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World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.

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Release DateAug 3, 2007
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.8% (very positive) Top 15% / 93.1%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.8% Top 4% / 90.2%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)6.5K  Top 4% / 7.6K  Top 4%
Curators168 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time9.3 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar1.9 hour  Top 10%
Followers13.3K  Top 10%
Owners± 835.9K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 312.3K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.4M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Return to Castle Wolfenstein steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Return to Castle Wolfenstein's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 100% (January 2011) to 92.3% (October 2019).

With 7.6K reviews Top 4%, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is an AAA level success. The May 2014 peak suggests that there was a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Return to Castle Wolfenstein's reviewers. The most popular language is English (52%), followed by Russian (13%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 27 different languages represented. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Return to Castle Wolfenstein percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 20 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • variety of missions
  • graphics
  • fun gameplay
  • arsenal
  • atmosphere
  • story
  • diversity of enemies
  • nostalgia
  • AI dialogue
  • no hand-holding
  • some fights too hard
  • forced stealth missions
  • hitscan enemies
  • bad boss fights
  • compatibility issues
  • war gods
  • tweaking for mods
  • one bad level
  • bullet damage too high
  • some missions too linear

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 92.8%  Top 15% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Return to Castle Wolfenstein's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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