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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cover art

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

Treyarch · Activision · 2015-11-05

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Nov 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Apr 04, 2019 (Mac), Nov 06, 2015 (Xbox One)

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is an Action, Adventure game released in 2015, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 234,063 reviews).

1,708
playing now
85%
positive of 235k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
308
twitch viewers (latest)
23.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
77/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (582 ratings)
24
Nexus mods (62k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (385,368 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 69% recommend · from 99 critics
7.6h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

1,708 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a 2015 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It is the twelfth entry in the Call of Duty series and the sequel to the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It was released on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on November 6, 2015. A feature-limited version developed by Beenox and Mercenary Technology that only supports multiplayer modes was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and was also the final Call of Duty title released on those platforms.

Trailer

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III trailer thumbnail

Official Call of Duty: Black Ops III Reveal Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,708 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,766 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,346/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 5.9M–14M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 234,780 total reviews — how this is computed.

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.1k4.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,222 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,091 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,284 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,358 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 995 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,823 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,075 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,337 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,118 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,459 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,791 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,414 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,924 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,367 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,814 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 557 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,904 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,329 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4,071 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 404 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,257 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,248 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,643 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,313 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,707 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,386 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,052 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,134 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,026 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 540 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,556 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,070 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,072 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,635 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,587 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,628 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,740 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,769 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,777 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,372 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,196 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,046 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,174 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,098 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,315 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,078 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,307 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,384 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,240 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,526 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,510 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,522 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9.8k02026-09-15 11:00 — 3,162 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 7,583 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 9,428 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 9,161 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 6,709 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 4,570 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3,289 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 3,282 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 4,817 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 5,976 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 7,539 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 7,981 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 9,137 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 3,151 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 6,619 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 9,665 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 2,468 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 4,734 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 7,181 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 2,486 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 5,118 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 7,924 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 2,900 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,749 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 5,093 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 5,469 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,889 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 4,921 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 3,951 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,016 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 5,085 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 6,963 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 2,042 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 4,182 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,708 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25k1.1kNov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 24,853 · peak 63,681Mar 2016 — avg 11,877 · peak 29,517Jul 2016 — avg 6,544 · peak 13,494Nov 2016 — avg 3,905 · peak 8,977Mar 2017 — avg 3,267 · peak 7,851Jul 2017 — avg 4,842 · peak 9,322Nov 2017 — avg 2,039 · peak 4,396Mar 2018 — avg 1,999 · peak 4,475Jul 2018 — avg 2,193 · peak 3,840Nov 2018 — avg 1,451 · peak 3,389Mar 2019 — avg 1,194 · peak 2,443Jul 2019 — avg 2,156 · peak 3,579Nov 2019 — avg 1,573 · peak 3,384Mar 2020 — avg 2,353 · peak 4,763Jul 2020 — avg 3,276 · peak 5,394Nov 2020 — avg 2,975 · peak 6,583Mar 2021 — avg 1,758 · peak 3,085Jul 2021 — avg 1,998 · peak 3,870Nov 2021 — avg 2,378 · peak 5,611Mar 2022 — avg 2,671 · peak 4,984Jul 2022 — avg 7,026 · peak 12,386Nov 2022 — avg 2,850 · peak 8,272Mar 2023 — avg 6,175 · peak 15,602Jul 2023 — avg 7,100 · peak 12,159Nov 2023 — avg 3,810 · peak 8,072Mar 2024 — avg 4,779 · peak 9,707Jul 2024 — avg 5,863 · peak 11,315Nov 2024 — avg 3,039 · peak 5,631Mar 2025 — avg 3,395 · peak 6,807Jul 2025 — avg 3,978 · peak 7,182Nov 2025 — avg 4,584 · peak 10,280Mar 2026 — avg 4,103 · peak 7,919Jul 2026 — avg 6,412 · peak 11,904Aug 2026 — avg 5,889 · peak 11,798
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#74#742026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #742026-09-16 — #742026-09-17 — #74
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
71712026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 55 new positive2026-09-16: 8 new negative2026-09-17: 67 new positive2026-09-17: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 58 new positive2026-09-18: 2 new negative2026-09-19: 63 new positive2026-09-19: 10 new negative2026-09-20: 71 new positive2026-09-20: 5 new negative2026-09-21: 49 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 39 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 31 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 22 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 25 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 30 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 36 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 37 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 27 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 20 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 40 new positive2026-10-04: 30 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 18 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 20 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 26 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 26 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 46 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 16 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 22 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$76.76$14.992015-04-272026-09-072015-04-27 — best price $55.572015-05-28 — best price $55.832015-08-01 — best price $61.162015-09-18 — best price $56.882015-11-05 — best price $41.992015-11-15 — best price $38.992015-11-27 — best price $45.182015-12-08 — best price $60.092015-12-18 — best price $39.992016-01-06 — best price $39.992016-01-29 — best price $44.992016-02-05 — best price $40.192016-03-09 — best price $40.192016-03-23 — best price $35.542016-04-26 — best price $59.992016-05-16 — best price $59.992016-05-27 — best price $35.992016-06-24 — best price $36.102016-08-04 — best price $29.992016-09-22 — best price $59.992016-11-23 — best price $29.992016-12-24 — best price $29.992017-01-26 — best price $29.992017-04-10 — best price $59.992017-05-25 — best price $29.992017-06-27 — best price $59.992017-10-12 — best price $49.992017-12-01 — best price $49.992018-02-19 — best price $59.992018-07-05 — best price $59.992018-11-27 — best price $59.992019-04-05 — best price $29.992019-07-09 — best price $59.992019-11-07 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $29.992021-02-11 — best price $35.992026-09-07 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4772026-06-03 — 590 pageviews2026-06-07 — 781 pageviews2026-06-11 — 477 pageviews2026-06-15 — 520 pageviews2026-06-19 — 634 pageviews2026-06-23 — 548 pageviews2026-06-27 — 627 pageviews2026-07-01 — 597 pageviews2026-07-05 — 626 pageviews2026-07-09 — 867 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,134 pageviews2026-07-17 — 914 pageviews2026-07-21 — 828 pageviews2026-07-25 — 758 pageviews2026-07-29 — 695 pageviews2026-08-02 — 691 pageviews2026-08-06 — 636 pageviews2026-08-10 — 634 pageviews2026-08-14 — 582 pageviews2026-08-18 — 572 pageviews2026-08-22 — 700 pageviews2026-08-26 — 602 pageviews2026-08-30 — 729 pageviews2026-09-03 — 558 pageviews2026-09-07 — 661 pageviews2026-09-11 — 605 pageviews2026-09-15 — 579 pageviews2026-09-19 — 607 pageviews2026-09-23 — 631 pageviews2026-09-27 — 626 pageviews2026-10-01 — 487 pageviews2026-10-05 — 558 pageviews2026-10-09 — 496 pageviews2026-10-13 — 578 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.8k42026-09-30 21:34 — 368 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 2,465 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 1,864 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 478 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 263 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 154 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 315 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 1,083 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 219 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 620 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 303 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 284 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 308 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
37%
earned "Can't Hide"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopValve Anti-Cheat enabledSteam Leaderboards10 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2015-11-06, latest 2018-05-01 (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

FPSGoreCo-opActionRobotsSci-fiShooterZombiesFuturisticIlluminati

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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