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Call of Duty®: Black Ops
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“the guns and game play and maps”
“it's a fun game.. as long as i dont play with strangers.”
“the best cod game ever made not an opinion its a fact”
8 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“best black ops multiplayer hands down”
“Still poppingish online.”
“Still fun and playable in 2026, can find a game at almost any time of day”
3 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“still fun after all these years get on sale if you buy”
“Pretty good active servers good to buy on sale”
11 of the 82 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a fun dose of nostalgia, but limited servers, game modes, and maps makes it get boring rather quickly.”
3 of the 82 reviews raise this.
Counted across 82 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“best weapons in any COD besides cold war”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“I have 2000 hours in this game. best past time”
— a player, Steam review · 2,086 hrs played“In 2026 - The only thing the multiplayers offer is toxic buthurt admins banning you just because they suck ♥♥♥♥ at their fav dead game :)”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Games like Call of Duty®: Black Ops
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
87.5% · 15,497 reviews
shares Masterpiece, Massively Multiplayer, Military, War
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
89.7% · 6,442 reviews
shares Masterpiece, Military, War, Online Co Op
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
80.4% · 10,815 reviews
shares Cold War, Military, War, Zombies
Battlefield 4™
84.1% · 33,761 reviews
shares Massively Multiplayer, Military, War, Online Co Op
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
92.7% · 13,527 reviews
shares Military, War, Zombies, Great Soundtrack
Call of Duty®: Ghosts
86.9% · 1,114 reviews
shares Masterpiece, Military, War, Online Co Op
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
78.8% · 548 reviews
shares Masterpiece, Military, War, Online Co Op
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
91.5% · 7,025 reviews
shares Massively Multiplayer, War, Online Co Op, Great Soundtrack
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · FPS · Zombies · Multiplayer · Shooter · Singleplayer · Cold War · First-Person · War · Military · Online Co-Op · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French |
| Achievements | 68 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.callofduty.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows® Vista / XP / 7 Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better Memory: 2GB Graphics: Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c Hard Drive: 12GB* Sound: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible *Call of Duty®: Black Ops requires an initial hard drive space of approximately 24GB to download and install the game via digital download (8GB of compressed files, 8GB of decompressed files and 8GB of installed files). Upon installing the game, 16GB (compressed and decompressed files) may be deleted from the hard drive.