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Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.

Release DateMay 19, 2014
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.7% (very positive) Top 25% / 91.1%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89% Top 5% / 89.6%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)37.4K  Top 1% / 51.5K  Top 1%
Curators962 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time16.6 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar50 minutes  Top 30%
Followers112K  Top 1%
Owners± 3.4M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.2M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 30.6M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Wolfenstein: The New Order steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Wolfenstein: The New Order's Steam rating and reviews between May 2014 and December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 92.7% (August 2014) to 90% (May 2019).

With 51.5K reviews Top 1%, Wolfenstein: The New Order is definitely a major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Wolfenstein: The New Order and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Wolfenstein: The New Order's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by Russian (13%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Wolfenstein: The New Order percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Wolfenstein: The New Order depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is very good, reaching 31 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.6 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 11 hours) could mean that Wolfenstein: The New Order crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Great gunplay
  • Interesting story
  • Well-realized characters
  • Varied and interesting locales
  • Smooth gameplay
  • Amazing cutscenes
  • Nice sound design
  • Incredible arsenal of weapons
  • Dual wielding adds variety
  • Multiple paths in levels
  • Lack of multiplayer
  • Lower quality graphics
  • Campaign length too short
  • Low-res textures
  • Weird romance plot
  • Abrupt ending
  • First level is a bit overwhelming
  • Drag in story towards the end
  • Campaigns not different enough
  • Id5 engine not the best

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 90.7%  Top 25% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Wolfenstein: The New Order's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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