One can but hope that this time, it’s 2K themselves who clean up their own mess. Annoyingly, this isn’t the first time a developer or publisher has wrecked their own game’s ability to run on the Steam Deck: Final Fantasy XIV was broken for a while after it, too, got a new launcher, and wasn’t playable until a later Proton update. In each case, this bypasses the 2K Launcher entirely. To fix BioShock Remastered, add the following:Īnd lastly, here’s the text for BioShock Infinite: The launch options field is at the top of the General tab, which should appear first by default. For each game, you just need to paste in the following strings as Steam launch options – you can find the required field by opening the game’s Properties menu. Luckily, GamingOnLinux also found some workarounds, which I’ve tried as well with success. Not really worth bricking Steam Deck compatibility, eh? It’s not like these updates even add much that actually improves “quality of life” as you’re playing: for all three games, the updates consist entirely of the 2K Launcher and the ability to link a 2K account if you have one. BioShock 2 Remastered (SubID 81419) SteamDB Package BioShock 2 Remastered Add to Cart Install Store Watch Includes 1 items: BioShock 2 Remastered Price history Information Apps 4 Depots 15 Bundles 1 Update history Steam prices in all regions Set your currency Lowest prices are shown on app pages. It’s just not got the best performance in-game.) BioShock Remastered is rated as Playable, and Infinite as Unsupported, though the latter should still run on Proton 7.0 and later. (Possibly related: BioShock 2 Remastered is the only one of the three with a Steam Deck Verified rating. Other Linux and Steam Deck users have reported it among the affected games, however. I must have got lucky with BioShock 2 Remastered, though, as this launched fine - it simply didn't show the 2K Launcher when it would normally appear. To check out the damage, I installed all three borked BioShocks onto my own Steam Deck, complete with the QoL updates, and both BioShock Infinite and BioShock Remastered failed to launch when commanded.
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