Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 ▶ Trailer
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Game description

War erupts on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea launches an invasion that threatens to destabilize the world in Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4.

Basic info

DeveloperInfinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios
PublisherActivision
PlatformsWindows
Release dateOct 22, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® 10 64 Bit (latest update)*
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 or Intel® Core™ i5-6600
Memory8 GB
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 470, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 / 1060 or Intel® Arc™ A580
Storage115 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 414 reviews from the past 1 year

81.1/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (72%)

Metacritic: 86 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Players come to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 mainly for its single player story, and it scores 81.1 across 414 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

227 reviews praise the story, and many of them name the campaign as the part worth buying for, with the most upvoted calling it the best campaign in years. Story & World appears in 81% of analyzed reviews and ranks 247th of 1096. 30 admire the visuals, describing excellent graphics and gorgeous scenes, and Visuals & Sound ranks 352nd of 1249. 23 say they enjoy the series again after a long time, and a few also have fun in the extraction mode.

👎 Where it falls short

38 reviews dislike how multiplayer matches are made, and some single out skill based matchmaking and real players dropped into sessions they expected to be calmer. 31 find the story melodramatic or feel the writing mistreats returning characters, so the campaign that most reviews love also divides opinion. 26 say balance feels unfair, and some point to strong aim assist for controller players. Others dislike the shared launcher. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1111th of 1399, and Tech & Support ranks 870th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“campaign was easily the best in years, one of the best in franchise” · 227 reviews
“Excellent graphics with gorgeous visuals” · 30 reviews
“COD is actually good again after a long time” · 23 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.55 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “weapon customization system is detailed and enjoyable” · 9 reviews
Negative “bloated launcher with constant restarts and UI clutter ruins experience” · 22 reviews

Progression 3% · Difficulty 5% · Onboarding 2% · Freedom 4% · Strategy 2%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 81% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Story +3.53 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “campaign was easily the best in years, one of the best in franchise” · 227 reviews
Negative “story is melodramatic and doesn't withstand scrutiny” · 31 reviews

Characters 15% · World 14%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +0.39 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “tons of content across campaign, DMZ and multiplayer modes” · 4 reviews
Negative “fewest maps at launch with mediocre quality” · 8 reviews

Variety 7% · Replayability 0%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.59 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “Excellent graphics with gorgeous visuals” · 30 reviews
Negative “UI design is poor, especially mission start interface” · 3 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 10% of reviews mention this.

Playing together -0.97 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 4%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.24 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “aim assist on console is overpowered, allows unskilled players to kill skilled PC players” · 26 reviews
Positive “perfectly inherits tactical gameplay from previous entries” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 3% · Pricing 11% · Matchmaking 12%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 24% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.13 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “anti-cheat requires BIOS updates, launcher hoops, making game unplayable” · 6 reviews

Stability 8% · Performance 12%

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

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