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Return to Castle Wolfenstein

World War II shooter mixing military combat and occult horror

Gray Matter Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks · Released Aug 3, 2007

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Reviews
Very Positive
93% of 9,340
Recent reviews
Very Positive
89% of 64 in 30 days
Playing now
23
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Metacritic: 88/100 (critic reviews)

What is Return to Castle Wolfenstein?

This first-person shooter has a single-player campaign in which US Army Ranger B.J. Blazkowicz fights Nazi soldiers, undead, and experimental mutants to stop an SS paranormal project. You use wartime and fictional weapons, and can also play objective-based online team matches as the Axis or Allies.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy direct, old-school firefights against varied enemies
  • +you prefer team-based multiplayer focused on objectives

Not for you if...

  • −you want military shooters without monsters or horror
  • −you prefer modern graphics to older shooter visuals

What players say

93% of 9,340 reviews are positive · 89% of 64 in the last 30 days

Players praise the campaign's shooting and eerie atmosphere. The most common complaint is crashes when loading saves or after deaths; some players also report launch failures. Some recommend the RealRTCW add-on, though others still report crashes after installing fixes.

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Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Return to Castle Wolfenstein system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Native resolution not supported
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English.

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