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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 62% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 23,872
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 7h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Undercover” (Infiltrate Castle Wolfenstein) and “Freedom” (Escape Castle Wolfenstein): from 100% to 74% of starters.
- 94% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 24,049 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.4h for positive, 4.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (94.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Undercover Infiltrate Castle Wolfenstein 100%
- Freedom Escape Castle Wolfenstein Most players quit here 74% −26
- Revenge Complete part one 72% −2
- Hero Complete game on any difficulty 62% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Undercover Infiltrate Castle Wolfenstein 100%
- Health upgrade I Unlock the Health upgrade I perk 80%
- All that glitters Collect 8 gold items 78%
- Freedom Escape Castle Wolfenstein 74%
- Revenge Complete part one 72%
- Armor upgrade I Unlock the Armor upgrade I perk 69%
- Schockhammer clip upgrade Unlock the Schockhammer clip upgrade perk 67%
- Glittering gold Collect 16 gold items 65%
- Reload mash Unlock the Reload mash perk 63%
- Hero Complete game on any difficulty 62%
- Bombenschuss clip upgrade Unlock the Bombenschuss clip upgrade perk 62%
- Paperboy Collect 5 letters 58%
- Grenade belt Unlock the Grenade belt perk 58%
- Health upgrade II Unlock the Health upgrade II perk 52%
- Health upgrade III Unlock the Health upgrade III perk 49%
- Annette saved Choose to save Annette 45%
- Ammunition upgrade Unlock the Ammunition upgrade perk 43%
- Vampire Unlock the Vampire perk 41%
- Kessler saved Choose to save Kessler 37%
- Wolfenstein Keep nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 3 29%
- The ecstasy of gold Collect 32 gold items 28%
- Eagle Eye Unlock the Eagle Eye perk 27%
- Tough Skin Unlock the Tough Skin perk 27%
- Prison nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 1 26%
- Guten tag! Complete the nightmare boss level 24%
- Wulfburg nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 5 22%
- Ruins nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 6 22%
- Escape! nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 4 22%
- Quick turn Unlock the Quick turn perk 19%
- Super hero Complete game on I AM DEATH INCARNATE! (or ÜBER) 18%
- Armor upgrade II Unlock the Armor upgrade II perk 15%
- Kampfpistole ammo storage upgrade Unlock the Kampfpistole ammo storage upgrade perk 15%
- Docks nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 2 14%
- Old town nightmare Complete the nightmare in chapter 7 11%
- Carry heavy machinegun Unlock the Carry heavy machinegun perk 11%
- Über hero Complete game on ÜBER 10%
- German Alps nightmare Complete the prologue nightmare 9.7%
- Postman Collect all letters 8.3%
- Gold master Collect 64 gold items 6.5%
- Die, Grösse, die! Complete all nightmare levels 6.5%
- Research centre combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 6.0%
- Prison docks combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.9%
- Keep foyer combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.8%
- Cable car platform combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.4%
- Paderborn bridge combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.3%
- Caves combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.1%
- Wulfburg square combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.1%
- Workshop combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.1%
- Bathhouse combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.1%
- Graveyard combat master Achieve gold medal for this challenge map 4.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.