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Steam app 42710 · updated 13 Sep 2026, 04:25 UTC

Call of Duty®: Black Ops

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.

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Steam header artwork
TreyarchActivision
124playing now
24324-hour peak
7,352all-time peak
141average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−5.5Gain−3.75%% gain290Peak

718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

07815723531314 Aug19 Aug24 Aug29 Aug03 Sep08 Sep13 SepFriday 14 August 2026244 peakSaturday 15 August 2026260 peakSunday 16 August 2026290 peakMonday 17 August 2026226 peakTuesday 18 August 2026248 peakWednesday 19 August 2026226 peakThursday 20 August 2026225 peakFriday 21 August 2026217 peakSaturday 22 August 2026234 peakSunday 23 August 2026260 peakMonday 24 August 2026239 peakTuesday 25 August 2026217 peakWednesday 26 August 2026221 peakThursday 27 August 2026208 peakFriday 28 August 2026226 peakSaturday 29 August 2026243 peakSunday 30 August 2026265 peakMonday 31 August 2026238 peakTuesday 01 September 2026218 peakWednesday 02 September 2026236 peakThursday 03 September 2026207 peakFriday 04 September 2026239 peakSaturday 05 September 2026263 peakSunday 06 September 2026279 peakMonday 07 September 2026273 peakTuesday 08 September 2026230 peakWednesday 09 September 2026232 peakThursday 10 September 2026223 peakFriday 11 September 2026229 peakSaturday 12 September 2026243 peakSunday 13 September 2026159 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

