
The game was inspired by the older games Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and DOS, which were stealth-based and controlled in a top-down view. Id Software created Wolfenstein 3D after pioneering a 3D game engine used in Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3-D.

The first episode is included in the shareware version of the game. The game is divided into six different episodes.


The general gameplay is that of a maze-like layout where the player ran around collecting guns, ammo and treasure. The game was originally released on for MS-DOS, but later ported to multiple other systems. The game is set during World War II, as the player controls a captured American spy named B.J. USK: 16+ Wolfenstein 3D (often shortened to Wolfenstein and Wolf3D) is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and originally published by Apogee Software.
