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Steam app 9010 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:50 UTC

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein Steam header artwork
Gray Matter StudiosBethesda Softworks
81playing now
8624-hour peak
549all-time peak
59average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−12.9Gain−17.88%% gain159Peak

717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

0438612917213 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 2026115 peakFriday 14 August 2026133 peakSaturday 15 August 2026147 peakSunday 16 August 2026159 peakMonday 17 August 2026159 peakTuesday 18 August 2026136 peakWednesday 19 August 2026107 peakThursday 20 August 2026113 peakFriday 21 August 2026114 peakSaturday 22 August 2026126 peakSunday 23 August 2026140 peakMonday 24 August 2026125 peakTuesday 25 August 2026108 peakWednesday 26 August 202696 peakThursday 27 August 2026101 peakFriday 28 August 202694 peakSaturday 29 August 2026113 peakSunday 30 August 2026123 peakMonday 31 August 2026107 peakTuesday 01 September 2026100 peakWednesday 02 September 202690 peakThursday 03 September 202696 peakFriday 04 September 202686 peakSaturday 05 September 2026103 peakSunday 06 September 2026116 peakMonday 07 September 202684 peakTuesday 08 September 202694 peakWednesday 09 September 202681 peakThursday 10 September 202685 peakFriday 11 September 202681 peakSaturday 12 September 202686 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

01482964455932012201420172019202120242026July 201234 monthly peakAugust 201255 monthly peakSeptember 201228 monthly peakOctober 201228 monthly peakNovember 201229 monthly peakDecember 201238 monthly peakJanuary 201335 monthly peakFebruary 201329 monthly peakMarch 201331 monthly peakApril 201324 monthly peakMay 201336 monthly peakJune 201331 monthly peakJuly 201329 monthly peakAugust 2013157 monthly peakSeptember 201343 monthly peakOctober 201328 monthly peakNovember 201335 monthly peakDecember 201352 monthly peakJanuary 201457 monthly peakFebruary 201441 monthly peakMarch 201445 monthly peakApril 201459 monthly peakMay 2014549 monthly peakJune 201499 monthly peakJuly 2014139 monthly peakAugust 201461 monthly peakSeptember 201441 monthly peakOctober 201447 monthly peakNovember 201464 monthly peakDecember 201473 monthly peakJanuary 201579 monthly peakFebruary 201554 monthly peakMarch 201560 monthly peakApril 201548 monthly peakMay 201571 monthly peakJune 2015215 monthly peakJuly 2015135 monthly peakAugust 201565 monthly peakSeptember 201553 monthly peakOctober 201552 monthly peakNovember 2015112 monthly peakDecember 201591 monthly peakJanuary 2016171 monthly peakFebruary 201659 monthly peakMarch 201657 monthly peakApril 201651 monthly peakMay 201651 monthly peakJune 201667 monthly peakJuly 201669 monthly peakAugust 2016121 monthly peakSeptember 201665 monthly peakOctober 201658 monthly peakNovember 201667 monthly peakDecember 2016109 monthly peakJanuary 2017115 monthly peakFebruary 201778 monthly peakMarch 201762 monthly peakApril 201762 monthly peakMay 2017148 monthly peakJune 2017184 monthly peakJuly 2017120 monthly peakAugust 2017164 monthly peakSeptember 2017101 monthly peakOctober 201794 monthly peakNovember 2017173 monthly peakDecember 2017147 monthly peakJanuary 2018138 monthly peakFebruary 201887 monthly peakMarch 201878 monthly peakApril 201879 monthly peakMay 201863 monthly peakJune 201887 monthly peakJuly 201895 monthly peakAugust 2018132 monthly peakSeptember 201877 monthly peakOctober 201875 monthly peakNovember 2018118 monthly peakDecember 2018132 monthly peakJanuary 2019114 monthly peakFebruary 2019100 monthly peakMarch 201982 monthly peakApril 201966 monthly peakMay 201962 monthly peakJune 201998 monthly peakJuly 2019173 monthly peakAugust 2019139 monthly peakSeptember 201997 monthly peakOctober 2019103 monthly peakNovember 2019116 monthly peakDecember 2019137 monthly peakJanuary 2020137 monthly peakFebruary 2020121 monthly peakMarch 2020166 monthly peakApril 2020163 monthly peakMay 2020124 monthly peakJune 2020109 monthly peakJuly 2020114 monthly peakAugust 2020111 monthly peakSeptember 202099 monthly peakOctober 2020106 monthly peakNovember 2020126 monthly peakDecember 2020160 monthly peakJanuary 2021180 monthly peakFebruary 2021151 monthly peakMarch 2021108 monthly peakApril 2021103 monthly peakMay 2021108 monthly peakJune 202193 monthly peakJuly 2021104 monthly peakAugust 2021133 monthly peakSeptember 202190 monthly peakOctober 202189 monthly peakNovember 2021148 monthly peakDecember 2021127 monthly peakJanuary 2022136 monthly peakFebruary 2022123 monthly peakMarch 2022104 monthly peakApril 2022104 monthly peakMay 202288 monthly peakJune 202289 monthly peakJuly 202296 monthly peakAugust 2022119 monthly peakSeptember 2022170 monthly peakOctober 2022104 monthly peakNovember 2022100 monthly peakDecember 2022113 monthly peakJanuary 2023107 monthly peakFebruary 202397 monthly peakMarch 202396 monthly peakApril 2023107 monthly peakMay 202373 monthly peakJune 202373 monthly peakJuly 202385 monthly peakAugust 202389 monthly peakSeptember 2023112 monthly peakOctober 2023106 monthly peakNovember 2023104 monthly peakDecember 2023109 monthly peakJanuary 2024108 monthly peakFebruary 2024129 monthly peakMarch 202487 monthly peakApril 202489 monthly peakMay 202476 monthly peakJune 202482 monthly peakJuly 202490 monthly peakAugust 2024112 monthly peakSeptember 2024153 monthly peakOctober 2024111 monthly peakNovember 202499 monthly peakDecember 2024134 monthly peakJanuary 2025123 monthly peakFebruary 2025103 monthly peakMarch 2025110 monthly peakApril 202585 monthly peakMay 202581 monthly peakJune 202596 monthly peakJuly 202583 monthly peakAugust 202584 monthly peakSeptember 202582 monthly peakOctober 2025103 monthly peakNovember 2025106 monthly peakDecember 2025129 monthly peakJanuary 2026137 monthly peakFebruary 2026132 monthly peakMarch 2026145 monthly peakApril 2026122 monthly peakMay 2026106 monthly peakJune 202697 monthly peakJuly 2026107 monthly peakAugust 2026263 monthly peakSeptember 2026116 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

