The Game Census
Call of Duty® (2003) cover art

Call of Duty® (2003)

Infinity Ward · Activision · 2006-10-13

Steam

Action

Franchise: Call of Duty · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 2004 (Mac), Nov 07, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.

39
playing now
95%
positive of 7.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (847 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 9.8h · completionist 23h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Call of Duty is a 2003 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the first installment in the Call of Duty franchise, released on October 29, 2003, for Microsoft Windows. The game simulates infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II using a modified version of the id Tech 3 engine. Much of its theme and gameplay is similar to the Medal of Honor series; however, Call of Duty showcases multiple viewpoints staged in the American, British, and Soviet campaigns of World War II in Europe.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 621 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 312k–623k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,792 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2019-11-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12912920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

78162026-08-06 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 65 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 51 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 67 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 51 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 44 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 66 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 65 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 71 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 35 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 61 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-05-15 — best price $19.992015-09-17 — best price $9.992015-12-14 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $9.992016-05-14 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-10-09 — best price $19.992018-01-29 — best price $19.992018-05-28 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $9.992019-03-29 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $9.992019-10-10 — best price $9.992019-12-20 — best price $9.992020-05-07 — best price $9.992021-01-14 — best price $9.992021-04-30 — best price $14.992021-09-20 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-08-25 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-07-27 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-06-01 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-05-29 — best price $9.992025-11-19 — best price $9.992026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k6702026-05-31 — 978 pageviews2026-06-03 — 810 pageviews2026-06-06 — 775 pageviews2026-06-09 — 773 pageviews2026-06-12 — 716 pageviews2026-06-15 — 694 pageviews2026-06-18 — 775 pageviews2026-06-21 — 797 pageviews2026-06-24 — 837 pageviews2026-06-27 — 728 pageviews2026-06-30 — 741 pageviews2026-07-03 — 716 pageviews2026-07-06 — 695 pageviews2026-07-09 — 977 pageviews2026-07-12 — 964 pageviews2026-07-15 — 799 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,015 pageviews2026-07-21 — 829 pageviews2026-07-24 — 876 pageviews2026-07-27 — 848 pageviews2026-07-30 — 848 pageviews2026-08-02 — 771 pageviews2026-08-05 — 731 pageviews2026-08-08 — 686 pageviews2026-08-11 — 776 pageviews2026-08-14 — 723 pageviews2026-08-17 — 781 pageviews2026-08-20 — 821 pageviews2026-08-23 — 835 pageviews2026-08-26 — 820 pageviews2026-08-28 — 792 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

FPSWarActionLinearAmericaClassicShooterMilitaryHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Counter-StrikeCall of Duty® 2Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)Rogue WarriorWolfenstein: The New OrderEnemy FrontBattlefield 3™

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Wikipedia ↗