Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order
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Game2017
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Developer MachineGames
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a 2017 first-person shooter game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. The seventh main entry in the Wolfenstein series and the sequel to 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order, the game is set in an alternate history that takes place in 1961, following the Nazi victory in the Second World War. The story follows war veteran William "B.J." Blazkowicz and his… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
466 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
268 positive · 102 negative
95% range 68–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 268 | 102 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 26 | 3 | 57 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
19,474 of 24,926 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 192 yes, 66 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 258 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (40,471 of 49,750 positive).
Some reviewers criticize the game for technical issues like crashes and memory leaks. [1][2][3] Several players find the tone and writing inconsistent compared to the previous game. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [4]
After 100%ing The New Order, I was quite excited for the sequel. Instead, I've found a bit of a mess of a game. The story doesn't really know whether to take itself seriously, tonally. The difficulty is all over the place, a lot of sections feeling artificially difficult. The pacing is atrocious. The dialogue is incredibly cringe, but not in the fun way from The New Order. I don't know if I'll even finish it. Just a …
- [7]
I think more people need to play this game and embrace the idea that Nazis are bad and should be punched in the face. Love the story, the combat, the endless Nazi murder, and everything else.
- [15]
Tl:Dr: Game is a technical success. I've played many shooters, including the original Wolfenstein games. They were solid and clear: gun down Nazis, destroy giant dieselpunk monstrosities, then start over and do it again. This game is not that. maybe you'll enjoy the story, but I found the amount of unskippable cutscenes to be obnoxious. Spoilers below. First off, this game suffers from schizophrenia. It cannot …
- [14]
I want to say upfront that this game is completely unhinged and I mean that as the highest possible compliment. The New Order was a shooter that happened to have a great story. The New Colossus is a fever dream that occasionally remembers it's a shooter. The cutscenes are long, frequent, and absolutely committed to being as strange and upsetting as possible. You will meet BJ's father. This will not go well. And …
- [8]
In today's America, which is being overrun and subverted by Fascists, the desire to kill Nazis is understandable.... and The New Colossus is just the place to do the thing you only WISH you could do. So climb on in, strap on your power armor, pick up your favorite weapons, and unleash HELL on the Fascists...
Summarised from 34 of the 336 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus sits at 72% positive across 370 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was released to "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. The game debuted in 4th place in the UK and Australian sales charts, 5th in the New Zealand sales charts, and 14th in the U.S. sales charts, behind games such as Assassin's Creed Origins and Super Mario Odyssey, which were released on the same day as Wolfenstein II. The gameplay received a generally positive reception. Eurogamer's Edwin Evans-Thirlwell commended the game's combat, describing it as "terrific", while Javy Gwaltney from Game Informer described it as "satisfying". Gwaltney felt that the upgrades and contraptions catered to the needs of a wide range…
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Reactions
60 of 466 · most liked firstactually the best ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game ever made, woke games are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sick actually and if you disagree you can gargle my dog’s nuts
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think more people need to play this game and embrace the idea that Nazis are bad and should be punched in the face. Love the story, the combat, the endless Nazi murder, and everything else.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one extremely funny narratively dissonant thing about Wolfenstein II is that there is a character who believes that the superscience gadgets in the game come from aliens when in fact they come from an ancient, secret Jewish cabal of mad scientists
neutral · AI labelView post →wow I have been immensely enjoying watching twitch streamer @skullvolver.bsky.social play Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. it's like it's his calling. playing this video game, I mean #ARTVOLVER
positive · AI labelView post →In today's America, which is being overrun and subverted by Fascists, the desire to kill Nazis is understandable.... and The New Colossus is just the place to do the thing you only WISH you could do. So climb on in, strap on your power armor, pick up your favorite weapons, and unleash HELL on the Fascists...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017) MachineGames This is Jerk Gustafsson, game director and co-founder of MachineGames. Jerk is cool. We like Jerk.
neutral · AI labelView post →I CAN'T STOP SHOOTING NAZIS AND IF I COULD I WOULDN'T
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Steam or GOG) is $5.80 on Gamesplanet buff.ly/ChUldvB $5.99 US PSN buff.ly/6lGIXwj Deck verified also on Game Pass Standard/PS+ Extra
neutral · AI labelView post →Without ANY context at all, here's a track from Wolfenstein II OST. A game where you kill nazis. Tons of 'em.
