# Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Summer DB entity ID: be217675\-4866\-43f8\-a992\-5edc5d89f20e

Steam App ID: 9010

Originally released in 2001, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is an action/horror first\-person shooter, and reboot of the Wolfenstein series\. Powered by the Quake III Arena engine, it features a single\-player campaign and team\-based online multiplayer\. Story   World War II rages and nations fall\. Himmler’s German SS Paranormal Division has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all\. As US Army Ranger William “B\.J\.” Blazkowicz, you're on a solo mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler\.\.\.or die trying\. Features      Experience a blend of action and horror in the single\-player campaign\.     Wield a combination of classic WW2 and fictional, sci\-fi\-inspired weapons\.     Fight against Nazis, the undead, and experimental mutant soldiers\.     Compete as Axis or Allies online, objective\-focused and team\-based multiplayer\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Gray Matter Studios

- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

- Release date: Aug 3, 2007

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002404\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002405\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002407\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002408\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002409\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002410\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002411\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/9010/0000002412\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786459095

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 77

- Steam review count: 9353

- Steam positive reviews: 8685

- Steam negative reviews: 668

- Steam positive percentage: 92.85790655404683%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/be217675-4866-43f8-a992-5edc5d89f20e/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/be217675-4866-43f8-a992-5edc5d89f20e/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:28:49\.562655\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:28:51\.132437\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T17:28:50\.637627\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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