BioShock® 2 — Steam Launch Options

15 community-verified launch options for BioShock® 2 on Steam ↗.

Developer2K Marin

Publisher2K

Released2010-02-09

EngineUnity Engine

-force-low-power-device

Uses integrated GPU for battery life (macOS).

Unity Documentation
✅ Verified
-nogamma

Editing launch options

PCGamingWiki
-free

Run game without copy protection or DRM checks

manual_curation
✅ Verified
-popupwindow

Creates borderless popup window in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
✅ Verified
PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
-force-opengl

Forces OpenGL rendering (legacy) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
✅ Verified
-screen-height

Set vertical screen resolution (e.g., -screen-height 1080)

Unity Engine
-dx9

Forces DirectX 9 renderer. Works with Source engine games on Windows.

Valve Developer Community
✅ Verified
-nointro

Skip intro videos and logos on startup

manual_curation
✅ Verified
-force-vulkan

Forces Vulkan rendering API in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
✅ Verified
PROTON_FORCE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE=1

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

ProtonDB
-force-d3d11

Forces DirectX 11 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
✅ Verified
-screen-width

Set horizontal screen resolution (e.g., -screen-width 1920)

Unity Engine
-window-mode

Set window mode: exclusive, windowed, or borderless

Unity Engine
-force-d3d12

Forces DirectX 12 rendering (Windows only) in Unity games.

Unity Documentation
✅ Verified