In the title complex, [Pt(NCS)2(C8H6N4)], the PtII ion is four-coordinated in a distorted square-planar environment defined by two pyrimidine N atoms derived from a chelating 2,2′-bipyrimidine (bpym) ligand and two mutually cis N atoms from two SCN− anions. The thiocyanate ligands are almost linear, displaying N—C—S bond angles of 178.6 (11) and 173.7 (11)°, and the N atoms are slightly bent coordinated to the Pt atom with Pt—N—C bond angles of 172.7 (9) and 160.4 (10)°. In the crystal, molecules are held together by C—H⋯S hydrogen bonds. Intramolecular C—H⋯N hydrogen bonds are also observed