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Call of Duty®: Black Ops cover art

Call of Duty®: Black Ops

Treyarch · Activision · 2010-11-09

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Action

Franchise: Call of Duty · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 09, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Nov 09, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2010 (Xbox 360), Sep 27, 2012 (Mac), Jul 09, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jul 09, 2026 (PlayStation 4)

The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.

Call of Duty®: Black Ops is an Action game released in 2010, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 43254 reviews).

218
playing now
91%
positive of 43k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,001
twitch viewers (latest)
4001.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (1331 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (14k downloads)
4.58★
PlayStation Store rating (20,559 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 9.8h · completionist 48h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

218 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Call of Duty: Black Ops is a 2010 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released worldwide in November 2010 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360, with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space. Aspyr later ported the game to Mac OS X in September 2012. Ports for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, developed by Iron Galaxy Studios, were released on July 9, 2026. It is the seventh title in the Call of Duty series and a sequel to Call of Duty: World at War.

Trailer

Call of Duty®: Black Ops trailer thumbnail

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 218 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,404 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~176/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 43,376 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.84 at GreenManGaming (2019-06-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 13 of 27 observed days · $32.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44944920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6572062026-09-14 20:00 — 554 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 416 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 329 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 566 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 538 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 252 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 393 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 391 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 250 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 469 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 459 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 206 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 317 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 357 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 299 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 383 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 359 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 228 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 249 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 502 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 450 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 262 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 425 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 218 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k322Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,488 · peak 2,480Dec 2012 — avg 1,275 · peak 2,487May 2013 — avg 675 · peak 1,337Oct 2013 — avg 616 · peak 1,298Mar 2014 — avg 531 · peak 1,114Aug 2014 — avg 566 · peak 1,450Jan 2015 — avg 645 · peak 1,423Jun 2015 — avg 577 · peak 1,153Nov 2015 — avg 658 · peak 1,468Apr 2016 — avg 583 · peak 1,303Sep 2016 — avg 568 · peak 1,346Feb 2017 — avg 487 · peak 935Jul 2017 — avg 445 · peak 813Dec 2017 — avg 409 · peak 771May 2018 — avg 342 · peak 625Oct 2018 — avg 453 · peak 887Mar 2019 — avg 365 · peak 679Aug 2019 — avg 354 · peak 606Jan 2020 — avg 379 · peak 772Jun 2020 — avg 477 · peak 792Nov 2020 — avg 559 · peak 945Apr 2021 — avg 387 · peak 641Sep 2021 — avg 440 · peak 952Feb 2022 — avg 446 · peak 786Jul 2022 — avg 540 · peak 920Dec 2022 — avg 459 · peak 904May 2023 — avg 516 · peak 948Oct 2023 — avg 432 · peak 752Mar 2024 — avg 438 · peak 813Aug 2024 — avg 522 · peak 1,040Jan 2025 — avg 391 · peak 722Jun 2025 — avg 419 · peak 772Nov 2025 — avg 504 · peak 1,006Apr 2026 — avg 407 · peak 714Aug 2026 — avg 418 · peak 734
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
26262026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 26 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$353.33$7.842015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-05-15 — best price $39.992015-08-26 — best price $20.002015-12-18 — best price $29.992016-02-05 — best price $19.992016-04-18 — best price $39.992016-07-03 — best price $39.792016-09-26 — best price $19.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $19.992017-10-17 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $25.992018-04-26 — best price $19.992018-07-27 — best price $39.992018-11-15 — best price $19.992019-02-05 — best price $19.992019-05-16 — best price $19.592019-08-19 — best price $39.992019-12-01 — best price $19.592020-03-27 — best price $17.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-03-18 — best price $19.992021-08-12 — best price $17.992021-11-08 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-07-25 — best price $39.992022-12-08 — best price $39.992023-06-29 — best price $19.992023-11-30 — best price $16.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.4k8622026-06-03 — 894 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,398 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,034 pageviews2026-06-15 — 862 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2,204 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,448 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,404 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,361 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,351 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3,736 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3,544 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2,288 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,917 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,679 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,518 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,535 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,342 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,227 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,001 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,083 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,066 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,006 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,151 pageviews2026-09-03 — 964 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,031 pageviews2026-09-11 — 986 pageviews2026-09-15 — 954 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1,088 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,063 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,058 pageviews2026-10-01 — 870 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,014 pageviews2026-10-09 — 978 pageviews2026-10-13 — 1,053 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

762332026-09-30 18:34 — 240 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 528 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 307 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 393 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 553 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 126 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 272 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 209 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 179 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 378 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 285 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 272 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 99 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 312 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 282 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 223 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 79 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Sacrifice "
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing4 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2011-03-25, latest 2011-09-22 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarGoreCo-opActionShooterZombiesCold WarMilitaryController

Census log

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

Players also track

Call of Duty® (2003)Call of Duty® 2Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)Call of Duty: World at WarRogue WarriorWolfenstein: The New OrderCall of Duty®: Black Ops IICall of Duty®: Ghosts

Similarity via IGDB.

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