Cinematic, emotional campaign finale
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“A solid conclusion to the MW2 story. The campaign does a great job of wrapping up the previous game's story”
Steam review · 50.1 h played ↗
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
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Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games2011FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A cinematic, explosive finale to the original Modern Warfare trilogy with great Spec Ops and Survival, but overpriced, short, and online play is unsafe. Skip full price and multiplayer.
Great for
Fans of the MW trilogy who want a cinematic campaign plus Spec Ops/Survival co-op, bought on sale
Main risk
Paying $40 for a short campaign while multiplayer is unsafe (RCE exploits) and DLC costs extra
What players love
Survival mode and Spec Ops are great
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Survival mode is one of the greatest additions to cod and one of the greatest gamemodes to grace gaming.”
Steam review · 64.2 h played ↗
Nostalgia and still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“A true nostalgia trip. Still the best CoD campaign”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Runs well, including on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Works great on steam deck haven't had a single problem.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Plutonium keeps multiplayer and bots alive
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“using 'Plutonium' in LAN mode with a community patch brings back the bots and allows gaming on Linux”
Steam review · 289.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overpriced, with costly DLC for achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“40 euros for the base game? And if I want to platinum the game I have to pay for 4 extra DLCs that are another 60 euros in total?”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗
Multiplayer security risk (RCE exploits)
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the multiplayer portion is still not safe to play in 2026. The RCE/RAT problem is still alive and kicking”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗
Cheaters and dead or broken multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“They couldn't be bothered to actually secure their servers, so they just turned them off. Only the campaign works now.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Weak, dated or short campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The least compelling of the trilogy, MW3 is all bombast with very little bite.”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗
Stutter, crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“After this update,my game is stutter to nearly unplayable,when do activision fix this.”
Steam review · 85.2 h played ↗
No native controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“there is no controller support on it, which does not make sense as it was a console game.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® XP/ Windows® Vista / Windows® 7
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsShader 3.0 or better 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600GT / ATI® Radeon™ X1950 or better
Storage16 GB available space
OSWindows® XP/ Windows® Vista / Windows® 7
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsShader 3.0 or better 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600GT / ATI® Radeon™ X1950 or better
Storage16 GB available space
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