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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 50% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 49,903
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Enemy Within” (Stop the Nazi signal from Section F) and “Amazing Grace” (Recruit Grace's group): from 84% to 73% of starters.
- 95% 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 50,231 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 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 (95.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Déjà Vu Make the choice 100%
- Carrying the Torch Use the power armor 93% −7
- Enemy Within Stop the Nazi signal from Section F 84% −8
- Amazing Grace Recruit Grace's group Most players quit here 73% −11
- It's Fricking Space Aliens! Find Area 52 65% −8
- R.I.P. Kill dad 63% −2
- All the Gains! Get a new body 62% −1
- Sermons and Moonshine Recruit Horton's group 57% −5
- Venus Travel to outer space 55% −2
- The Ausmerzer Capture the Ausmerzer 50% −5
- Revolution Beat the game 50%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- Déjà Vu Make the choice 100%
- Carrying the Torch Use the power armor 93%
- Enemy Within Stop the Nazi signal from Section F 84%
- Tinkerer Upgrade a weapon 76%
- Amazing Grace Recruit Grace's group 73%
- Max a Perk Max a perk 66%
- It's Fricking Space Aliens! Find Area 52 65%
- R.I.P. Kill dad 63%
- All the Gains! Get a new body 62%
- Sermons and Moonshine Recruit Horton's group 57%
- Specialist Fully upgrade a weapon 56%
- Venus Travel to outer space 55%
- The Ausmerzer Capture the Ausmerzer 50%
- Revolution Beat the game 50%
- Keep Playing Wait for the game to resume after the credits 50%
- Plus Package Upgrade a Contraption 47%
- Crippled but Able Perform a takedown while in the wheelchair 45%
- Puzzler Decipher an Übercommander's location using the Enigma Machine 41%
- Retro Play Wolfstone 3D 40%
- Sightseeing Visit a District 40%
- Make a Point Achieve the highest score in the Shooting Range 36%
- Bring 'em on! Beat the game on "Bring 'em on!" difficulty or higher 34%
- First Loser Achieve the second best time in the Killhouse 32%
- Kick It Kill Hitler during the Aerostat Audition 24%
- Starting a Collection Find at least one of each collectible item 24%
- They did Nazi that Coming Stealth kill 10 enemies in a row 17%
- Snakebite Perform a Constrictor Harness takedown 16%
- Do or die! Beat the game on "Do or die!" difficulty or higher 16%
- Ghost Finish a District without triggering an alarm 15%
- Complete Package Acquire all Contraptions and Contraption upgrades 8.8%
- Bull Rush Ramshackles tackle a charging Supersoldat 8.5%
- Taste of Your own Medicine Destroy a Zerstörer with an Übergewehr 8.5%
- Coming Back for More Visit every District 8.0%
- Call me Terror-Billy! Beat the game on "Call me Terror-Billy!" difficulty or higher 7.7%
- Terror-Billy Collect all Übercommander death cards 7.1%
- Across the Board Complete the Killboard 7.1%
- I am death incarnate! Beat the game on "I am death incarnate!" difficulty or higher 5.1%
- Toy Collector Find all of Max's toys 4.8%
- Gun Nut Fully upgrade all weapons 4.7%
- First Down Escape from Research Station Omega 4.7%
- Back in the Field Eliminate Übercommander Hans 4.6%
- Cut! Cut! Cut! Cancel Chuck Lorentz 4.3%
- Audiophile Find all records 4.2%
- Down at the Half Elude your pursuers 4.2%
- Max all perks Max all Perks 4.0%
- Dunked Kill General Dunkel 4.0%
- Touchdown Enact Revenge on Übercommander Metze 3.9%
- Homecoming Return to America 3.9%
- The Sky is the Limit Perform a Battle Walker takedown 3.7%
- Hail Mary Throw a hatchet and kill an enemy from 30m 3.7%
- Sidetracked Complete all side missions 3.6%
- Ticket Punched Destroy the cannons of Kodiak Island 3.5%
- Hero's Journey Stop the Sun Gun 3.4%
- Meet the Cast Find all starcards 3.2%
- Art Aficionado Found all concept art 3.2%
- Golden Boy Find all gold 3.0%
- Hard Headed Collect 1000 helmets 2.5%
- I'm Machine Enough Beat the Panzerhund ride without killing anyone on "Bring 'em On!" difficulty or higher 2.1%
- Read the Defense Find all readables in "The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe" 1.6%
- Signing Bonus Find all gold in "The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe" 1.6%
- First Team Soldier Beat the "The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe" on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty or higher 1.6%
- Investigation Complete Find all readables in "The Diaries of Agent Silent Death" 1.6%
- California Gold Find all gold in "The Diaries of Agent Silent Death" 1.6%
- Expert Spy Beat "The Diaries of Agent Silent Death" on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty or higher 1.6%
- Army Vet Beat "The Deeds of Captain Wilkins" on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty or higher 1.6%
- Intel Acquired Find all readables in "The Deeds of Captain Wilkins" 1.5%
- Stipend Gained Find all gold in "The Deeds of Captain Wilkins" 1.5%
- Laboratory Expert Beat the Station Omega challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Venusian Expert Beat the Venus challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Sacramento Medalist Beat the Sacramento challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Hollywood Medalist Beat the Hollywood challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Lunar Medalist Beat The Moon challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Alaskan Expert Beat the Anchorage challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Kodiak Expert Beat the Kodiak Islands challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.4%
- Mein leben Beat the game on "Mein leben" difficulty 1.3%
- All-Pro Warrior Beat "The Adventures of Gunslinger Joe" on "Mein leben" difficulty 1.3%
- Nightmare Expert Beat the Nightmare challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.3%
- Ultimate Spy Beat "The Diaries of Agent Silent Death" on "Mein leben" difficulty 1.3%
- Super Soldier Beat "The Deeds of Captain Wilkins" on "Mein leben" difficulty 1.3%
- Sub Expert Beat the Submerged challenge on "I am Death Incarnate" difficulty 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.