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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® cover art

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®

Infinity Ward · Activision · 2023-03-08

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Action

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

Releases: Jun 17, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 14, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Oct 25, 2019 (Xbox One)

Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.

863
playing now
79%
positive of 45k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7,191
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (457 ratings)
7.2h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 15h
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

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

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a 2019 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Serving as the sixteenth overall installment in the Call of Duty series, as well as a reboot of the Modern Warfare sub-series, it was released on October 25, 2019, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 863 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20,524 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,566/week).
  • · Review velocity up 484% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 894k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 44,721 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: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 16 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.5k8.5k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 354 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 564 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,899 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8,472 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,538 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,355 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 896 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,217 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 388 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 135 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k8192026-08-06 21:00 — 1,244 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 829 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,460 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,226 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,065 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,538 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,310 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,113 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,641 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,296 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 869 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,378 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,145 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 835 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,365 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,140 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 847 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,396 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,499 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 860 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,048 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,302 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 968 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,193 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,198 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 985 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 954 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,194 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 863 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$66.79$5.992019-05-302026-08-262019-05-30 — best price $59.992019-11-28 — best price $49.992019-12-21 — best price $53.992019-12-29 — best price $53.992020-01-17 — best price $53.992020-01-25 — best price $53.992020-02-08 — best price $41.232020-03-12 — best price $55.192020-04-28 — best price $54.992020-06-01 — best price $55.192020-07-29 — best price $38.992020-09-15 — best price $38.992021-04-01 — best price $38.992021-07-13 — best price $59.992021-10-26 — best price $29.992022-03-25 — best price $29.992022-07-19 — best price $19.792022-12-20 — best price $19.792023-04-18 — best price $19.792023-07-05 — best price $59.992023-11-22 — best price $19.792024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-06-08 — best price $59.992024-08-15 — best price $59.992025-02-10 — best price $19.792025-04-24 — best price $59.992025-07-01 — best price $59.992025-10-16 — best price $59.992026-02-09 — best price $19.792026-05-07 — best price $19.792026-07-08 — best price $5.992026-08-26 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6.4k8622026-05-28 — 6,377 pageviews2026-05-31 — 2,577 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,652 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,553 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,310 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,070 pageviews2026-06-15 — 991 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,076 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,160 pageviews2026-06-24 — 962 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,262 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,068 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1,327 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,095 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,477 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,407 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,239 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,422 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,238 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,082 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1,117 pageviews2026-07-30 — 976 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,086 pageviews2026-08-05 — 889 pageviews2026-08-08 — 949 pageviews2026-08-11 — 982 pageviews2026-08-14 — 967 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,008 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,031 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,365 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,149 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

27k4.2k2026-08-26 22:34 — 20,297 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 19,913 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 10,205 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 8,000 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 7,686 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 16,848 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 21,648 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 21,618 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 12,323 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 11,909 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 9,998 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 10,243 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 10,177 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 21,914 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 24,152 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 18,542 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 15,319 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 20,004 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 6,499 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 5,363 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 6,681 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 6,318 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 12,654 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 16,719 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 14,531 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 9,443 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 5,088 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 4,819 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 6,073 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 7,191 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
45.8%
earned "Tea Time"
7.8%
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 Purchases2 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-opActionModernShooterViolentMilitaryTactical

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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