Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter and a reboot of Wolfenstein 3D. The player's arsenal includes among others a Luger, MP 40 submachine gun, Mauser rifle with sniper scope, flamethrower…
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a shooter developed by Gray Matter Interactive, released 19 November 2001 on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $1.99 at GOG. This page lists 4 cheat codes for it.
What Return to Castle Wolfenstein is
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a shooter game developed by Gray Matter Interactive and released in 2001. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
World War II rages and nations fall. SS head Himmler has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. Battling alone, you're on an intense mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler... or die trying.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is the 20th of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. It arrived 3 years after Wolfenstein 3D. The next entry was Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War in 2003. Its critic score of 68 is 3 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at 87.
How it was received
Return to Castle Wolfenstein holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Players rate it 74, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.7 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.17 per hour of the main story, or $0.14 per hour if you finish everything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at GOG, 60% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Return to Castle Wolfenstein launched on 19 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 4 cheat entries for Return to Castle Wolfenstein — 4 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein cheat codes
Enable cheats
Loads a map with cheats enabled. Cheats are refused otherwise.
Press ` to open the console and type the command.
God mode
You take no damage.
Load the map with devmap first.
All weapons and ammo
Gives every weapon with ammunition.
Load the map with devmap first.
No clipping
Walk through walls.
Load the map with devmap first.
Dlc
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