Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
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ActionFPSShooterSingleplayerMultiplayerThird-Person Shooter

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 3,298

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Game description

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II drops players into an unprecedented global conflict that features the iconic Operators of Task Force 141.

Basic info

DeveloperInfinity Ward, Raven Software, Beenox, Treyarch, High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer Games, Demonware, Toys for Bob
PublisherActivision
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateOct 22, 2022
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® 10 64 Bit (latest update)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-6100 / Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 - DirectX 12.0 compatible system
Storage125 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 422 reviews from the past 1 year

49.2/ 100
Bottom 5%

Steam rating: Mixed (47%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

Its campaign still wins praise, but this military shooter scores 49.2 as players report broken settings and cheaters years after launch.

👍 Strengths

64 reviews praise the campaign story, saying it holds their interest from start to finish and captures the special forces atmosphere well. 38 admire the visuals, with realistic graphics, detailed animations and top notch production quality. 23 say they enjoy it and find it fun, and some single out the campaign, co-op and the extraction mode as highlights. Visuals & Sound ranks 946th of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support appears in 63% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1380th of 1399. 160 reviews report bugs, and the most upvoted says the campaign settings still cannot be opened, freezing the game until the menu is closed. 32 complain about cheaters and weak anti-cheat in online matches, and a few mention attacks that made sessions unplayable. 30 are let down by the story, finding the writing bland, the villain weak or the plot twist poorly handled. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1255th of 1399, Multiplayer ranks 518th of 642, and Gameplay ranks 1289th of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“still bugged in 2026, campaign settings cannot be turned on” · 160 reviews
“campaign missions not as good as MW2019, too many sniper missions” · 30 reviews
“old game discounted to milk money from players” · 13 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Onboarding -2.45 · How easy it is to learn — tutorials and the first hours
Negative “mission design illogical, forced to use melee weapons instead of firearms” · 11 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 11% · Freedom 5% · Strategy 8% · Controls & feel 29%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 49% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Story +0.90 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “campaign story is excellent” · 64 reviews
Negative “campaign missions not as good as MW2019, too many sniper missions” · 30 reviews

Characters 10% · World 7%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -0.24 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “1-2 missions are long and boring” · 2 reviews
Positive “level design is interesting and varied with stealth, vehicles and sandbox elements” · 1 review

Volume 14% · Replayability 0%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 31% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.03 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “perfect graphics with incredible attention to detail and realism” · 38 reviews
Negative “character models are rough and poorly detailed compared to older titles” · 4 reviews

Audio 10%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Community -1.66 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “half of multiplayer modes are dead” · 6 reviews
Positive “people in the game are very friendly” · 1 review

Playing together 15% · Servers & Connection 10%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.45 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “old game discounted to milk money from players” · 13 reviews
Positive “excellent value at seven dollars, campaign runs smoothly optimized” · 5 reviews

Anti-cheat 14% · Balance 10% · Matchmaking 4%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 63% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -1.75 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “still bugged in 2026, campaign settings cannot be turned on” · 160 reviews

Performance 17% · Developer support 36%

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

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