Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Dark themes — graphic
AdventureSci-fiShooter

What's in it

Language slurs/hate speech
High

Frequent strong profanity (including f-words) throughout dialogue and cutscenes.

Violence graphic & gore
High

Intense first-person combat against human (Nazi) enemies with heavy blood, gunfire, explosions, and hatchet executions.

Dark themes graphic
High

The story dwells on Nazi occupation, mass murder, genocide, executions, and personal trauma with unflinching, bleak tone.

Mutilation / body horror player performs it
High

Player weapons dismember and disintegrate enemies, blowing off limbs and heads, with an energy weapon that reduces foes to gibs.

Sexual content strong
High

Strong sexual content including an on-screen sex scene between the protagonist and his partner plus explicit sexual dialogue.

Nudity partial/artistic
Moderate

Partial nudity is shown, including a nude/bare-torso depiction of a character during an intimate scene.

Substances depicted
Moderate

Characters drink alcohol and smoke on screen in various story scenes.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Some grisly, disturbing imagery and tense atmosphere, though the game is not a horror title.

Torture referenced
Low

A graphic torture and execution scene is depicted, including a character being killed on screen by the antagonist.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a single-player first-person shooter set in an alternate 1961 where Nazi Germany won World War II and occupies the United States. Playing as resistance fighter B.J. Blazkowicz, the player fights through Nazi-held America using guns, dual-wielded weapons, energy weapons, and a hatchet. The action is extremely violent and gory: enemies are shot, blown apart, disintegrated, and decapitated with heavy blood and dismemberment. The story is dark and mature, depicting executions, civilian deaths, concentration-camp imagery, racism, and a graphic torture scene. It also contains strong profanity, an on-screen sex scene with partial nudity and explicit sexual dialogue, and on-screen drinking and smoking. There are no online, multiplayer, or purchase features.

How it's framed

The game frames its violence as an armed uprising against a genocidal Nazi regime, positioning the player's brutal killing as justified resistance and the Nazis as clear villains. Its heaviest themes—oppression, racism, and atrocity—are presented seriously to dramatize the horror of the occupation rather than to glorify it, while combat itself is stylized, over-the-top, and empowering.

Details

Developer
MachineGames
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Released
2017
Metacritic 86critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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