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Call of Duty®: Vanguard cover art

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

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.

63
playing now
68%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (109 ratings)
5h
to beat · completionist 100h
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

63 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

In August 1941, Private Lucas Riggs is stationed at Tobruk, Libya as part of the Australian-led Rats of Tobruk garrison. After a failed ambush attempt on the Royal Italian Army and Africa Korps, Riggs is assigned to recover supplies for the British Army, alongside fellow Rat Private Desmond "Des" Wilmot and British lieutenant Robert Jacobs. Riggs, Des and Jacobs manage to find intelligence relating to General Erwin Rommel, and destroy a German depot in the process, but they were detained by Major Henry Hamms for insubordination. In 1942, during the Battle of El Alamein, Riggs and the Rats are (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 63 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 17% of 10,792 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 86k–193k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,295 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.79-67%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 16 of 32 observed days (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

97402026-08-11 19:00 — 72 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 67 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 45 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 69 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 55 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 85 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 87 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 50 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 87 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 68 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 90 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 61 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 50 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 76 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 72 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 97 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 43 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 95 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 68 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 97 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 93 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 63 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$19.792021-08-192026-08-262021-08-19 — 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 $59.992026-08-26 — best price $19.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1852026-08-26 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

Player tags

FPSPvPGoreCo-opActionShooterViolentZombiesMilitaryTactical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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