BioShock creator says "audiences reward" single-player games that don't have "other methods of monetization," like Baldur's Gate 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 screenshot of Verso, a man with black hair with white streaks running through his fringe.

Ken Levine, best known as the creator of the BioShock series, says there's still a huge demand these days for traditional single-player games that don't conform to recent trends like added online components and monetization outside of the initial price tag.

In a wide-ranging conversation with Nightdive's Lawrence Sonntag (queued up here), Levine digs into his new studio Ghost Story Games' philosophy on game design and how its upcoming single-player Judas fits into the modern landscape of AAA releases.