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Call of Duty®: Vanguard

Sledgehammer Games · 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 05, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 05, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 05, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 05, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Call of Duty®: Vanguard includes a deeply engaging single player Campaign, a massive Multiplayer offering featuring over 20 maps including 16 built for core Multiplayer and an exciting new Zombies experience developed by Treyarch.

Call of Duty®: Vanguard is an Action game released in 2023, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 4351 reviews).

104
playing now
67%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (109 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (248 downloads)
4.00★
PlayStation Store rating (55,993 ratings)
5h
to beat · completionist 100h
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

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

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released on November 5 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It serves as the 18th installment in the overall Call of Duty series. Vanguard establishes a storyline featuring the birth of the special forces to face an emerging threat at the end of the war during various theatres of World War II.

Trailer

Call of Duty®: Vanguard trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 104 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 508 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~64/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 88k–198k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,405 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.79 at Blizzard (2024-12-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 15 of 36 observed days · $40.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23923920232026Week of 2023-03-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

25602026-09-14 23:00 — 119 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 169 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 245 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 115 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 125 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 169 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 75 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 72 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 166 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 119 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 67 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 94 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 87 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 64 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 98 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 133 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 60 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 67 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 86 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 56 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 97 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 106 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 51 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 104 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21869Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 218 · peak 625May 2023 — avg 143 · peak 346Jul 2023 — avg 167 · peak 350Sep 2023 — avg 187 · peak 515Nov 2023 — avg 164 · peak 443Jan 2024 — avg 154 · peak 329Mar 2024 — avg 136 · peak 346May 2024 — avg 152 · peak 544Jul 2024 — avg 170 · peak 408Sep 2024 — avg 143 · peak 367Nov 2024 — avg 101 · peak 208Jan 2025 — avg 133 · peak 306Mar 2025 — avg 124 · peak 282May 2025 — avg 100 · peak 339Jul 2025 — avg 104 · peak 237Sep 2025 — avg 77 · peak 163Nov 2025 — avg 90 · peak 236Jan 2026 — avg 102 · peak 260Mar 2026 — avg 92 · peak 202May 2026 — avg 110 · peak 321Jul 2026 — avg 89 · peak 209Aug 2026 — avg 69 · peak 148
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$19.792021-08-192026-10-142021-08-19 — best price $59.992021-12-13 — best price $59.992022-02-04 — best price $59.992022-03-30 — best price $59.992022-05-26 — best price $59.992022-08-02 — best price $59.992022-10-18 — best price $59.992023-01-03 — best price $59.992023-03-16 — best price $29.992023-04-19 — best price $29.992023-05-30 — best price $59.992023-06-29 — best price $29.992023-08-03 — best price $59.992023-11-20 — best price $59.992024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-03-14 — best price $29.992024-04-18 — best price $23.992024-06-01 — best price $23.992024-07-02 — best price $59.992024-08-14 — best price $59.992024-12-17 — best price $19.792025-02-06 — best price $23.992025-02-24 — best price $59.992025-04-14 — best price $23.992025-05-29 — best price $23.992025-06-27 — best price $23.992025-08-14 — best price $59.992025-10-07 — best price $23.992025-12-16 — best price $23.992026-02-05 — best price $23.992026-03-19 — best price $23.992026-05-07 — best price $23.992026-06-18 — best price $23.992026-07-09 — best price $59.992026-08-25 — best price $59.992026-09-16 — best price $59.992026-10-14 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.4k4902026-06-04 — 619 pageviews2026-06-08 — 695 pageviews2026-06-12 — 490 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,220 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,842 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1,079 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,176 pageviews2026-07-02 — 952 pageviews2026-07-06 — 874 pageviews2026-07-10 — 836 pageviews2026-07-14 — 726 pageviews2026-07-18 — 801 pageviews2026-07-22 — 731 pageviews2026-07-26 — 789 pageviews2026-07-30 — 649 pageviews2026-08-03 — 592 pageviews2026-08-07 — 523 pageviews2026-08-11 — 622 pageviews2026-08-15 — 682 pageviews2026-08-19 — 595 pageviews2026-08-23 — 777 pageviews2026-08-27 — 552 pageviews2026-08-31 — 678 pageviews2026-09-04 — 690 pageviews2026-09-08 — 621 pageviews2026-09-12 — 630 pageviews2026-09-16 — 534 pageviews2026-09-20 — 672 pageviews2026-09-24 — 625 pageviews2026-09-28 — 594 pageviews2026-10-02 — 583 pageviews2026-10-06 — 591 pageviews2026-10-10 — 609 pageviews2026-10-13 — 564 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
54.8%
earned "Phoenix Extinguished"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam 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-opActionShooterViolentZombiesMilitaryTactical

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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