Iconic, cinematic campaign
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare wasn’t just a game; it was a cultural shift that redefined the first-person shooter genre forever.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Infinity Ward2007FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A landmark, cinematic military shooter whose short campaign still holds up, but online play is unsafe and the price is steep. Skip it if you want multiplayer or hate scripted infinite-spawn shooting.
Great for
Players who want a classic cinematic single-player FPS campaign, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Overpriced for a ~5-hour campaign, and multiplayer has security exploits (RCE) and hackers
What players love
Nostalgia and best CoD in the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Best Call of Duty game. Probably had about 200+ hours for this one on 360 and physical PC version.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Holds up well today
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the fact that a game from 2007 has better gameplay than most games nowadays says a lot”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Fun multiplayer via community clients
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“you need to patch the game with COD4x to not only have access to the new-day servers, but to protect yourself from threat actors”
Steam review · 31.5 h played ↗
Runs on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“Also run quite well on lowend laptops like mine.”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗
No battle pass or microtransactions
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“wish we could have modern CoD's like this which don't have SBMM and microtransactions.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring, linear, dated gameplay and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I found the campaign pretty boring. Apart from a few missions, most of them follow the same logic.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
Multiplayer unsafe: RCE exploits and hackers
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“DO NOT BUY this to play multiplayer. You can get viruses from hackers, as the game contains severe unpatched vulnerabilities, allowing people to install malicious software on your computer.”
Steam review · 31.3 h played ↗
Overpriced for an old, short game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Such an unbelievably good game, but it is absolutely laughable that it's $20 in 2026. The game is great, the pricing is abominable.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Multiplayer broken, dead or hard to set up
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“to (feasibly) play this game online i had to: -MANUALLY install the game's anti-cheat: punkbuster”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Infinite spawns and brutal Veteran difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Missions rely on endless enemy spawns, allied NPCs are useless, and enemies lock onto you with unrealistic precision.”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
No controller support, achievements or localization
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Why would such an old game, which was a big Hit!! Not have gamepad “CONTROLLER “ support…. Silliness..”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported8 GB
Minimum
ProcessorIntel® Pentium® 4 2.4 Ghz / AMD(R) 64 (TM) 2800+ / Intel® and AMD® 1.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
Memory512MB RAM (Windows® XP), 768MB RAM (Vista®)
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 6600 or better or ATI Radeon® 9800Pro or better
Storage8GB of free hard drive space
ProcessorIntel® Pentium® 4 2.4 Ghz / AMD(R) 64 (TM) 2800+ / Intel® and AMD® 1.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
Memory512MB RAM (Windows® XP), 768MB RAM (Vista®)
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 6600 or better or ATI Radeon® 9800Pro or better
Storage8GB of free hard drive space
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