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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® is an Action game released in 2023, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 45527 reviews).

688
playing now
79%
positive of 46k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11,851
twitch viewers (latest)
20.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (457 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (3.3k downloads)
4.12★
PlayStation Store rating (1,149,301 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 87% recommend · from 161 critics
7.2h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 15h
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

688 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® trailer thumbnail

Official Reveal Trailer | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

≈881,282 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 688 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 2% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 919k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,957 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 22 of 43 observed days · $54.00 above the all-time low (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

1.9k6062026-09-16 04:00 — 915 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 1,376 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,839 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 1,115 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 912 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,359 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 866 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,028 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,508 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 982 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 608 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,234 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 961 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 894 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,450 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 802 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 665 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 958 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,256 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 911 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 929 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,132 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 688 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k274Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 595 · peak 1,491May 2023 — avg 1,085 · peak 2,930Jul 2023 — avg 1,181 · peak 2,408Sep 2023 — avg 1,172 · peak 3,195Nov 2023 — avg 1,241 · peak 3,581Jan 2024 — avg 913 · peak 1,705Mar 2024 — avg 905 · peak 1,840May 2024 — avg 780 · peak 1,993Jul 2024 — avg 886 · peak 1,582Sep 2024 — avg 727 · peak 1,655Nov 2024 — avg 526 · peak 956Jan 2025 — avg 684 · peak 1,482Mar 2025 — avg 748 · peak 1,410May 2025 — avg 541 · peak 1,383Jul 2025 — avg 649 · peak 1,128Sep 2025 — avg 469 · peak 822Nov 2025 — avg 586 · peak 1,262Jan 2026 — avg 612 · peak 1,338Mar 2026 — avg 11,253 · peak 61,453May 2026 — avg 2,676 · peak 5,227Jul 2026 — avg 1,480 · peak 2,766Aug 2026 — avg 1,120 · peak 1,814
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
37372026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 37 new positive2026-09-21: 12 new negative2026-09-22: 19 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 16 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 10 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 18 new positive2026-10-03: 9 new negative2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 28 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 22 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative2026-10-15: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$66.79$5.992019-05-302026-10-142019-05-30 — 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 $5.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $59.992026-10-14 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6.4k7692026-05-28 — 6,377 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2,198 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,399 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,310 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,139 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,057 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,160 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,215 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,111 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1,327 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,215 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1,417 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,239 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,500 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1,091 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1,117 pageviews2026-07-31 — 945 pageviews2026-08-04 — 905 pageviews2026-08-08 — 949 pageviews2026-08-12 — 952 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,003 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,031 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,216 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,114 pageviews2026-09-01 — 980 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1,083 pageviews2026-09-09 — 938 pageviews2026-09-13 — 989 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1,407 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1,062 pageviews2026-09-25 — 908 pageviews2026-09-29 — 877 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1,103 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,125 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1,184 pageviews2026-10-14 — 1,101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

23k4.7k2026-10-01 14:34 — 15,330 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 12,615 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 6,119 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 18,495 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 13,155 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 6,298 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 13,564 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 8,083 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 9,766 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 12,661 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 6,942 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 19,250 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 11,896 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 8,791 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 16,374 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 8,449 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 14,097 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 13,004 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 5,483 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 15,903 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 10,431 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 6,553 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 22,719 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 6,842 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 8,132 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 9,548 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 7,417 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 9,473 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 8,651 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 5,994 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 15,989 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 7,843 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 14,225 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 12,991 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 4,725 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 13,962 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 9,984 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 7,059 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 11,851 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

Post-launch support: 2 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-opActionModernShooterViolentMilitaryTactical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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