Wolfenstein: Youngblood
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Developers | |
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MachineGames | |
Arkane Studios | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
Id Tech 6 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 25, 2019[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 69 |
OpenCritic | 67 |
IGDB | 71 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS, Shooter |
Series | Wolfenstein |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Castle Wolfenstein | 1981 |
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 |
Spear of Destiny | 1992 |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003 |
Wolfenstein | 2009 |
Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Wolfenstein series.
Key points
- Features Buddy Pass. More information on inviting a friend available here.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Download-only; no disc is included in the physical box. | |||
GamersGate | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Deluxe Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC | |||
Steam |
- All versions require a Bethesda.net account to access online features. Press Esc on the Bethesda.net login prompt to dismiss it and continue playing the game in offline mode.
- Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on March 8, 2022.
Essential improvements
Youngblood Tweaker
- Adds additional tweaking such as options to scale player and enemy damage, adjusting the amount of head bobbing, disabling various HUD elements and more.
For use with Microsoft Store version:
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Skip intro videos
Use the +com_skipBootSequence 1 command line argument[3]
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Alternative method for Bethesda Launcher version
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein Youngblood\base |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1056960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein Youngblood\base\savegame.user\<user-id>\ |
Microsoft Store | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein Youngblood\base\savegame.xbuser\<user-id>\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1056960/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Stretched from 32:9. Use the community mod as a workaround. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay. 32:9 is also supported. Menu screens are pillarboxed.[4][5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 70°-120°. Default is 90°. Use Youngblood Tweaker for other values. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Separate anisotropic levels available for Materials, Decals, Lightmaps and Image. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA, TAA (1TX), FXAA (1TX), SMAA (1TX) and TSSAA (8TX) Supports DLSS 2.1 on compatible hardware. |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | Allows for both normal and adaptive Vsync. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | FPS cap slider of 24 to 1000 FPS available from Advanced settings. Fullscreen refresh rate is forced to 60 Hz. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) | Ray traced reflections added in January 2020 update. Limited to Nvidia hardware only. | ||
Color blind mode | Separate modes for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Use the m_sensitivity console command to set a lower value. |
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Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Shared with controller setting. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Only predefined presets available. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Shared with mouse setting. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection | Always assumes the cursor is hidden. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Off, Foreign, and All | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | No option to disable it. |
- Lines spoken in the game utilize different languages with a subtitle available if a line is in foreign language.
Localizations
- The game language is tied to the language of the Bethesda Launcher.
- The German Edition only includes the German language.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | Fan translation, [2]. | |||
French | ||||
German | German Edition only. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Use Nucleus Co-op | ||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 2 | Co-op |
Issues fixed
Game is not displaying properly in Windows
Set Windows DPI scaling to 100%[6] |
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Game does not launch on Windows 8.1 on PCs with latest AMD drivers
- AMD no longer supports Windows 8.1 video driver updates. Only Windows 7 and 10 are supported.
Install the latest Windows 7 driver on Windows 8.1 |
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- Download the latest AMD graphics driver and run the setup.
- When an error message shows reporting an unsupported OS, go to where the driver files were extracted (such as
C:\AMD\Win7-Radeon-Software-Adrenalin-2020-Edition-xx.x.x
. - Navigate through
Packages\Drivers\Display\W76A_INF\B351278
and runccc2_install.exe
. - Restart the computer.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Vulkan |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3570 Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
Intel Core i7-4770 AMD FX-9370 AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 4 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1056960/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1056960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2019-07-23
- ↑ Verified by User:Gabe838 on 2021-12-06)
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2019-07-25)
- ↑ Wolfenstein: Youngblood - PC Ultra Quality (3440x1440) - last accessed on 2019-07-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-29
- Screenshots taken in the demo at 1920x1080, 3440x1440, 3840x1080 and 5760x1080 and compared.
- ↑ Wolfenstein: Youngblood Known Issues - last accessed on 2019-07-25