positive · AI labelView post →What would you say was the most kickin' game this Monday on #SGDQ2025? 🥁 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat 🐍 Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater 🐺 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 🏠 Blue Prince Let us know in the comments if there's another that you think kicks harder.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wolfenstein II has nice character moments like Super Speh freaking out over a functional toilet and Max Hass beating Set in a game of chess.
positive · AI labelView post →I miss the days after Wolfenstein II came out. Saw a video where a reporter was talking to a guy from Bethesda and asked him "do you think this game might be kicking the hornet's nest" to which the guy replied "Maybe. But those hornets are nazis so fuck those guys"
neutral · AI labelView post →Conservatives when the series that was always about killing fascists is about killing fascists:
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 100%ing The New Order, I was quite excited for the sequel. Instead, I've found a bit of a mess of a game. The story doesn't really know whether to take itself seriously, tonally. The difficulty is all over the place, a lot of sections feeling artificially difficult. The pacing is atrocious. The dialogue is incredibly cringe, but not in the fun way from The New Order. I don't know if I'll even finish it. Just a lot of meh after the wonder of The New Order.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One last Prime Gaming Giveaway.... ...before this account dies. Sorry for being so dramatic, but since my instance is closing down, i'll quickly give away some GoG codes I have lying around. Just mention which game you would want (and make sure you intend to play it) and also write one or two lines about some good gaming memories you would like to share. One game per account and account must be more than a week old. - Blood Omen 2 : Legacy of Kain - Wild Country - Mordheim: City of the…
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Killing nazis will never get old. This game is a good old fashioned nazi killing spree with a fun story and good gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starts in a wheelchair, wearing a catheter bag with 50 HP. "Tis but a scratch"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember when nazis got butthurt when a game where you shot nazis came out, after Trump was elected the first time. It mighta been Wolfenstein II: New Colussus, which was 2017. Crazy that that quickly they felt comfortable. They felt disrespected. (I truly wish I was making this up.) Good times.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game would be a 9/10 if it worked properly. The shooting feels solid, and gameplay improves upon the previous installments. You genuinely get the choice between stealthy gameplay or guns blazing, dual wielding, explosive Nazi extermination. It is fun in the way all games should be fun. The downside is, it's a Bethesda game and thus it is inherently broken. The game has a huge video memory leak, save game issues and online service issues. No matter your graphics card, the game will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chile simulator 2026-2030. From today onwards I am ashamed for what happened in this country. Also please have an option to toggle to aim, please!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hard Drive is basically the tech/video game equivalent of The Onion, so this is a joke...this time However I remember that actual neo-nazis were pissed about Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus being a game where you kill nazis, so it's only a matter of time before this joke becomes reality
neutral · AI labelView post →apropos of nothing, Wolfenstein II is a good game.
positive · AI labelView post →Nice game. Although the community center is full of goyim redditors.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are some spoilers in this. I loved The New Order. This one just didn't land for me. It spends the whole time trying to be edgy instead of actually saying anything. The bit everyone remembers is Anya turning up heavily pregnant and topless with an assault rifle in each hand, and it's clearly meant to be a fist-pump moment, but it just made me wince. She was a great character in the first game. Here she's mostly a punchline with her top off. The whole thing reads like it was written by a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Help] [Solved] Missing games from GoG using Heroic. So in wanting to install one of my GoG games, I noticed it was missing from my Heroic Library even after I refreshed the game list and checked my filters. It's Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. (Apparently I also have Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus German Edition which does not appear in Heroic either) Did it happen to anyone else ? Am I making a mistake somewhere, or should I file a bug ? **EDIT** : If anyone wants to follow…
neutral · AI labelView post →Better than the first two games in every way. Gonna go as one of my new favourite shooters of all time, this is what true wokeness looks like and it's beautiful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tl:Dr: Game is a technical success. I've played many shooters, including the original Wolfenstein games. They were solid and clear: gun down Nazis, destroy giant dieselpunk monstrosities, then start over and do it again. This game is not that. maybe you'll enjoy the story, but I found the amount of unskippable cutscenes to be obnoxious. Spoilers below. First off, this game suffers from schizophrenia. It cannot decide if it wants to be a Boomer shooter, a modern FPS, an RPG or a movie. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game crashed when i was on venus and i was sent back to new orleans i got to step on hitler twice though
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What its like on Twitter since elon took over. But yeah it is a pretty cool game and has some decent social commentary as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing Wolfenstein II. Completely forgot that this game drops the hard R in the first cutscene.
