Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
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ActionAdventureMultiplayerZombiesFPSShooterFirst-Person

4,398 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 5,358

Peak in the last 7 days: 5,568

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Steam store

Game description

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.

Basic info

DeveloperTreyarch, Aspyr (Mac)
PublisherActivision, Aspyr (Mac)
PlatformsWindows · macOS
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateNov 5, 2015
Price

Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz
Memory6 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 6970 @ 1GB
Storage100 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 404 reviews from the past 1 year

83.8/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (85%)

Metacritic: 73 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

112 reviews of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III say they enjoy it, and many single out zombies; it scores 83.8 from 235,161 Steam reviews. This summary draws on 404 Steam reviews that we analyzed in detail.

👍 Strengths

Content Volume ranks 15th of 1351. The most upvoted review calls it the best Call of Duty for zombies, and 77 praise its replay value, the most upvoted citing thousands of hours of custom maps that still turn up new content. 22 praise the amount of content. Gameplay ranks 307th of 1396, and players call it vibrant and colorful. Some also praise a riveting campaign with great voice acting.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness ranks 1204th of 1399. 48 reviews say multiplayer is overrun by hackers, and 42 object to a full price years after release. Story & World ranks 1047th of 1096, and 33 are let down by the campaign story, some finding it weaker than earlier entries. Others raise security concerns about broken patches, and some say lobbies empty out quickly.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“best COD for zombies, potentially last good game by Activision” · 112 reviews
“endless gameplay value with 5000 hours of custom maps still finding new content” · 77 reviews
“vibrant and colorful, coolest and best CoD to release” · 16 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +2.19 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “melee system rocks, level up system is great” · 7 reviews
Negative “controller settings have to be remapped every time played” · 4 reviews

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

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Story -0.97 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Negative “campaign doesn't measure up to BO1 and BO2” · 33 reviews
Positive “riveting story with great voice acting and graphics” · 8 reviews

Characters 3% · World 5%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 41% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +4.26 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “endless gameplay value with 5000 hours of custom maps still finding new content” · 77 reviews
Negative “10年了坑都没填上” · 1 review

Volume 14% · Variety 3%

Graphics, art style, music and sound

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +3.05 · Graphics, art style, and animation

Audio 3%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.89 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Negative “campanha nada a ver, multijogador uma porcaria” · 7 reviews

Community 13% · Servers & Connection 9%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 31% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.35 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “selling decade-old game at full price with security vulnerabilities” · 42 reviews
Positive “best CoD zombies game, frequently on sale, endless workshop content” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 16% · Balance 2% · Matchmaking 2%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.24 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “random update broke all client patches and mods without reason” · 11 reviews
Positive “Chinese subtitle bug was fixed after being forgotten” · 1 review

Stability 10% · Performance 9%

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

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