Return to Castle Wolfenstein on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a fps, action and world war ii game developed by Gray Matter Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Released on August 03rd 2007 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 8,347 reviews of which 7,771 were positive and 576 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.47€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
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 driver
Multiplayer Requirements: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP and IPX) play supported, Internet play requires a 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible 56.6 Kbps (or faster) modem

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March 2025
this game defined my generation! action, stealth, and supernatural horror remains unmatched. A true classic that still brings a rush of nostalgia
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Nov. 2024
If this game got remastered, it would have potential to be the greatest video game of all time and im not even overexaggerating
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Sept. 2024
Its a really fun arcade shooter (Edit.) don't be an idiot like me, you have to manually save this game before you quit out
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Sept. 2024
This, along with the recent mod "RealRTCW 5.0, which upgrades the game to far better graphics, and that's just the start. Probably the best Wolfenstein game! I play at 4K, 120hz and it's just so good to play an old gem! Buy it now!
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May 2024
Let me just describe this masterpiece in a few words Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Nazis, Supernatural when you combine all these elements into one game you get Return To Castle Wolfenstein. I went into this game with a lot of skepticism I didn't think it would hold up well in 2024 but I was proven wrong. We get to play in many different settings throughout the game. German countryside, mountains, French Chateau, Forests, Norwegian beach etc. Not just that the weapon variety is also top notch you get basic ww2 firearms then you have flamethrower, a tesla gun and even a minigun besides the variety of guns the way they react and the shooting feels so fluid plus the feedback from shooting the enemies is literally dopamine material. With all this out of the way the story itself is although unrealistic but I enjoyed it thoroughly. I won't spoil anything here but if you're a fan of all the genres I mentioned at the start just don't worry about the story you'll enjoy this. I would have ended this review without complaints but there is one issue this game DOES NOT WORK OUT OF THE BOX. You have to follow community guides and I recommend installing ioRtcw I'll leave a link to it down below https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/releases Finally what's the verdict? Absolutely worth the price. 10/10
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein
9.0
7,771
576
Online players
38
Developer
Gray Matter Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release 03 Aug 2007
Platforms
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