Epic cinematic campaign and trilogy finale
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Great campaign to finish of one of the best trilogies out there. Very emotional and gave me huge nostalgia playing all 3 of them again.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games2011FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A classic, cinematic finale to the original Modern Warfare trilogy with a great campaign and Survival mode. Skip it if you want online play: multiplayer carries remote-code-execution risks, and the price is steep.
Great for
Fans of the MW trilogy who want a cinematic campaign and co-op Spec Ops/Survival, bought on sale
Main risk
Paying $40 for an old game whose vanilla multiplayer is a malware risk and which lacks controller support
What players love
Survival mode is addictive
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 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 ↗
Nostalgic classic that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Writing this review in 2026 after finishing the campaign and playing Spec Ops, and it was as great as 15 years ago.”
Steam review · translated · 42.2 h played ↗
Fun Spec Ops co-op missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I love the Spec Ops missions and the waves. Super fun to come back to.”
Steam review · 13.7 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 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 for an old game, plus pricey DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“$40 for a 2011 game that's infected with Hackers and exploits.”
Steam review · 65.4 h played ↗
Multiplayer security risk (RCE exploits)
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“RCE exploits are still working DO NOT PURCHASE OR RUN THIS GAME it is NOT SAFE for your machine”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Cheaters and dead or broken multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Now it's impossible to play, simply because there are too many cheaters.”
Steam review · translated · 7.5 h played ↗
Stutter, crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“nonstop freezing and troubleshooting.”
Steam review · 15.9 h played ↗
No controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“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.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Latest update broke things
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“They updated this game, and now the campaign stutters as well as I have also heard they broke some sounds in Spec Ops Survival.”
Steam review · 0.2 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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