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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
16 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I think this is one of the games I've missed playing the most. I used to play for hours when it first came out. I'm only playing for the Zombies, obviously, but that's all I need to consider this worth the money. I'm…”
“BO1 has the best campaign of the all the games in the black ops series. PERIOD. The grittiness and gore the story had along with how the plot was built up - GOOSEBUMPS. The Multiplayer is great too. I am having a blast…”
“IDC if Double Tap sucks in this, Best zombies in the series”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“[spoiler]Great game with a fun multiplayer and a really interesting and fun campaign with my personal favorite story in a COD Game, I really liked [/spoiler] Alex Mason [spoiler]As a protagonist and the supporting cast…”
“I remember now why I have such a fond memory of this game. The numbers were a huge meme when this came out and everybody was talking about it. The whole setting just immediately pulls you in and you want to know what…”
“BO1 has the best campaign of the all the games in the black ops series. PERIOD. The grittiness and gore the story had along with how the plot was built up - GOOSEBUMPS. The Multiplayer is great too. I am having a blast…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“[spoiler]Great game with a fun multiplayer and a really interesting and fun campaign with my personal favorite story in a COD Game, I really liked [/spoiler] Alex Mason [spoiler]As a protagonist and the supporting cast…”
“BO1 has the best campaign of the all the games in the black ops series. PERIOD. The grittiness and gore the story had along with how the plot was built up - GOOSEBUMPS. The Multiplayer is great too. I am having a blast…”
“Fun throwback campaign. Dialogue isn't the greatest. This games zombie mode is one of the best out there. I would recommend if you want a game with fun multiplayer / zombie maps. The main story is fine. Love a game with…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I think this is one of the games I've missed playing the most. I used to play for hours when it first came out. I'm only playing for the Zombies, obviously, but that's all I need to consider this worth the money. I'm…”
“Я познакомился с этой игрой в сознательном возрасте (в 21 год). Именно поэтому я могу дать объективную оценку этой игре без призмы ностальгии. Сначала эта игра мне не понравилась. Сперва я ничего не понял. А потом мне…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“♥♥♥♥ you go on sale”
“WONT GO ON SALE SO MY FRIENDS CANT BUY IT NEGATIVE REVEIWS ASZDQ@WDKNAW”
“Still one of the best Black Ops games out of all of them. Shouldn't still be over $20 though.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“malicious hackers. wish I could go back and play back in this games prime”
“Best game of all time, but still somehow full of sweaty little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 16 years later”
“this is so better than bo7 i cant even imagine i wish there was more ppl playing multiplayer”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Love this but they ruined it, made Nuketown a DLC pay-to-play. Refunded this garbage. Sad.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“peak absolute cinema your gonna bust hard from the story, gameplay. soundtrack and characters”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“As everybody knows that this #1 black ops OG game is still and forever will be one of the best classic call of duty games i grew up playing its definitely recommended if nobody ever has played it. good campaign story and good zombie mode if your interested in zombies!”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Same issue as Black Ops 2 as of the date of this review. Every COD and Activision game is on sale except this one, and still being sold for 40$ + full price DLC when the game is nearly 15 years old. Its unironically cheaper to buy the most recent entry as of date: Black Ops 7…”
— a player, Steam review · 85 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.
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.