Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein is the direct sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Spear of Destiny/Wolfenstein RPG. It featured a "re-imagined" disguised dark-haired B.J. Blazkowicz, retaining the unshaven look seen in…

81 18 August 2009

Shooter Action Fantasy Historical Open world

Wolfenstein is a shooter developed by Raven Software, released 18 August 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 13 hrs to finish.

Verified 15 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Wolfenstein is

Wolfenstein is a shooter game developed by Raven Software and released in 2009. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story is set in the fictional town of Isenstadt during World War II, which the Nazis have enforced martial law in order to excavate rare Nachtsonne crystals necessary to access the "Black Sun" dimension. B.J Blazkowicz is sent to Isenstadt to find and retrieve the Thule Medallion, and 4 crystals to prevent the Nazis from using it.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Wolfenstein series

Wolfenstein is the 28th of 38 entries we hold in the Wolfenstein series. The next entry was Wolfenstein 3D in 2012. Its critic score of 81 is 10 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at 87.

See all 38 Wolfenstein games in release order →

How it was received

Wolfenstein holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 77% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 283 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 13 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 24 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Wolfenstein launched on 18 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Colin McRae: Dirt 2 and Shadow Complex. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Colin McRae: Dirt 2, Shadow Complex.

Cheats and codes

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