection, I'm going to buy the Mac version.

Comment #1.1 by: Johnny_gun on 16 Apr 2011, 06:21 GMT

it most likely only uses a connection for some type of multiplayer


Comment #2 by: Mac-user on 13 Jun 2010, 21:23 UTC reply to this comment

not sure. i read a review that said that there is no link to download the demo and if you torrented it its pretty much illegal.... so i not really sure if i should download it or not.


Comment #3 by: Michael on 31 Jul 2011, 23:09 UTC reply to this comment

There's no link to download. I signed up at the Halt Games website, but "BioShock" returned "no games found." Where exactly is this demo? Considering that the site requires credit card verification, this feels like a scam.

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