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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4

by Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon StudiosActionSteam

What Call of Duty® is

War erupts on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea launches an invasion that threatens to destabilize the world in Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4.

The opening of its Steam description. The developer's own words.

What people say

Within gameplay and design complaints, multiplayer map design and campaign mission pacing lead the reasons, while melee and boss fights come up far less.

Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the report

Before you buy Call of Duty®

Steam score83%positive of 4.3 thousand English Steam reviews (Mostly Positive), the language this report reads
Reviews in this report77%positive of 2,594 reviews, in Oct 2026
Written reviews sit close to the store score.

Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.

Of the people who wrote a review

Praise something81%
Complain43%

Watch out for

  • Matchmaking and balance7%

    “SBMM is brutal, I havent played since 2022 and I was really good with mastery camo in the first month, the game thinks im still lowlife and put me against pro sweats.”

    1 star · Steam · Oct 24, 2026
  • Developer and updates6%
  • Bugs and crashes5%

Share of written reviews that raise each one.

Who it suits

  • Playing solo539 reviewers; most raised: gameplay and design
    Complain45%
    Praise95%
  • Competitive play33 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balance
    Complain100%
    Praise55%
  • Playing with friends15 reviewers; most raised: not enough content
    Complain72%
    Praise42%
Replies to 12% of reviews
See the reviews behind these numbers
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Steam reviews over its whole life

13,203 reviews in every language, counted per week by Steam itself.

Recommended Not recommendedOct 16, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026

What Call of Duty® reviewers say

One public report on Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 reads 2,594 Steam reviews from Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 25, 2026. The report “Did multiplayer cost Modern Warfare 4 the best Call of Duty rating in years?” was last updated Oct 25, 2026. Of its 2,594 judged reviewers, 43% complain, 81% praise something, 8% make a request and 2% say they're quitting. The top complaint is gameplay and design at 23% of complaints, then matchmaking and balance (14%) and bugs and crashes (11%). Top praise: story, world and characters, at 64% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (23%) and more content (20%). Two audience differences stand out. New user: say they're quitting 4.2x as often as everyone (7% vs 2%). Competitive play: say they're quitting 7.4x as often as everyone (12% vs 2%).

One public report on Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.

Did multiplayer cost Modern Warfare 4 the best Call of Duty rating in years?Natural mix · 2026-10-16 to 2026-10-25 · 2,594 reviews · by OneStarTop praise: story, world and characters, then gameplay is fun. Top complaint: gameplay and design (23% of complaints, mentioned in 30%), then matchmaking and balance.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reviews: complaints and praise