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The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2

Release DateNov 8, 2011
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.6% (very positive) Top 30% / 88.4%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.3% Top 10% / 86.8%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)12.5K  Top 3% / 35.9K  Top 1%
Curators315 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time17.2 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar26 minutes
Owners± 2.4M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 871.4K  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 26.8M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)'s Steam rating and reviews between November 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 93.8% (December 2011) to 85.5% (September 2018).

With its 35.9K reviews Top 1%, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) is indisputably a major AAA level success. There is a peak in December 2013 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)'s reviewers. The most popular language is English (38%), followed by Russian (18%). 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®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011), comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 50 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 1.6 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 32 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Outstanding sound design
  • Superbly paced campaign
  • Variety in terms of roles and locale
  • Spec Ops mode
  • Survival mode
  • Awesome multiplayer
  • Solid gunplay
  • Good plot twists
  • Great presentation
  • Memorable characters
  • No anti-cheat system
  • Bots not available for training
  • Brutal bullet kills
  • Confusing single-player campaign for newcomers
  • Same gameplay as previous titles
  • No dedicated servers leading to P2P lag
  • Rife with hackers
  • Graphics not updated
  • No new gameplay mechanics
  • Shorter playtime than previous titles

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 89.6%  Top 30% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)'s Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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