171 months, July 2012 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

02k4k6k8k2012201420172019202120242026July 20125,938 monthly peakAugust 20126,118 monthly peakSeptember 20126,238 monthly peakOctober 20126,393 monthly peakNovember 20127,352 monthly peakDecember 20124,939 monthly peakJanuary 20134,395 monthly peakFebruary 20134,257 monthly peakMarch 20133,825 monthly peakApril 20133,595 monthly peakMay 20133,164 monthly peakJune 20133,127 monthly peakJuly 20132,822 monthly peakAugust 20132,766 monthly peakSeptember 20132,931 monthly peakOctober 20132,914 monthly peakNovember 20133,010 monthly peakDecember 20132,770 monthly peakJanuary 20142,880 monthly peakFebruary 20142,677 monthly peakMarch 20142,450 monthly peakApril 20142,269 monthly peakMay 20142,295 monthly peakJune 20142,113 monthly peakJuly 20141,889 monthly peakAugust 20142,210 monthly peakSeptember 20142,337 monthly peakOctober 20142,045 monthly peakNovember 20142,003 monthly peakDecember 20142,140 monthly peakJanuary 20152,140 monthly peakFebruary 20152,010 monthly peakMarch 20151,877 monthly peakApril 20151,781 monthly peakMay 20151,911 monthly peakJune 20151,594 monthly peakJuly 20151,552 monthly peakAugust 20151,627 monthly peakSeptember 20151,719 monthly peakOctober 20151,691 monthly peakNovember 20151,821 monthly peakDecember 20151,793 monthly peakJanuary 20161,854 monthly peakFebruary 20161,699 monthly peakMarch 20161,645 monthly peakApril 20161,585 monthly peakMay 20161,470 monthly peakJune 20161,413 monthly peakJuly 20161,279 monthly peakAugust 20161,165 monthly peakSeptember 20161,375 monthly peakOctober 20161,283 monthly peakNovember 20161,382 monthly peakDecember 20161,327 monthly peakJanuary 20171,384 monthly peakFebruary 20171,246 monthly peakMarch 20171,240 monthly peakApril 20171,089 monthly peakMay 20171,104 monthly peakJune 2017978 monthly peakJuly 2017986 monthly peakAugust 2017951 monthly peakSeptember 2017970 monthly peakOctober 20171,047 monthly peakNovember 20171,105 monthly peakDecember 20171,018 monthly peakJanuary 2018980 monthly peakFebruary 2018990 monthly peakMarch 2018969 monthly peakApril 2018845 monthly peakMay 2018741 monthly peakJune 2018780 monthly peakJuly 2018684 monthly peakAugust 2018681 monthly peakSeptember 2018800 monthly peakOctober 2018840 monthly peakNovember 2018828 monthly peakDecember 2018772 monthly peakJanuary 2019801 monthly peakFebruary 2019734 monthly peakMarch 2019755 monthly peakApril 2019753 monthly peakMay 2019686 monthly peakJune 2019685 monthly peakJuly 2019659 monthly peakAugust 2019643 monthly peakSeptember 2019666 monthly peakOctober 2019648 monthly peakNovember 2019652 monthly peakDecember 2019635 monthly peakJanuary 2020674 monthly peakFebruary 2020608 monthly peakMarch 2020819 monthly peakApril 2020794 monthly peakMay 2020776 monthly peakJune 2020605 monthly peakJuly 2020540 monthly peakAugust 2020571 monthly peakSeptember 2020611 monthly peakOctober 2020619 monthly peakNovember 2020629 monthly peakDecember 2020598 monthly peakJanuary 2021602 monthly peakFebruary 2021608 monthly peakMarch 2021552 monthly peakApril 2021513 monthly peakMay 2021578 monthly peakJune 2021435 monthly peakJuly 2021421 monthly peakAugust 2021448 monthly peakSeptember 2021442 monthly peakOctober 2021411 monthly peakNovember 2021454 monthly peakDecember 2021414 monthly peakJanuary 2022516 monthly peakFebruary 2022479 monthly peakMarch 2022468 monthly peakApril 2022517 monthly peakMay 2022459 monthly peakJune 2022414 monthly peakJuly 2022426 monthly peakAugust 2022442 monthly peakSeptember 2022456 monthly peakOctober 2022419 monthly peakNovember 2022447 monthly peakDecember 2022426 monthly peakJanuary 2023482 monthly peakFebruary 2023446 monthly peakMarch 2023468 monthly peakApril 2023438 monthly peakMay 2023441 monthly peakJune 2023353 monthly peakJuly 2023492 monthly peakAugust 2023434 monthly peakSeptember 2023407 monthly peakOctober 2023435 monthly peakNovember 2023435 monthly peakDecember 2023408 monthly peakJanuary 2024429 monthly peakFebruary 2024447 monthly peakMarch 2024412 monthly peakApril 2024430 monthly peakMay 2024390 monthly peakJune 2024406 monthly peakJuly 2024391 monthly peakAugust 2024429 monthly peakSeptember 2024426 monthly peakOctober 2024386 monthly peakNovember 2024370 monthly peakDecember 2024355 monthly peakJanuary 2025313 monthly peakFebruary 2025315 monthly peakMarch 2025356 monthly peakApril 2025323 monthly peakMay 2025309 monthly peakJune 2025344 monthly peakJuly 2025337 monthly peakAugust 2025325 monthly peakSeptember 2025278 monthly peakOctober 2025313 monthly peakNovember 2025379 monthly peakDecember 2025346 monthly peakJanuary 2026366 monthly peakFebruary 2026338 monthly peakMarch 2026344 monthly peakApril 2026297 monthly peakMay 2026275 monthly peakJune 2026305 monthly peakJuly 2026378 monthly peakAugust 2026301 monthly peakSeptember 2026279 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

0102204306408July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 2026378 peak — daily detail belowAugust 2026301 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026279 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

010220430640801 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 2026278 peakThursday 02 July 2026289 peakFriday 03 July 2026285 peakSaturday 04 July 2026322 peakSunday 05 July 2026333 peakMonday 06 July 2026280 peakTuesday 07 July 2026286 peakWednesday 08 July 2026301 peakThursday 09 July 2026274 peakFriday 10 July 2026300 peakSaturday 11 July 2026349 peakSunday 12 July 2026378 peakMonday 13 July 2026299 peakTuesday 14 July 2026313 peakWednesday 15 July 2026304 peakThursday 16 July 2026324 peakFriday 17 July 2026309 peakSaturday 18 July 2026327 peakSunday 19 July 2026325 peakMonday 20 July 2026311 peakTuesday 21 July 2026317 peakWednesday 22 July 2026301 peakThursday 23 July 2026328 peakFriday 24 July 2026294 peakSaturday 25 July 2026308 peakSunday 26 July 2026324 peakMonday 27 July 2026287 peakTuesday 28 July 2026293 peakWednesday 29 July 2026244 peakThursday 30 July 2026258 peakFriday 31 July 2026259 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 429 hourly samples from 14 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