071142213284July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026107 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026263 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026116 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

029588711601 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202669 peakThursday 02 July 202671 peakFriday 03 July 202675 peakSaturday 04 July 202683 peakSunday 05 July 2026107 peakMonday 06 July 202682 peakTuesday 07 July 202686 peakWednesday 08 July 202678 peakThursday 09 July 202685 peakFriday 10 July 202690 peakSaturday 11 July 202691 peakSunday 12 July 202690 peakMonday 13 July 202665 peakTuesday 14 July 202661 peakWednesday 15 July 202682 peakThursday 16 July 202680 peakFriday 17 July 202679 peakSaturday 18 July 202683 peakSunday 19 July 202685 peakMonday 20 July 202674 peakTuesday 21 July 202670 peakWednesday 22 July 202668 peakThursday 23 July 202668 peakFriday 24 July 202656 peakSaturday 25 July 202676 peakSunday 26 July 202689 peakMonday 27 July 202674 peakTuesday 28 July 202670 peakWednesday 29 July 202670 peakThursday 30 July 202672 peakFriday 31 July 202672 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

07114221328401 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202686 peakSunday 02 August 2026101 peakMonday 03 August 202686 peakTuesday 04 August 202673 peakWednesday 05 August 202693 peakThursday 06 August 202686 peakFriday 07 August 2026198 peakSaturday 08 August 2026234 peakSunday 09 August 2026263 peakMonday 10 August 2026227 peakTuesday 11 August 2026192 peakWednesday 12 August 2026157 peakThursday 13 August 2026151 peakFriday 14 August 2026133 peakSaturday 15 August 2026147 peakSunday 16 August 2026159 peakMonday 17 August 2026159 peakTuesday 18 August 2026136 peakWednesday 19 August 2026107 peakThursday 20 August 2026113 peakFriday 21 August 2026114 peakSaturday 22 August 2026126 peakSunday 23 August 2026140 peakMonday 24 August 2026125 peakTuesday 25 August 2026108 peakWednesday 26 August 202696 peakThursday 27 August 2026101 peakFriday 28 August 202694 peakSaturday 29 August 2026113 peakSunday 30 August 2026123 peakMonday 31 August 2026107 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

031639412501 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 2026100 peakWednesday 02 September 202690 peakThursday 03 September 202696 peakFriday 04 September 202686 peakSaturday 05 September 2026103 peakSunday 06 September 2026116 peakMonday 07 September 202684 peakTuesday 08 September 202694 peakWednesday 09 September 202681 peakThursday 10 September 202685 peakFriday 11 September 202681 peakSaturday 12 September 202686 peak

October 2026

Return to Castle Wolfenstein was released on 3 Aug, 2007.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:50 UTC
App ID
9010
Developer
Gray Matter Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release date
3 Aug, 2007
Platforms
Windows
Install size
776 MB
Genres
Action
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player
Controller support
Unknown
Metacritic
88

Features & support

Steam features

Steam CloudFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

FPSActionClassicWorld War IISupernaturalAlternate HistoryShooterSingleplayerFirst-PersonHorrorAtmosphericGoreMultiplayerZombiesStealthSci-fiAdventureRetroGreat SoundtrackOld School
About this gameFull description from Steam
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.
Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 3 regional ratings

Content notice

Violence Language

Regional ratings

DEJUS14Violência
ESRBmBlood and Gore · Violence
IGRS18Kekerasan · Interaksi Daring
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

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

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Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

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