Among the best CoD multiplayer ever
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Best Call of Duty game to exist. Play this instead of the AI generated slop they call a "Call of Duty game" now. Buy it.”
Steam review · 439.3 h played ↗
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Treyarch2010FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A beloved Cold War-era CoD with classic multiplayer, zombies and campaign, but PC multiplayer now lives on a few community servers with cheaters, reset bugs and security worries. Skip it for a healthy online scene.
Great for
Nostalgic fans who want classic CoD multiplayer, zombies and campaign, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Few populated servers, cheaters/RAT worries and the rank reset bug can ruin multiplayer
What players love
Nostalgia and timeless feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“it's like being back in 2010 but a bit better”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Multiplayer still has some active servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Still fun and playable in 2026, can find a game at almost any time of day”
Steam review · 310.1 h played ↗
Zombies mode and campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“After all these years I am surprised how the gameplay for zombies is still fun to play”
Steam review · 38 h played ↗
Great maps, weapons and simple progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The weapon variety was fantastic too.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Dedicated servers and server browser
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“super fun old school cod and dedicated servers are still up. is nice to still be able play a cod with no micro-transactions and battlepass”
Steam review · 173.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Multiplayer is nearly dead, few servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The game is 99% dead less than 100 people are online everyday playing multi”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
Cheaters and hackers
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“TOO MNY CHEATS IN GAME AND THE MAKERS OF THE GAME DOES NOTHING ANOUT IT”
Steam review · 1051.8 h played ↗
Rank/prestige reset and class bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I spent some points to unlock some gear and went from Prestige 6 level 50.. to No prestige, and level 1 again.”
Steam review · 110.5 h played ↗
Abusive server admins and crouch-only rules
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“It all just Hardcore Crouch Servers with heavy weapon restrictions. And if you do good (5+ kills) you get booted.”
Steam review · 44.4 h played ↗
Overpriced for an old game, paid DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“A 14 year old game that is still 40 dollars with all of its 14 year old dlc each 15 B.S.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Security risk (RAT/RCE exploits)
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“There is a hack affecting a few CoD games that the hackers can access your PC using RCE exploit and steal your emails, passwords, bank details”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® Vista / XP / 7
ProcessorIntel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better
Memory2GB
GraphicsShader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better
Storage12GB*
OSWindows® Vista / XP / 7
ProcessorIntel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better
Memory2GB
GraphicsShader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better
Storage12GB*
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