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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

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.

407
playing now
80%
positive of 23k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (210 ratings)
6.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

407 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

As elite operatives, you will follow the trail of a shadowy figure named Perseus who is on a mission to destabilize the global balance of power and change the course of history. Descend into the dark center of this global conspiracy alongside iconic characters Woods, Mason and Hudson and a new cast of operatives attempting to stop a plot decades in the making.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 407 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 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 460k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,021 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$59.99
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 14 of 30 observed days (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

5912002026-08-06 22:00 — 419 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 232 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 380 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 447 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 337 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 464 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 489 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 361 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 491 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 473 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 260 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 393 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 410 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 243 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 394 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 419 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 247 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 377 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 521 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 272 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 282 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 410 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 387 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 325 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 395 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 382 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 200 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 353 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 407 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$66.00$0.002020-08-262026-08-262020-08-26 — 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 $59.992026-08-26 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

24192026-08-26 19:15 — 27 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 38 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 241 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 25 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

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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