{"id":381359,"date":"2026-10-19T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=381359"},"modified":"2026-10-21T05:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:25:06","slug":"call-of-duty-modern-warfare-iii-gets-poor-steam-reviews-modern-warfare-4-still-isnt-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-iii-gets-poor-steam-reviews-modern-warfare-4-still-isnt-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III gets poor Steam reviews: Modern Warfare 4 still isn\u2019t out"},"content":{"rendered":"

By October 2026<\/strong>, the Call of Duty game behind those Steam<\/a>-hit headlines is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III<\/a>. Activision still hasn’t officially released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.<\/p>\n

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Those stories are most likely referring to 2023’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II<\/a>I<\/strong>. When campaign early access opened on a Friday for people who’d digitally pre-ordered the game, it briefly climbed to a Very Positive 92% across more than 3,100 Steam reviews. That put it ahead of the Steam figures being quoted for Black Ops 7<\/a> at 37%, 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at 79%, 2022’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II at 45%, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War at 79%. There was a catch, though: at that stage, only the most committed pre-order players could get in, and a group like that can skew Steam sentiment pretty easily.<\/p>\n\n

If you’re trying to decide whether Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is worth picking up based on those early numbers, the longer-term picture looks much worse<\/a><\/strong>. The game later slid into mostly negative territory, and by October 2026 it was sitting at a Mixed rating on Steam with roughly 33% positive reviews. Players criticized the short campaign, the recycled Warzone-like spaces, and the weak story, while IGN said it was possibly the worst Call of Duty single-player campaign it had played. Steam concurrent-player peaks dropped too, falling from more than 160,000 in April 2024 to about 7,000 by October 2026, although Activision said early cross-platform engagement beat its predecessor. You can get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on Steam and other platforms. A real Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is still only rumored for October 2026.<\/p>\n

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By October 2026, the Call of Duty game behind those Steam-hit headlines is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Activision still hasn’t officially released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Those stories are most likely referring to 2023’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. When campaign early access opened on a Friday for people who’d … Continue reading “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III gets poor Steam reviews: Modern Warfare 4 still isn\u2019t out”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":381358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-381359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t