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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
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
85 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“The greatest game ive ever played. zombies and multiplayer are 100000/10”
“Use T7Patch if you want to play Online, improves FPS too. Custom Zombies is peak! Use All Around Enhancement Mod for a flagship experience. Stupid Activision for keeping this game at $80. Either wait for a sale or use…”
“bring back memories from my child hood glad that it was add so me and the bois can time travel back to the good ol days on our days off.”
39 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“Thanks Activision we definitly needed an update to this 10 year old game to brick tf out of it so that we can move on to your newer, crappier, and more boring games. Thanks but I'll keep milking this COD and only this…”
“Workshop content keeps this very active and alive, next COD zombies make it also have workshop activision! good job doing it for this one, or allowing it that is, allow it for your future CODs.”
“Good game took me through hard times (ive had over 5k hours on xbox and playstation before switching to pc)”
15 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“The greatest game ive ever played. zombies and multiplayer are 100000/10”
“Best zombies by far, runs great and also has good multiplayer.”
“Really fun campaign, multiplayer and zombies. If you want to buy this game in 2026 I would recommend getting T7 Patch (a security system to keep hackers from hacking you or giving you malware)”
10 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“Best game to play with Zombie mode with friends and the workshop maps. The campaign is mid and kinda okay if played in coop. Multiplayer is basically dead. For 20 bucks on sale it's a good choice (even though it should…”
“Got a tool for the 100%, honestly, the campaign is NOT worth the time to play and 100% but the zombies is majestic, other then zetsubou (personal opinion), every map is so good to play and to do achievements on and the…”
“I love black ops 3 so much, this was sitting in my cart for maybe a month or so then it went on sale!! from 70 to 20 bucks which was dope, I have played it since it released on Xbox and just got a pc back in april and…”
6 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“it officially supports modding and graphics still look amazing even today the only COD you need”
“As a longtime Call of Duty : Black Ops player, on Apple Silicon Macs (M1-M3), I have to say the game runs surprisingly well for a Mac port. Zombies feels pretty smooth for the most part, graphics with tweaks depending…”
“We may never get a better COD game again. With the workshop support/custom zombies, and DLC's like zombie chronicles, der eisendrache, you've got a 10/10 zombies experience with Black Ops 1/2 & WaW maps, you've got…”
33 of the 107 reviews raise this · 24 of them still recommend the game.
“Use T7Patch if you want to play Online, improves FPS too. Custom Zombies is peak! Use All Around Enhancement Mod for a flagship experience. Stupid Activision for keeping this game at $80. Either wait for a sale or use…”
“The best COD in history, but why the unnecessary updates? This is hands down the best Call of Duty ever made, but I’m honestly confused why they are releasing updates in 2026 for an 11-year-old game. The latest update…”
“if you are trying to play regular multiplayer dont even try it says 50 available matches and immediately drops to 0 only buy this game if you are interested in the zombies”
14 of the 107 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Best game to play with Zombie mode with friends and the workshop maps. The campaign is mid and kinda okay if played in coop. Multiplayer is basically dead. For 20 bucks on sale it's a good choice (even though it should…”
“Got a tool for the 100%, honestly, the campaign is NOT worth the time to play and 100% but the zombies is majestic, other then zetsubou (personal opinion), every map is so good to play and to do achievements on and the…”
“great zombies, good mp, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ campaign, this is one of the best overall CoD games. wish it had more players though (and less hackers trying to give you viruses)”
14 of the 107 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Use T7Patch if you want to play Online, improves FPS too. Custom Zombies is peak! Use All Around Enhancement Mod for a flagship experience. Stupid Activision for keeping this game at $80. Either wait for a sale or use…”
“good game, bad price, wait for discount, play with friends”
“The game is slightly expensive for how long its been out NGl but over all still a good game I only play zombies”
11 of the 107 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Thanks Activision we definitly needed an update to this 10 year old game to brick tf out of it so that we can move on to your newer, crappier, and more boring games. Thanks but I'll keep milking this COD and only this…”
“The best COD in history, but why the unnecessary updates? This is hands down the best Call of Duty ever made, but I’m honestly confused why they are releasing updates in 2026 for an 11-year-old game. The latest update…”
“it will not load game up. It tells me I can not log in with a guest account. But it is my account”
9 of the 107 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“if you are trying to play regular multiplayer dont even try it says 50 available matches and immediately drops to 0 only buy this game if you are interested in the zombies”
“Best game to play with Zombie mode with friends and the workshop maps. The campaign is mid and kinda okay if played in coop. Multiplayer is basically dead. For 20 bucks on sale it's a good choice (even though it should…”
“This game is amazing despice the low player population makes mutiplayer dificult to enjoy. the zomies is a much better game mode in my oppinion, this application is most defintly worth the download!”
Counted across 107 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Really good game, only worth it really for the zombies/custom maps, otherwise if you want multiplayer you should use clients like BOIII or something like that, campaigns mid asf tho.”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“The goat. Do not play this game without downloading whatever the current patch is”
— a player, Steam review · 145 hrs played“Pretty sure rce exploit was a hoax that was either exaggerated by or lied about by zombies youtubers who needed new content back in 2023. A lot of these custom maps are genuinely better than tryarch maps. If you like zombie games this is the game to buy”
— a player, Steam review · 1,398 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:14 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.
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Multiplayer · Zombies · FPS · Shooter · Action · First-Person · Singleplayer · Co-op · Futuristic · Illuminati · Hero Shooter · Robots (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 98 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.callofduty.com/blackops3 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 6970 @ 1GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 100 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible