Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — graphic & gore
AdventureSci-fiShooter

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore
High

Constant first-person gunplay against Nazi soldiers and armored mechs with heavy blood spray and explosive kills throughout.

Language strong
High

Frequent strong profanity in the twins' banter and enemy dialogue, including f-words.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

The story centers on Nazi occupation, an ongoing genocidal regime, and a doomsday weather device meant to make Earth uninhabitable, alongside a graphic on-screen eye stabbing.

Mutilation / body horror depicted
Moderate

Enemies can be visibly dismembered or gibbed by heavy weapons and explosives during combat.

Substances referenced
Low

Alcohol appears in the setting, including a wine that is secretly drugged during a key story scene.

Spending cosmetic purchases
Low

Optional real-money currency (gold bars) buys cosmetic weapon and outfit skins.

Spending pressure optional
Low

Cosmetic microtransactions are optional and do not gate progression.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatReal-money spending

What it is

Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a first-person shooter in which you play as one of B.J. Blazkowicz's twin daughters, fighting to liberate a Nazi-occupied 1980s Paris, solo or in two-player co-op. Gameplay is fast, loud gunfighting against human soldiers and armored robots, with heavy blood, explosions, and enemies that can be blown apart. The alternate-history story deals with Nazi occupation, war, and genocide, and dialogue contains frequent strong profanity. Alcohol appears in the plot, and an optional store sells cosmetic skins, some for real money. Online play is limited to co-op with a partner and includes voice and text chat.

How it's framed

The game frames the sisters as heroic resistance fighters and the Nazis as unambiguous villains, presenting the killing of them as justified liberation; violence against the regime is celebrated and rewarded, while the Nazi atrocities that motivate the fight are treated as clear evil.

Details

Developer
MachineGames
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Released
Jul 25, 2019
Metacritic 69critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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