Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a brand-new co-op experience from MachineGames, the award-winning studio that developed the critically acclaimed Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Set in 1980, 19 years after BJ…
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is an adventure developed by MachineGames, released 25 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. It currently starts at $4.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 13.5 hrs to finish.
What Wolfenstein: Youngblood is
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is an adventure game developed by MachineGames and released in 2019. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 6.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A spin-off in the alternate-history Wolfenstein series, Youngblood is set in 1980, nineteen years after the liberation of America from Nazi rule. Though the United States has been freed, the fragile global coalition has crumbled, leaving much of Europe still under the Nazi boot. The legendary resistance hero B.J. Blazkowicz has settled into a quieter life raising his twin teenage daughters, Jessie and Zofia, training them to fight and survive. When Blazkowicz suddenly vanishes without a trace, the sisters discover clues in a hidden attic room pointing to Nazi-occupied Paris, where he had gone to make contact with the French Resistance. Determined to find their father and convinced the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 60 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the 37th of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. It arrived a year after Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Amazing Deeds of Captain Wilkins. The next entry was Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot in 2019. Its critic score of 71 is almost exactly the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at 87.
How it was received
Wolfenstein: Youngblood holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 66, across 181 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $4.99, that works out to about $0.37 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-8350/Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-3570/i7-3770, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 770 4GB (Current available GPU GTX1650) or AMD equivalent. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Wolfenstein: Youngblood launched on 25 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons and Sky: Children of the Light. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons, Sky: Children of the Light.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wolfenstein: Youngblood yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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