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Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.

Developer  Publisher:  Genre:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Release DateNov 18, 2008
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.1% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.8%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)90.4% Top 3% / 90.2%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)40.3K  Top 1% / 47.4K  Top 1%
Curators884 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time38.9 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar2 hour  Top 10%
Followers88.5K  Top 2%
Owners± 2.7M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.2M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 24.8M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Call of Duty: World at War steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Call of Duty: World at War's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 97.5% (November 2013) to 90.9% (February 2011).

With 47.4K reviews Top 1%, Call of Duty: World at War is an undeniable major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Call of Duty: World at War and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Call of Duty: World at War's reviewers. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Spanish - Spain (6%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 29 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 5 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Call of Duty: World at War percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Call of Duty: World at War, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 124 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.5 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (46 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Call of Duty: World at War's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Engaging story and characters
  • Great weapons and vehicle sections
  • Awesome WW2 soundtrack
  • Good level design
  • Real WW2 footage in cutscenes
  • Customization options in multiplayer
  • Fun zombies mode
  • Limited equipment adds challenge and strategy
  • Online coop scoring competition
  • Players versus environment gunplay
  • Short campaign
  • Repetitive missions
  • Bland American characters
  • Occasional crashes
  • Gameplay issues like corpses freezing and enemies spamming grenades
  • No cloud save for progress
  • Old AI system
  • No anti-cheat system for profile creation
  • Limited online profile slots after 2021
  • Expensive price for an old game

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 92.1%  Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Call of Duty: World at War's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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