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Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War cover art

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War

Treyarch · Activision · 2023-03-08

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Action

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

Releases: Nov 13, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 13, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Nov 13, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 13, 2020 (Xbox One)

Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War is a $59.99 Action game released in 2023, estimated to have 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 23577 reviews).

282
playing now
79%
positive of 24k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59
twitch viewers (latest)
1.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (210 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (4.8k downloads)
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (230,473 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 61% recommend · from 162 critics
6.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

282 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 2020 first-person shooter game co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the seventeenth main installment of the Call of Duty series and is the sixth entry in the Black Ops sub-series, following Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018). Set in 1981, Black Ops Cold War's single-player story follows CIA operative Russell Adler and his team of agents as they hunt down a Soviet spy named Perseus. As with previous Call of Duty titles, the game also includes a multiplayer component and the cooperative Zombies mode.

Trailer

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War trailer thumbnail

Reveal Trailer | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

≈431,482 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 282 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,043 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~255/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 476k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,784 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Blizzard (2026-08-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 17 of 39 observed days · $45.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 1,148 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,143 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,143 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,711 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 389 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k2822026-09-15 12:00 — 1,126 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,200 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 956 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 986 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1,262 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 744 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 461 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 759 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 709 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 623 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 655 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 569 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 440 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 566 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 582 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 417 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 503 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 408 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 335 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 517 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 634 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 402 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 282 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k357Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 1,093 · peak 2,367May 2023 — avg 1,474 · peak 3,298Jul 2023 — avg 1,829 · peak 3,184Sep 2023 — avg 1,597 · peak 3,637Nov 2023 — avg 1,379 · peak 3,284Jan 2024 — avg 1,196 · peak 2,453Mar 2024 — avg 1,001 · peak 1,908May 2024 — avg 1,073 · peak 2,242Jul 2024 — avg 1,242 · peak 2,316Sep 2024 — avg 1,131 · peak 2,216Nov 2024 — avg 596 · peak 1,133Jan 2025 — avg 541 · peak 1,240Mar 2025 — avg 504 · peak 919May 2025 — avg 399 · peak 959Jul 2025 — avg 467 · peak 878Sep 2025 — avg 357 · peak 588Nov 2025 — avg 459 · peak 1,047Jan 2026 — avg 455 · peak 943Mar 2026 — avg 443 · peak 847May 2026 — avg 525 · peak 1,172Jul 2026 — avg 477 · peak 946Aug 2026 — avg 362 · peak 627
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: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 9 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 10 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$66.00$0.002020-08-262026-10-142020-08-26 — best price $53.992020-11-16 — best price $53.992021-02-16 — best price $59.992021-04-21 — best price $38.992021-05-27 — best price $35.992021-07-27 — best price $50.992021-08-18 — best price $63.612021-09-28 — best price $59.992021-12-16 — best price $29.992022-03-30 — best price $59.992022-06-21 — best price $29.992022-09-13 — best price $59.992022-12-20 — best price $19.792023-03-16 — best price $29.992023-05-01 — best price $19.792023-06-20 — best price $19.792023-07-27 — best price $19.792023-11-20 — best price $59.992024-02-06 — best price $19.792024-03-28 — best price $19.792024-05-17 — best price $59.992024-07-02 — best price $59.992024-08-15 — best price $59.992025-01-02 — best price $59.992025-02-20 — best price $59.992025-04-14 — best price $19.792025-06-06 — best price $59.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-10-06 — best price $59.992025-12-16 — best price $19.792026-02-09 — best price $19.792026-04-02 — best price $59.992026-06-18 — best price $19.792026-07-23 — best price $59.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $59.992026-10-14 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k5222026-06-03 — 693 pageviews2026-06-07 — 771 pageviews2026-06-11 — 522 pageviews2026-06-15 — 662 pageviews2026-06-19 — 730 pageviews2026-06-23 — 671 pageviews2026-06-27 — 791 pageviews2026-07-01 — 747 pageviews2026-07-05 — 781 pageviews2026-07-09 — 875 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,084 pageviews2026-07-17 — 914 pageviews2026-07-21 — 820 pageviews2026-07-25 — 783 pageviews2026-07-29 — 709 pageviews2026-08-02 — 770 pageviews2026-08-06 — 640 pageviews2026-08-10 — 730 pageviews2026-08-14 — 652 pageviews2026-08-18 — 692 pageviews2026-08-22 — 802 pageviews2026-08-26 — 673 pageviews2026-08-30 — 915 pageviews2026-09-03 — 755 pageviews2026-09-07 — 870 pageviews2026-09-11 — 978 pageviews2026-09-15 — 787 pageviews2026-09-19 — 870 pageviews2026-09-23 — 868 pageviews2026-09-27 — 846 pageviews2026-10-01 — 650 pageviews2026-10-05 — 773 pageviews2026-10-09 — 626 pageviews2026-10-13 — 733 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35472026-09-30 21:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 354 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 59 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
56.4%
earned "Nowhere Left to Run"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App Purchases10 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2023-03-08 (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

FPSPvPGoreCo-opActionShooterZombiesCold WarMilitaryTactical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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