Wolfenstein: The New Order
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 10h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Vive la resistance!” (Locate the resistance): only 79% of starters get there.
- 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 62,968 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 10.1h for positive, 8.7h 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%
- Vive la resistance! Locate the resistance Most players quit here 79% −21
- Power to the laser Find the Laserkraftwerk 74% −5
- Hidden in the deep Locate the underwater stash 65% −9
- London uprising Defeat the London Monitor 60% −5
- Deliverance Release friend 57% −2
- Liberation Complete game on any difficulty 50% −7
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
- Gunner Save allied planes 100%
- Scout I Unlock stealth perk 1 93%
- Knife throwing Unlock stealth perk 2 85%
- Double reload Unlock assault perk 1 83%
- Vive la resistance! Locate the resistance 79%
- Throwback Unlock demolition perk 1 78%
- Deadeye Unlock tactical perk 1 77%
- Power to the laser Find the Laserkraftwerk 74%
- Scout II Unlock stealth perk 7 71%
- Quick draw Unlock tactical perk 2 69%
- Quick regeneration Unlock tactical perk 3 65%
- Hidden in the deep Locate the underwater stash 65%
- Fergus saved Choose to save Fergus 63%
- London uprising Defeat the London Monitor 60%
- Deliverance Release friend 57%
- Silent shot Unlock stealth perk 5 56%
- Autopanzer Unlock assault perk 6 52%
- Liberation Complete game on any difficulty 50%
- Knife sheath + Unlock stealth perk 3 49%
- Bullet feeder Unlock assault perk 4 49%
- Wyatt saved Choose to save Wyatt 47%
- Assassin Unlock stealth perk 8 41%
- Quick reload Unlock tactical perk 8 39%
- Grenade pouch + Unlock demolition perk 2 39%
- Dual-wield expert Unlock assault perk 8 30%
- Endurance I Unlock assault perk 2 22%
- All that glitters Collect 25 gold items 20%
- Hardened Unlock demolition perk 8 18%
- Gun magazine + Unlock tactical perk 4 17%
- Knife sheath ++ Unlock stealth perk 4 17%
- Scavenger Unlock assault perk 3 15%
- Vampire Unlock stealth perk 6 15%
- Super hero Complete game on I AM DEATH INCARNATE! (or ÜBER) 14%
- Grenade pouch ++ Unlock demolition perk 3 14%
- Endurance II Unlock assault perk 5 13%
- Vaporize Unlock demolition perk 6 11%
- Shotgun magazine + Unlock tactical perk 5 11%
- LKW battery + Unlock assault perk 7 10%
- AR magazine + Unlock tactical perk 6 10%
- Marksman magazine + Unlock tactical perk 7 8.9%
- Über hero Complete game on ÜBER 7.1%
- Secrets revealed I Solve the first Enigma code 6.8%
- The lives of others Collect all letters 5.6%
- Secrets revealed II Solve the second Enigma code 5.5%
- Bullseye Unlock demolition perk 4 5.4%
- Secrets revealed III Solve the third Enigma code 5.3%
- Heart of gold Collect all gold items 5.2%
- Secrets revealed IV Solve the fourth Enigma code 5.2%
- Rocket magazine + Unlock demolition perk 5 4.9%
- Sentinel Unlock demolition perk 7 4.8%