Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

Futuristic first-person shooter with campaign, multiplayer, and cooperative Zombies

Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) · Published by Activision, Aspyr (Mac) · Released Nov 5, 2015

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 234K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 1,639 in 30 days
Playing now: 2,380; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 8 years ago; Jul 30, 2018

What is Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?

A futuristic science-fiction first-person shooter divided into a campaign, multiplayer matches, and cooperative Zombies play. You shoot enemies across its three main modes, while Zombies Chronicles adds eight remastered maps from earlier games in the series.

For you if...

+you want solo, multiplayer, and cooperative shooter modes
+you like science-fiction gunfights with robots and zombies
+you value shared-screen and full controller support

Not for you if...

−you prefer third-person combat over first-person shooting
−you want a shooter focused on realistic warfare

What players say

85% of 234,120 reviews are positive · 89% of 1,639 in the last 30 days

Players praise Zombies most, particularly its community-made maps and continued variety. Their main complaint is unresolved security vulnerabilities in online play; many say community patches or alternate clients are necessary, while recent updates have broken some protections without addressing the underlying problem. Players also criticize the full price and DLC costs.

Screenshots and trailer

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 6970 @ 1GB
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 100 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 98
Steam features: Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

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