neutral · AI labelView post →I approached Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus with the same mindset I had for the first game. I wanted to evaluate it based on structure, gameplay systems, narrative consistency and technical execution, not just atmosphere. The first major issue for me is length. I finished the game in roughly 10 hours. That is noticeably shorter than The New Order, and it reinforces a pattern in this series. The experience feels condensed, almost rushed. It is not about wanting a 200-hour grind. It is about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Prime/Microsoft/Xbox] *Wolfenstein: Youngblood*, FPS adventure with co-op. [Separate link to claim the xbox version](https://gaming.amazon.com/wolfenstein-youngblood-xbox/dp/amzn1.pg.item.7d9f56d8-7b28-485f-86aa-9ea4b6ca34d0) > Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the first modern co-op Wolfenstein adventure. Nineteen years after the events of Wolfenstein II, BJ Blazkowicz has disappeared after a mission into Nazi-occupied Paris. Now, after years of training from their battle-hardened father, BJ's twin…
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to say upfront that this game is completely unhinged and I mean that as the highest possible compliment. The New Order was a shooter that happened to have a great story. The New Colossus is a fever dream that occasionally remembers it's a shooter. The cutscenes are long, frequent, and absolutely committed to being as strange and upsetting as possible. You will meet BJ's father. This will not go well. And then. THEN. Without saying too much: something happens around the midpoint of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eins von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein Wird umschwärmt Erika I enjoyed killing ze Nazis. I hope my Argentinian grandpa is proud. He vas alvays fond of bratwurst.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Microsoft/Xbox via Prime] *Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus*, alternate-history FPS. Another one where it's actually two giveaways, [one on PC](https://gaming.amazon.com/wolfenstein-ii-the-new-colossus-digital-deluxe-edition-pc/dp/amzn1.pg.item.15c1314b-0705-429e-ae05-4b22ef6a7a4e) and [one on xbox](https://gaming.amazon.com/wolfenstein-ii-the-new-colossus-digital-deluxe-edition-xbox/dp/amzn1.pg.item.57e26cb8-6345-4d4d-a0b1-e8a4a0b339ed) > Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the highly…
neutral · AI labelView post →Four major stories that influenced me on Zephon: • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (game) • Revenger (novel) • Transformers The Movie (film) • Southern Cross (comic)
neutral · AI labelView post →If you hate Nazis and love killing them, this is the game for you. If you think it's "too political" then you're gonna hate this game as much as it hates you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not quite as good as the first game, but still very much worth your time. I enjoyed, and am continuing to enjoy, playing it. In my very amateur opinion, the issue has to do with the change in writing tone. The previous game's writing worked because the tone was very much over-the-top oppressive, showcasing incredible suffering and cruelty that was almost cartoonish but played completely straight - and then coupled that with a combination of remarkably tender moments among the main cast, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to start by saying that the game isn’t bad per se, but there were some critical moments for me that make me unable to recommend this game—not even on sale. I played Wolfenstein 2 right after the first one, so I’m going to compare the two. I want to start by saying that the gameplay is better and smoother, especially the gunplay and the time to kill enemies. In comparison, killing the shotgun guys in the first game felt like shooting a sponge, but here they die much quicker. Besides…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The crashes make the game borderline unplayable. Particularly frustrating if you are very far into a difficult fight and have to restart the whole thing due to a crash. I have been trapped in a crash loop multiple times and it has been very difficult justifying coming back to complete.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thankfully I played this game when it was first released, otherwise I would have given up. Constantly crashes and freezes at random. Ironic that its AMD optimized, I have an AMD CPU and GPU and this game still runs like ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →War crimes? Check. Excessive violence? Check. Feeling like an unstoppable maniac? Double check. Wolfenstein II is a masterpiece, pure brain-melting carnage. I spent hours ripping through Nazis with every weapon I could carry, thinking fast, bleeding everywhere, and loving every gloriously violent second of it. This game rewards both trigger fingers and strategy. The way it mixes stealth, mobility, and raw firepower makes each level feel like a sandbox of destruction. I planned, flanked, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wolfenstein II is $6 on GOG right now if for some reason that game looks good to you right now
neutral · AI labelView post →It's January 20, 2025 and I'm ready to declare Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus as Game of the Year even though it launched in 2017.
