Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
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Game description

The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2

Basic info

DeveloperInfinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games
PublisherActivision
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateNov 8, 2011
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® XP/ Windows® Vista / Windows® 7
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory2 GB
GraphicsShader 3.0 or better 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600GT / ATI® Radeon™ X1950 or better
Storage16 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 407 reviews from the past 1 year

85.1/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (89%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Still loved for its campaign, this trilogy finale scores 85.1, top 40% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Story & World appears in 63% of analyzed reviews and ranks 240th of 1096. 169 reviews praise the campaign story, with some calling it a fitting end to the trilogy full of tense moments and plot twists. 112 find it fun or enjoyable, and several single out the Survival mode as a lasting favorite. 19 enjoy co-op and multiplayer with friends, and a few play the Survival mode online. Multiplayer ranks 346th of 642, and Content Volume ranks 551st of 1351.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness ranks 1101st of 1399. 41 reviews say the price is too high for a game this old, with some adding that DLC is costly and rarely discounted. Several suggest waiting for a sale. 24 say online play is overrun with hackers and cheaters, and some avoid multiplayer entirely for that reason. 21 find the story weaker in places, calling the plot predictable at times. Gameplay ranks 616th of 1396, and Tech & Support ranks 811th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“best campaign among COD games including COD4 and Modern Warfare 2” · 169 reviews
“very enjoyable campaign and special ops revisit after 14 years” · 112 reviews
“overpriced for an old game with no mod support” · 41 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.36 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “shooting system is stable and responsive throughout” · 10 reviews
Negative “doesnt have controller support” · 14 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 6% · Onboarding 2% · Freedom 1% · Strategy 1%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 63% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Story +3.50 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “best campaign among COD games including COD4 and Modern Warfare 2” · 169 reviews
Negative “campaign story and logic are incoherent” · 21 reviews

Characters 12% · World 10%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +3.00 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “survival mode with wave-based gameplay is quite replayable” · 3 reviews
Negative “barely remembered missions despite replaying” · 1 review

Volume 10% · Variety 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +1.92 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “explosive large-scale scenes, nostalgic” · 16 reviews
Negative “graphics not impressive compared to modern remakes” · 9 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.73 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “campaign and multiplayer are amazing” · 19 reviews
Negative “small player base limits multiplayer enjoyment” · 6 reviews

Community 7% · Servers & Connection 4%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.38 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “overpriced for an old game with no mod support” · 41 reviews

Anti-cheat 7% · Balance 3% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.27 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “update killed dedicated servers, making game worthless” · 12 reviews

Stability 6% · Performance 8%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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