Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War

Cold War first-person shooter with campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies

Treyarch, Raven Software, High Moon Studios, Beenox, Activision Shanghai, Sledgehammer Games · Published by Activision · Released Mar 8, 2023

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Reviews: Mostly Positive; 79% of 24K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 584 in 30 days
Playing now: 461; peak 24h 744
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War?

This first-person shooter combines a single-player campaign with competitive multiplayer matches and cooperative Zombies. Set during early-1980s Cold War conflicts, the campaign has you fight across locations including East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, and Soviet KGB headquarters while encountering historical figures.

For you if...

+you want campaign, competitive multiplayer, and cooperative Zombies
+you prefer fast, arcade-style gunplay and movement
+you like early-1980s Cold War settings

Not for you if...

−you prefer slow, tactical shooting over arcade-style movement
−you expect a long single-player campaign

What players say

79% of 23,606 reviews are positive · 74% of 584 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the campaign, Zombies mode, and arcade-style gunplay and movement. The main complaints are unresolved PC problems, including blurry or missing textures, memory-related crashes, startup failures, and frequent trouble on AMD graphics cards; some players also report server disconnects and unreliable cross-play.

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Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (v.1803 or higher)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300*
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7950
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 175 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12

OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (latest update)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ R5 1600X Processor
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon™ R9 390 / AMD Radeon™ RX 580
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Storage: 175 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Third-party account: Activision Account
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 44
Steam features: In-app purchases
Age rating: 18+

Steam Deck: Unsupported

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Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America. Text only: Arabic, Traditional Chinese.