positive · AI labelView post →Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is pure fun. It’s a classic sequel—it takes all the best parts of the previous game and multiplies them by two, or maybe even ten! It’s still the same bone-crushing, blood-soaked shooter, but it doesn’t trap the player in the rigid confines of excessive difficulty. You’re constantly armed with deadly weapons that help you spectacularly rid the game world of Nazis. The villains themselves are caricatures and quite amusing. The plot doesn’t stray far from the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best of the new Wolfenstein games. I loved the story and characters. The difficulty did make me feel inadequate quite often and I will not comment on Mein Leben. 10/10 Nazi Generals Dead
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus delivers some of the best gunplay in the series. The weapons hit hard, the movement is fast and fluid, and the over-the-top action is as entertaining as ever. Visually, it's a clear step up, and the performances—especially B.J. Blazkowicz's—help carry several genuinely memorable story moments. Unfortunately, it also feels less focused than its predecessor. The story often swings between serious drama and absurd comedy with mixed results, stealth remains…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good story. A bit very minor bugs that one time I got stuck in a corner. One thing that kinda annoying is that the instructions are very unclear, sometimes I just cannot find the place I have to go. Especially the map is kinda useless sometimes. It would be better if clearer instructions are given like more eye-catchy highlight and the map. Gameplay is enjoyable maybe cuz I'm playing under easy mode. I can play through the whole gameplay with skill issue so you can do it too. ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Personal Rating: Very Positive (90%) I never thought I will give this the same rating as TNO, but here we are. How to put this into words? Well, TNC plays right after TNO, and continues the journey of the Resistance that's trying to start a revolution in America. But to be honest, TNC feels a bit more sci-fi, even for the Wolfenstein timeline. The technology in TNC feels much higher than in TNO, but there is only roughly 1 year gap between TNO and TNC, which doens't seem plausible, atleast to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a first person shooter. BJ Blazkowicz has to take on the Nazi threat. This game allows players to dual wield weapons for increased firepower. The player fights for humanity against several threats. I played this on my Dell XPS 9570 with GTX 1050 Ti Max Q graphics. This game supports UHD gaming.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 – A Brutal, Emotional, and Unforgettable Masterpiece Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a triumph of storytelling, action, and pure adrenaline. It’s one of the most thrilling shooters of its generation, combining over-the-top combat, deeply engaging characters, and a narrative that’s surprisingly emotional and thought-provoking. Stepping back into the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz, players lead the resistance against a Nazi-occupied America in an alternate 1960s timeline. The game blends…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus because I just felt like killing some Nazis. I'm always struck by how well this game is written, considering its origins
positive · AI labelView post →i just beat Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus amazing game. really unfortunate that this story will probably never be ended. i am going to immediately replay it on the other storyline and try to 100% it. i think it's so much better than Wolf 1. blown away
positive · AI labelView post →Good game if you like hating nazis and getting rid of them in a couple different ways with many weapons, going "Rambo" or just stealth assassinate them which, is not the primary flavour of this game. Great graphics, pretty "inclusive" characters which are funny and crazy all along. The tragedy and comedy are there going hand to hand, freeing more and more land. Recommend playing The New Colossus by eliminating Nazi Colonus.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wolfenstein: The Old Blood & New Order are great games, fun, entertaining, writing of characters and dialog is pretty decent/fun. This game however, Wolvenstein 2: The New Colossus feels like a chore to play. Unlike the other two games in the series before this one, the "stealth" option really isn't an option and you are going to go in guns blazing which is fine but the hardest difficulty "I am death incarnate" will kick your ass and spit it back out. So for that I approve, the AI on that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do Or Die is very hard ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome! Story is well made with many memorable and powerful moments. It has been influenced by Tarantino movies, namely Inglorious Basterds and it shows :) Action is also amazing. Both shooting and melee finishers are extremely satisfying. Throwing axe as well :) You can choose between stealth or guns blazing approach, both equally fun. After each mission you return to your main HQ just like in The New Order. And every time almost all npc's got new stuff to say or do which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know about paint _exactly_, but - Control uses yellow markings, like tarps, in some places to offer some hints about which ledges the player can reach - Wolfenstein II uses yellow markings to indicate surfaces that can be destroyed - Doom (2016) uses distinctive lights (green in this case) to give the player a hint about which jumps are safe On one hand, I would guess the current talk is about newer games, but on the other hand, it's not a brand-new innovation, either.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching an old Danny Gonzalez video where he plays crappy mobile games and... that's Sigrun Engel from Wolfenstein II...
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