Call of Duty® 2
World War II first-person shooter spanning several Allied battlefronts
Infinity Ward · Published by Activision · Released Oct 13, 2006
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 12K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 114 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 124
- peak 24h 161
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)
What is Call of Duty® 2?
A World War II first-person shooter following ordinary Allied soldiers through battles in North Africa, Russia, and Western Europe. In single-player missions, you fight Axis troops alongside AI squadmates, use infantry weapons, and sometimes serve as a sniper or tank commander. Team-based Axis-versus-Allies multiplayer is also included.
For you if...
- +you want a classic World War II shooter campaign
- +you prefer straightforward gunplay over complicated mechanics
- +you enjoy both single-player missions and team multiplayer
Not for you if...
- −you prefer open-world exploration to mission-based battles
- −you want a forgiving highest-difficulty campaign
What players say
94% of 11,588 reviews are positive · 96% of 114 in the last 30 days
Players praise the campaign's mission variety, gunplay, and World War II atmosphere, with many returning for nostalgia. Common complaints focus on the price and modern-system problems, including launch failures, stuttering, gray or white screens, crashes, and progress loss.
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Call of Duty® 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
3D hardware accelerator card required - 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB hardware accelerator video card and the latest drivers*, Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Pentium IV 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1700+ processor or higher, 256MB RAM (512MB RAM recommended), 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers, 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers, 4.0GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 600MB for Windows 2000/XP swap file) Multi-player Requirements: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers LAN play requires network interface card and latest drivers Important Notice: *Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Call of Duty. Please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% DirectX 9.0c compatibility. Supported Chipsets ATI Radeon 8500 ATI Radeon 9000 ATI Radeon 9200 ATI Radeon 9500 ATI Radeon 9600 ATI Radeon 9700 ATI Radeon 9800 ATI Radeon X300 ATI Radeon X550 ATI Radeon X600 ATI Radeon X700 ATI Radeon X800 ATI Radeon X850 nVidia GeForce 2 Ultra All nVidia GeForce 3/Ti Series All nVidia GeForce 4/Ti Series All nVidia GeForce FX Series All nVidia GeForce 6 Series Recommend nVidia GeForce 7 Series or higher
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
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