Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-13
- Highly praised Zombies mode with unique maps.
- Fun multiplayer mode with advanced movement.
- Solid gameplay experience with high replayability.
- Custom and modded maps available.
- Multiplayer plagued by hackers and security risks.
- Frequent crashes, launch issues, and poor optimization.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 228,274
- Positive
- 193,87084.9%
- Negative
- 34,40415.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 10,737,587
- Estimated revenue
- $644,147,844
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1741.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,185
- Estimated revenue lost
- $491,018
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1751% Avg playtime 0.8h | 1300.8% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,2567.3% Avg playtime 86.8h | 15,75591% Avg playtime 101.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 45.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 294.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,841.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
17,316 total
Organic purchasers14,92386.2%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations2,39313.8%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
17,316 total
First impression0-2h4962.86%
Voted up: 58%
Mid game2-10h4,38025.3%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h2,98717.2%
Voted up: 92%
Endgame20h+9,45354.6%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
93.3%
Global baseline 91.7%
149 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 228,274 total.