Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®
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ActionSingleplayerFPSMultiplayerShooterMilitary

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 1,340

Peak in the last 7 days: 1,735

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Game description

Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.

Basic info

DeveloperInfinity Ward, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Raven Software
PublisherActivision
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateMar 8, 2023
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7950
Storage175 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 391 reviews from the past 1 year

72.3/ 100
Bottom 30%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (79%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

Reviewers remember the cinematic campaign above all, giving this military shooter 72.3 while questioning its short length and cheaters online.

👍 Strengths

112 reviews praise the story, describing tense and realistic missions with political weight, and some single out the campaign as cinematic. Story & World appears in 63% of analyzed reviews and ranks 681st of 1096. 71 admire the graphics, with serious dark visuals, strong lighting and detailed environments, and Visuals & Sound ranks 286th of 1249. 46 find it fun and addictive, and some enjoy the cooperative special operations and survival modes as well as fair matches. Gameplay ranks 428th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

45 reviews say the content is thin for the price, with a campaign that lasts only a few hours and a very large install size. Content Volume ranks 1150th of 1351. 33 report cheaters and hackers in multiplayer, and some say the anti cheat system cannot keep up. 26 dislike the story, calling the villains one sided and the plot simplistic or fragmented by long cutscenes. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1080th of 1399, and Multiplayer ranks 536th of 642.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“gripping story with realistic missions and political depth, Captain Price as compelling protagonist” · 112 reviews
“serious dark graphics without cartoonish cosmetics” · 71 reviews
“addictive gameplay, played for three years despite life consequences” · 46 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +2.74 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “best movement mechanics ever seen in the franchise” · 24 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 3% · Strategy 4%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 63% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Story +2.33 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “gripping story with realistic missions and political depth, Captain Price as compelling protagonist” · 112 reviews
Negative “one-sided antagonist portrayal, simplified good vs evil narrative” · 26 reviews

Characters 10% · World 15%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -1.85 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “massive 200gb install size with little content and short 8-hour campaign” · 45 reviews

Variety 7% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 34% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.71 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “serious dark graphics without cartoonish cosmetics” · 71 reviews

Audio 13%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Community -1.73 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “a lot of toxic people and hackers ruin the gameplay” · 4 reviews

Playing together 18% · Servers & Connection 7%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Anti-cheat -0.42 · How common cheaters are and how well they're stopped
Negative “hacks are prevalent due to lack of new anti-cheat system” · 33 reviews

Pricing 28% · Balance 6% · Matchmaking 6%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.33 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “cannot play campaign offline, Linux blocked by anti-cheat” · 13 reviews

Stability 9% · Performance 15%

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

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