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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

MachineGames · Bethesda Softworks · 2015-05-04

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Action

Franchise: Wolfenstein · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2015 (Xbox One), May 05, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein®: The New Order. This adventure spans eight chapters and features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story, and intense FPS combat.

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a $19.99 Action game released in 2015, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 23660 reviews).

235
playing now
90%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (445 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (3.4k downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (20,382 ratings)
9.8h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

235 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a first-person shooter video game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released on 5 May 2015 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game is a stand-alone title in the Wolfenstein series and a prequel expansion to 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order, set in an alternate-history 1946. The single-player story follows war veteran William "B.J." Blazkowicz and his efforts to discover the locations of a Nazi compound. Development began in 2014, soon after the release of The New Order.

Trailer

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood trailer thumbnail

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - Launch Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 235 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,243 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~155/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 595k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,819 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2021-08-10) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 77 of 161 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37337320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

578452026-09-15 12:00 — 103 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 141 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 89 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 182 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 65 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 80 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 144 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 93 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 118 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 71 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 139 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 142 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 78 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 149 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 163 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 115 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 323 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 578 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 204 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 235 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k83May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 1,049 · peak 3,025Sep 2015 — avg 197 · peak 448Jan 2016 — avg 270 · peak 722May 2016 — avg 275 · peak 770Sep 2016 — avg 128 · peak 271Jan 2017 — avg 204 · peak 521May 2017 — avg 213 · peak 857Sep 2017 — avg 225 · peak 452Jan 2018 — avg 261 · peak 632May 2018 — avg 114 · peak 217Sep 2018 — avg 123 · peak 243Jan 2019 — avg 186 · peak 478May 2019 — avg 110 · peak 232Sep 2019 — avg 118 · peak 275Jan 2020 — avg 173 · peak 433May 2020 — avg 116 · peak 243Sep 2020 — avg 115 · peak 235Jan 2021 — avg 164 · peak 370May 2021 — avg 126 · peak 314Sep 2021 — avg 128 · peak 275Jan 2022 — avg 161 · peak 354May 2022 — avg 95 · peak 195Sep 2022 — avg 149 · peak 543Jan 2023 — avg 123 · peak 253May 2023 — avg 85 · peak 168Sep 2023 — avg 127 · peak 465Jan 2024 — avg 127 · peak 278May 2024 — avg 103 · peak 195Sep 2024 — avg 136 · peak 567Jan 2025 — avg 144 · peak 318May 2025 — avg 130 · peak 353Sep 2025 — avg 112 · peak 230Jan 2026 — avg 143 · peak 310May 2026 — avg 108 · peak 202Aug 2026 — avg 198 · peak 587
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.84$3.562015-03-122026-10-142015-03-12 — best price $19.992015-07-17 — best price $19.522015-12-30 — best price $19.992016-06-29 — best price $9.992016-12-06 — best price $19.992017-07-16 — best price $19.992017-12-01 — best price $16.902018-06-22 — best price $9.992019-02-28 — best price $5.982019-09-18 — best price $19.992020-01-14 — best price $17.572020-04-10 — best price $5.612020-07-17 — best price $17.882020-09-16 — best price $19.992020-11-10 — best price $17.882021-03-11 — best price $8.992021-07-26 — best price $19.992021-11-30 — best price $16.492022-03-24 — best price $5.992022-06-28 — best price $5.432022-11-18 — best price $4.982023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-07-19 — best price $34.842023-12-11 — best price $17.132024-04-18 — best price $4.992024-09-13 — best price $4.392025-01-20 — best price $4.392025-06-04 — best price $17.422025-10-07 — best price $4.992026-01-30 — best price $17.482026-04-27 — best price $17.422026-08-08 — best price $17.752026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3911752026-05-30 — 175 pageviews2026-06-03 — 196 pageviews2026-06-07 — 282 pageviews2026-06-11 — 177 pageviews2026-06-15 — 228 pageviews2026-06-19 — 228 pageviews2026-06-23 — 247 pageviews2026-06-27 — 257 pageviews2026-07-01 — 275 pageviews2026-07-05 — 321 pageviews2026-07-09 — 360 pageviews2026-07-13 — 272 pageviews2026-07-17 — 264 pageviews2026-07-21 — 243 pageviews2026-07-25 — 249 pageviews2026-07-29 — 187 pageviews2026-08-02 — 277 pageviews2026-08-06 — 285 pageviews2026-08-10 — 345 pageviews2026-08-14 — 229 pageviews2026-08-18 — 250 pageviews2026-08-22 — 291 pageviews2026-08-26 — 235 pageviews2026-08-30 — 245 pageviews2026-09-03 — 197 pageviews2026-09-07 — 226 pageviews2026-09-11 — 212 pageviews2026-09-15 — 198 pageviews2026-09-19 — 207 pageviews2026-09-23 — 185 pageviews2026-09-27 — 238 pageviews2026-10-01 — 195 pageviews2026-10-05 — 245 pageviews2026-10-08 — 232 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2902026-10-09 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "Undercover"
21%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsColor AlternativesPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)52,26021%51
Steam (Steam)41,27510%50
Xbox One (Xbox)37,3535%50
PS4 (PlayStation)4,89524%51
Windows (Xbox)3,26310%50
Steam (Steam)2,0468%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarGoreActionSci-fiShooterStealthZombiesAdventureStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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