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Call of Duty: World at War cover art

Call of Duty: World at War

Treyarch · Activision · 2008-11-18

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

Releases: Nov 11, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2008 (Xbox 360), Nov 14, 2008 (PlayStation 3)

Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.

341
playing now
92%
positive of 53k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (979 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 8.3h · completionist 22h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

In the Pacific theater, captured U.S. Marine Private Miller is rescued from Japanese captivity on Makin Island in 1942 and goes on to fight through Peleliu and Okinawa under the command of Corporal Roebuck. In the Eastern Front campaign, Soviet Private Dimitri Petrenko is found by Sergeant Viktor Reznov amid the ruins of Stalingrad in 1942, where the two work together to assassinate a German general responsible for war crimes. Years later in 1945, Dimitri and Reznov fight from the Seelow Heights into Berlin itself, culminating in the assault on the Reichstag where a wounded Dimitri plants the (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 341 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,865 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~233/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,191 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.79 at Steam (2015-06-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5222052026-08-06 21:00 — 397 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 280 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 277 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 408 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 337 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 301 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 464 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 365 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 300 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 494 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 256 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 260 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 420 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 300 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 275 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 379 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 275 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 320 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 522 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 300 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 208 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 386 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 330 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 285 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 335 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 351 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 205 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 293 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 341 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-05-12 — best price $9.992015-07-16 — best price $19.992015-12-11 — best price $9.992016-01-31 — best price $9.992016-04-18 — best price $19.992016-05-31 — best price $19.992016-09-05 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $9.992017-05-18 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $9.992019-03-29 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $9.992019-10-10 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-04-20 — best price $19.992020-10-01 — best price $19.992021-03-29 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-04-21 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-05-15 — best price $19.992023-09-26 — best price $19.992024-02-20 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-07-16 — best price $14.992025-11-04 — best price $19.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

34302026-08-26 19:15 — 42 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 343 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 25 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)167,7775%66
PS3 (PlayStation)149,6605%65

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarGoreCo-opActionClassicShooterZombiesModdableHistorical

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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