7 Games with a fantasy setting like Return to Castle Wolfenstein that you should try

If Return to Castle Wolfenstein worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and historical setting, the same is here. Both also lean on a first-person view and single-player focus.

If Return to Castle Wolfenstein worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view.

Genre puts it alongside Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and so does dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: post-apocalyptic world.

It meets Return to Castle Wolfenstein on dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and historical setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on game mode: this one brings skill tree progression.

The thread back to Return to Castle Wolfenstein runs through melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. Its own ground is deep simulation and co-op play.

Shelved next to Return to Castle Wolfenstein for good reason: strong narrative focus, melee combat and historical setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in tone and combat.

On paper it is what Return to Castle Wolfenstein is — melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: a third-person camera.