08116324432501 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 2026291 peakSunday 02 August 2026292 peakMonday 03 August 2026269 peakTuesday 04 August 2026266 peakWednesday 05 August 2026273 peakThursday 06 August 2026237 peakFriday 07 August 2026236 peakSaturday 08 August 2026225 peakSunday 09 August 2026301 peakMonday 10 August 2026260 peakTuesday 11 August 2026241 peakWednesday 12 August 2026214 peakThursday 13 August 2026236 peakFriday 14 August 2026244 peakSaturday 15 August 2026260 peakSunday 16 August 2026290 peakMonday 17 August 2026226 peakTuesday 18 August 2026248 peakWednesday 19 August 2026226 peakThursday 20 August 2026225 peakFriday 21 August 2026217 peakSaturday 22 August 2026234 peakSunday 23 August 2026260 peakMonday 24 August 2026239 peakTuesday 25 August 2026217 peakWednesday 26 August 2026221 peakThursday 27 August 2026208 peakFriday 28 August 2026226 peakSaturday 29 August 2026243 peakSunday 30 August 2026265 peakMonday 31 August 2026238 peak

September 2026

13 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 290 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

07515122630101 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 Sep13 SepTuesday 01 September 2026218 peakWednesday 02 September 2026236 peakThursday 03 September 2026207 peakFriday 04 September 2026239 peakSaturday 05 September 2026263 peakSunday 06 September 2026279 peakMonday 07 September 2026273 peakTuesday 08 September 2026230 peakWednesday 09 September 2026232 peakThursday 10 September 2026223 peakFriday 11 September 2026229 peakSaturday 12 September 2026243 peakSunday 13 September 2026159 peak

October 2026

Call of Duty®: Black Ops was released on Nov 9, 2010.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 13 Sep 2026, 04:25 UTC
App ID
42710
Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision
Release date
Nov 9, 2010
Platforms
Windows
Install size
8 MB
Genres
Action
Game modes
Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op
Controller support
Partial
Achievements
68
Metacritic
81

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Partial Controller Support

Accessibility

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About this gameFull description from Steam
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to last year’s blockbuster Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops. Call of Duty®: Black Ops will take you behind enemy lines as a member of an elite special forces unit engaging in covert warfare, classified operations, and explosive conflicts across the globe. With access to exclusive weaponry and equipment, your actions will tip the balance during the most dangerous time period mankind has ever known. Key Features: Cinematic Single Player Campaign: An epic campaign and story that takes you to a variety of locations and conflicts all over the world where you will play as an elite Black Ops soldier in deniable operations where if you are caught, captured or killed, your country will disavow all knowledge of your existence. Signature Multiplayer: Call of Duty’s signature multiplayer gameplay returns with new perks and killstreaks, deeper levels of character and weapon customization, and all new modes including: Wager Matches: One in the Chamber, Gun Game, Sticks and Stones, Sharpshooter Theater Mode: View, record, and edit your favorite moments from multiplayer, and share with your friends Combat Training: Test your skill solo or Co-Op with friends against AI enemy players Zombies!: Fan favorite Zombie mode is back providing endless hours of Zombie-slaying entertainment, solo or Co-Op
Content & age ratings4 regional ratings

Regional ratings

ESRBmBlood and Gore · Intense Violence · Strong Language
NZOFLCma15Strong Violence · Coarse Language
OFLCma15Strong Violence · Coarse Language
PEGI18PEGI Online · Violence · Bad Language
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

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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Supported languages5 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
German
Italian
Spanish - Spain
French

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

68 achievements in total.

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Death to DictatorsAchievement
Sacrifice Achievement
Vehicular SlaughterAchievement
Give me liberty, or give me deathAchievement
Slingshot Kid Achievement
VIPAchievement
A safer placeAchievement
Tough EconomyAchievement
Looks don't countAchievement
SOG RulesAchievement

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