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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.

Release DateNov 9, 2010
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91% (very positive) Top 25% / 90.6%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)88.8% Top 5% / 88.9%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)17.1K  Top 2% / 36.4K  Top 1%
Curators578 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time20 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar30 minutes
Followers73.1K  Top 2%
Owners± 4.9M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.3M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 49.8M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Call of Duty®: Black Ops steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Call of Duty®: Black Ops's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 94.2% (July 2013) and 88.7% (June 2019).

With 36.4K reviews Top 1%, Call of Duty®: Black Ops is an undeniable major AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Call of Duty®: Black Ops and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Call of Duty®: Black Ops's review languages. The most popular language is English (58%), followed by Russian (9%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game is available in 5 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Call of Duty®: Black Ops percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Call of Duty®: Black Ops, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 66 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (34 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Call of Duty®: Black Ops's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Good story
  • Great single-player experience
  • Interesting use of Cold War theme
  • Extraordinary sense of suspense and atmosphere
  • Playable and interesting zombie mode
  • Well-designed multiplayer mode
  • Easy to learn / Hard to master difficulty
  • Worth the price
  • Great 3D vision support
  • Native and excellent support for 3D vision
  • Slightly inferior graphics compared to Modern Warfare 2
  • Often a variety of bugs that seriously ruins the game experience on the way to play
  • Plot can be confusing for some players
  • Not in line with the taste of players seeking an easy and exciting game experience
  • Multiplayer is far from perfect
  • Average multiplayer
  • Only for achievement hunters, high grind level
  • MP is popular, but not perfect
  • 50% rating (from one review)
  • No trading cards

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 91%  Top 25% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Call of Duty®: Black Ops's review data provided by Steam. 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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