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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
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
28 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“honestly one of the best campaigns ever i never got to experience the multiplayer growing up due to having a horrible childhood but this campaign is amazing also survival is fun to play if your alone”
“Great campaign, great Special Ops mode. Very good game and has amazing detail maps and guns could have a longer campaign however.”
“Currently omw to platinum this game, already finished the main campaign and there's really nothing much to say, the game is awesome even without bringing nostalgia to the table, the campaign is pretty addictive, so is…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“honestly one of the best campaigns ever i never got to experience the multiplayer growing up due to having a horrible childhood but this campaign is amazing also survival is fun to play if your alone”
“Nice game 'n interesting fact is... enthusiasts of this game found secret ending ('where captain Price dies while seeing mysterious man in the shadow') after so many years, its insane !!!”
“Great campaign, great Special Ops mode. Very good game and has amazing detail maps and guns could have a longer campaign however.”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a perfect conclusion to the original Modern Warfare trilogy and a classic that still delivers intense, fast-paced action. The campaign is explosive from start to finish, wrapping up the…”
“Overall great campaign. Definitely not as memorable as MW or MW2, but the scale is fantastic. Would recommend playing on veteran difficulty. The music in the campaign is also very cinematic. Judging just based on the…”
“Last enjoyable story in the cod franchise. multiplayer its the best ever”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I have been playing this game since release on the Xbox 360 if I had to add up all the hours I spent playing this games with friends after middle school I truly don't believe I could add it all up but If you wanna enjoy…”
“Timeless classic, felt nice playing it again after many years, only downside compared to the PS3 version is a heavy desync with your friends, bad especially in survival mode when on a high round, everything else is…”
“survival mode adds infinite replayability to this game, even after the multiplayer died long ago”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Great campaign, great Special Ops mode. Very good game and has amazing detail maps and guns could have a longer campaign however.”
“A great finale to the original Modern Warfare story arch. While not as focused as the previous two, the story is still great entertainment as you trot the globe while World War 3 rages on. Graphics hold up well thanks…”
“This game is good, just a bit redundant: -Gameplay is good and grounded -Still feels like a cog in the machine shooter -A bit too action packed and very hollywood esc type missions (Not all) -The music is also still…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Good game, but too expensive for how old of a title it is. Wait for a sale.”
“Currently omw to platinum this game, already finished the main campaign and there's really nothing much to say, the game is awesome even without bringing nostalgia to the table, the campaign is pretty addictive, so is…”
“good game, has no right being $40 tho. can't recommend the game cause of that, only get if on sale”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“IT'S NOT SAFE TO PLAY! Peer-to-peer is tottaly ♥♥♥♥♥♥ these days, cod mw3 became unsafe just like cod mw2 once hacker take control of the lobby (he becomes host) he will force your pc to install suspicious files, once…”
“Timeless classic, felt nice playing it again after many years, only downside compared to the PS3 version is a heavy desync with your friends, bad especially in survival mode when on a high round, everything else is…”
“I got it mainly for the campaign and that's as good as it used to be. Pure unadulterated COD. Having said that, if you’re planning to play on anything that isn’t Spec Ops or Campaign, solo offline, you HAVE to use a…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Timeless classic, felt nice playing it again after many years, only downside compared to the PS3 version is a heavy desync with your friends, bad especially in survival mode when on a high round, everything else is…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Overall great campaign. Definitely not as memorable as MW or MW2, but the scale is fantastic. Would recommend playing on veteran difficulty. The music in the campaign is also very cinematic. Judging just based on the…”
“survival mode adds infinite replayability to this game, even after the multiplayer died long ago”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“For a game that has a fully functional controller setup for the console, there is no reason for it not to have native controller support for the pc.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Survival mode is one of the greatest additions to cod and one of the greatest gamemodes to grace gaming. Too bad its been left behind on this gem to never truely return. Atleast we can still play it too this day and enjoy it just as much as I did when i was a young buck. The…”
— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs played“Very Nostalgic childhood game, too bad the game price is ass”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played“LEAVE THE MATCH IMMEDIATELY IF YOU SEE "MIGRATING HOST" !!! Trust me... some people take it too far and instead of just exploiting that game by being the host, they also inject malicious files/viruses onto your PC. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPrice tracking
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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 · Multiplayer · Shooter · First-Person · Singleplayer · War · Military · Online Co-Op · Co-op · Controller · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French |
| Achievements | 76 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.callofduty.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS Version: Windows® XP/ Windows® Vista / Windows® 7 Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better Memory: 2 GB Graphics: Shader 3.0 or better 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600GT / ATI® Radeon™ X1950 or better Network: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet connection required for activation. DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c or later Disk Space: 16 GB Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0c or later