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What players say
Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 302 sampled Steam reviews (226 positive / 76 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.
What positive reviews talk about
- Story & writing29% mention it
- Difficulty & balance9% mention it
- Combat9% mention it
- Bugs & crashes8% mention it
- Visuals & art7% mention it
What negative reviews complain about
- Story & writing38% mention it
- Bugs & crashes30% mention it
- Difficulty & balance13% mention it
- Combat12% mention it
- Controls & UI11% mention it
Satisfaction by hours played
Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.
Under 5h
66%
53 reviews
5-15h
75%
154 reviews
15-40h
79%
75 reviews
40-100h
81%
16 reviews
Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (Metacritic) | – | 87 | 7 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 90 | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 81% | 75 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 77 | 122 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 81% | 75 | 145 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 299 reviews sampled · 414 total reviews in window · weighted 186.3 up / 44.9 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (68)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 80
“The New Colossus is a Wolfenstein game and it doesn’t deviate much from the formula. This is good and bad at the same time because the strong story is not backed up by evolution in gameplay.”
read full review ↗ - 86
“There is so much to discover in Wolfenstein II. Collectibles, endgame missions and Nazi troops destruction. MachineGames has managed to create a superior sequel in every aspect. Plot and gameplay mechanics of The New Colossus entertain, and keeps you playing for hours, with that B series tone that knows what it should look like and isn't scared to put you in bizarre situations that seem to be written by someone who has a few screws loose. Not perfect, but will have its place among the best FPS games of this generation. ”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an FPS that makes a ton of good to great decisions, but also a handful of poor ones. Tightly crafted gameplay is marred by adherence to genre conventions, and the narrative gets off to a slow start as the game decides what it wants to be. However, neither of those are enough to drag this down too much, as it is simply too well put together and has more than enough personality and fun to poke through the layer of seriousness draped over the first parts of the campaign. What is left is a game that can stand as a very fine example of its genre, if not quite a groundbreaking one.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a quintessential single player shooter, and contains one of the best campaigns in recent memory. Rammed full of memorable moments and brilliant characters, it takes you on a horrifying yet fascinating ride through a Nazi dominated world that, as a result of real world events, feels a touch less like fantasy this time around. While the story is undoubtedly the star of the show, the viscera drenched combat, satisfying weapons, and rewarding perk system more than hold up their side of the bargain. The single player game is dead, long live the single player game. ”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus delivers on its promises. It's more of the same, but there are more weapons, more tools, and more Nazis to kill. In some ways, it's slightly disappointing in that the mechanics aren't more creative to go with the excesses in the plot, but a safe sequel isn't a bad thing. If you enjoyed The New Order or its spin-off The Old Blood, you'll enjoy Wolfenstein II. It hits all the right marks of the original, and any flaws are minor and don't detract from the all-important task of blowing up Nazis. Sometimes, that's all a game needs to be.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“The New Colossus is a perfectly crafted FPS experience. It can stop your breath, slap your face, make you laugh and inject adrenaline. All of these within a single hour of gameplay. It’s a game built on emotions.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“The New Colossus never lets you forget who and why you're fighting. Nazi brutality is on full display, from the blown-out, irradiated remains of Manhattan to each of the resistance members, who all carry mental scars if not physical ones. You're never given a chance between cutscenes, missions, and even downtime on the U-boat to lose sight of the Reich's cruelty. Wolfenstein's tense gameplay elevates this further by giving you the power to truly resist--and come out of each battle ready for another fight.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a snarling beast of a game. Both its action and story feel like riding a raging bull - it’s exhilarating yet terrifying. But that's also the point. New Colossus knows how to elicit so much emotion from the player because it absolutely refuses to back down in any sense. It knows exactly what it wants to say and what it wants the player to overcome, leaving an impression that won't soon be forgotten.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“A great follow up to The New Order, though it isn’t necessarily that much better. The gameplay presents a solid first person shooter while the narrative gives us a protagonist who bears scars of battle outside and in. There are some issues when it comes to how difficult the game can get at times, but fans of first person shooters and compact single player titles should definitely give Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus a shot.”
read full review ↗ - 92
“Yeah yeah it's a sequel, it's more of the same yadda yadda yadda, it's nothing more than a simple shooter... But y'know, screw it: I've had so much fun with The New Colossus, that I'm going to give it a 92. Not everyone will agree with it, but those people can kiss my politically incorrect *ss.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Some of the most fearless and idiosyncratic storytelling ever seen in a video game, married to one of the most viciously entertaining shooters of the generation.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a bombastic, absurdly enjoyable action romp packing a story that's part Ocean's Eleven, part Inglorious Basterds.”
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Patch history
- Patch for November 19, 2018: NVIDIA Adaptive ShadingNov 19, 2018significant · resets scoring window
- Video Memory Error Hotfix - August 27Aug 27, 2018
- Video Memory Error - Beta Hotfix (8/24/2018)Aug 24, 2018
- New Wolfenstein II Patch: August 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
- New Game Patch & DLC Available Jan 30Jan 29, 2018significant · resets scoring window
- New Game Patch & DLC Available Jan 30Jan 29, 2018
- Patch Notes - November 7 (10am ET)Nov 7, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Patch Notes - November 7 (10am ET)Nov 7, 2017significant · resets scoring window