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Return to Castle Wolfenstein
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is the kind of game that puts hair on your chest. Combat is good, soundtrack is fantastic, Id Tech 3 engine runs smoothly, WWII story that plays with both advanced technology and the supernatural, I also sense a bit of Indiana Jones in here. It's an old game from 2001 so do…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“I love this game, too bad the steam version doesn't work, so thank god for source ports :)”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Amazing oldschool experience, loved it 18 years back as one of my first games that my older brother had, love it today :) Those electro-robo-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ still haunt me tho :D”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | FPS · Action · World War II · Classic · Supernatural · Alternate History · Shooter · Singleplayer · First-Person · Horror · Atmospheric · Gore (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
3-D Hardware Accelerator (with 16MB VRAM with full OpenGL® support; Pentium® II 400 Mhz processor or Athlon® processor; English version of Windows® 2000/XP Operating System; 128 MB RAM; 16-bit high color video mode; 800 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files (Minimum Install), plus 300 MB for the Windows swap file; a 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible computer system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for video card, sound card and input devices); 100% DirectX® 8.0a (included); 100% DirectX 3.0 or higher compatible sound card and drivers; 100% Microsoft-compatible mouse/keyboard and