Overview
Call of Duty®: Black Ops comes from Treyarch and is published by Activision. It arrived on Steam on Nov 9, 2010, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.
Players and reviews
Call of Duty®: Black Ops's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 326 players at 6 October 2026 - 03:17:05 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3,245. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 42,473 reviews.
Language and system requirements
Call of Duty®: Black Ops is available in 5 languages including:
5 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, oflc, and nzoflc
| Platform | Type | OS | Processor | Memory | Graphics | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Minimum | Not listed | Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better | 2GB | Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c Hard Drive: 12GB* Sound: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible *Call of Duty®: Black Ops requires an initial hard drive space of approximately 24GB to download and install the game via digital download (8GB of compressed files, 8GB of decompressed files and 8GB of installed files). Upon installing the game, 16GB (compressed and decompressed files) may be deleted from the hard drive. Please make note of where the compressed and decompressed files are being saved on your hard drive in order to later locate these temporary files for removal. | Not listed |
Sales, recommendations, and streams
Call of Duty®: Black Ops has sold up to 6,700,000 units and has 22,322 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $178,500,000. On Twitch, 53 streamers are live with around 345 total watchers.