Call of Duty®: Black Ops Steam Charts, Sales, Players & Wishlists

Call of Duty®: Black Ops is tagged as Action. It is published by Treyarch (developer) and Activision (publisher) and released on 8 Nov, 2010. PureGameStats tracks Call of Duty®: Black Ops's live Steam player count, all-time peak, review sentiment, estimated sales and price history. Call of Duty®: Black Ops currently has 191 players on Steam. Its recorded all-time peak is 7,352 concurrent players on 01 November 2012. Current activity is 97.4% below peak. PureGameStats estimates 401,923 Steam units sold. Steam reviews are 91% positive across 4,577 responses. Platforms: Windows.

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Call of Duty®: Black Ops Steam Charts, Sales, Players & Wishlists

The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.

Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision
Platforms
Windows
Release Date
8 Nov, 2010
Official site On Steam
Est. Sales
401,923
PGS estimate High confidence
Current Players
191
Live Steam data Peak 7,352
Achievement Completion
28%
Easiest achievement 24% median
Estimates are modelled by PureGameStats using multiple data signals. Direct data is sourced from Steam. View methodology →

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Developer: Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Platforms: Windows
Release Date: 8 Nov, 2010
Est. sales: 401,923 High confidence
Achievement completion: 28% easiest · 24% median

Pricing History & Best Deals

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Historical pricing on Steam (US).

$39.99
Steam Launch Price
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$39.99
Steam Current Price
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$39.99
Steam Lowest Price
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$39.99
Lowest Recorded
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops Steam Reviews

Total reviews 4,577 Positive 4,160 Negative 417 Positive % 90.9%Rating Very Positive

Review Cloud

Reviewers praise
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Reviewers criticise
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What players are discussing

Praise and criticism mentions per topic, split by whether the reviewer recommended the game overall. Based on 500 recent English reviews (ingested 10 Sept 2026).

Ticks mark the typical silhouette for a Action game - overshoot = above the genre norm on that side.

Topic
Criticism mentions Praise
Mentions
Performance
13
Gameplay
31
33
Story
11
14
Graphics
8
Audio
7
Controls
13
Bugs
14
Value
16
25
Multiplayer
24
56
80
Replay value
8
PC System Requirements
Minimum and recommended hardware needed to run Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
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  • OS *: Windows® Vista / XP / 7
  • Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better
  • Memory: 2GB
  • Graphics: Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better
  • DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 12GB*
  • Sound: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible
*Call of Duty®: Black Ops requires an initial hard drive space of approximately 24GB to download and install the game via digital download (8GB of compressed files, 8GB of decompressed files and 8GB of installed files). Upon installing the game, 16GB (compressed and decompressed files) may be deleted from the hard drive. Please make note of where the compressed and decompressed files are being saved on your hard drive in order to later locate these temporary files for removal.
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How many people are playing Call of Duty®: Black Ops right now?

Call of Duty®: Black Ops has 191 concurrent players on Steam right now.

What is the all-time peak player count for Call of Duty®: Black Ops?

Call of Duty®: Black Ops reached an all-time peak of 7,352 concurrent players on 01 November 2012.

How many copies has Call of Duty®: Black Ops sold on Steam?

PureGameStats estimates Call of Duty®: Black Ops has sold approximately 401,923 copies on Steam, with high confidence. The estimate is derived from Steam reviews, concurrent player peaks and achievement completion rates.

How is Call of Duty®: Black Ops rated on Steam?

Call of Duty®: Black Ops has 4,577 Steam reviews with a 90.9% positive rating (Very Positive).

What is the current price of Call of Duty®: Black Ops?

Call of Duty®: Black Ops is priced at $39.99 on Steam. Full price history and best deals are tracked on this page.

When was Call of Duty®: Black Ops released?

Call of Duty®: Black Ops was released on 8 Nov, 2010. It was developed by Treyarch.

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