Franchise file / Silas Warner
Wolfenstein
Nazi-hunting since 1981
It began as Silas Warner's 1981 Apple II escape game. id Software turned it into a landmark shooter, and MachineGames gave BJ Blazkowicz's war on the Nazis real story weight.
- 1981
- First game
- 2
- Series
- Silas Warner
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The Muse originals. Silas Warner's Castle Wolfenstein sent players through a Nazi fortress on the Apple II, and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein followed in 1984. Muse Software went bankrupt in 1987.
Start with Castle WolfensteinYour next late night
The essentials
Chapters
Series (2)
WolfensteinThe shooter series that began as Muse Software's stealth game Castle Wolfenstein in 1981. Its later games fight Nazi forces in alternate history, from Return to Castle Wolfenstein onwards.
The Nazis won. Time to fix thatWolfenstein: The New OrderMachineGames took over Wolfenstein in 2014 and built an alternate history where the Nazis won the war, with BJ Blazkowicz fighting back from the heart of the resistance.
The Nazis won. Time to fix thatWolfenstein: The New OrderMachineGames took over Wolfenstein in 2014 and built an alternate history where the Nazis won the war, with BJ Blazkowicz fighting back from the heart of the resistance.
A legacy worth revisiting
One man against the Reich.
Few series have changed hands so often. Muse Software, id, Gray Matter, Splash Damage, Raven and MachineGames have all taken a turn, and each left its stamp. What never changes is the target: a Nazi regime to dismantle, one corridor at a time.
- 1981 to 1984
- The Muse originals
- 1992 to 2009
- The id years
- 2014 to 2019
- The MachineGames era
Scenes that stay with you
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