Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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How do players who really played Call of Duty: Black Ops III rate it? TrueGG Rating 93.9%

Release date: Nov 5, 2015 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks. Recent reviews are recovering.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players buying on the promise of future updates (complaints about the developers)
  • Players relying on Japanese (Japanese reviews rate it lower)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
93.9%
▲ +8.7 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 4,900 reviews

TrueGG, all time
89.1%
Steam overall
85.2%
Japanese, all time
63.4%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 5.7% of all reviews. Their positive share is 42.2%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h45%1541–2 h60%992–5 h92%1,0015–10 h91%1,24910–20 h91%1,61120–50 h94%2,09450–100 h94%1,230100–200 h94%926200+ h93%650Positive share by playtime0–1 h15445%1–2 h9960%2–5 h1,00192%5–10 h1,24991%10–20 h1,61191%20–50 h2,09494%50–100 h1,23094%100–200 h92694%200+ h65093%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h45.5%0.0%154
1–2 h59.6%—99
2–5 h91.5%—1,001
5–10 h91.1%—1,249
10–20 h91.2%—1,611
20–50 h94.1%100.0%2,094
50–100 h94.1%100.0%1,230
100–200 h93.8%100.0%926
200+ h92.9%—650

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 53% had 20+ hours and 17% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Call of Duty: Black Ops III has a TrueGG Rating of 93.9%: the positive share among 4,900 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours. That is 8.7 points above Steam's overall 85.2%, so players who really play the current version rate it higher than the headline number suggests (all time: 89.1%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 6% of the total, and only 42% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention updates and the developers, crashes and bugs (less than at launch), and servers (less than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 63.4%, 30.5 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (83.6% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on live operations and online play (Updates & developers, Servers & connection). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Updates & developers11% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch
  • Crashes & bugs9% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch
  • Servers & connection7% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel18% of positive reviews (10% of negative)
＋ awesome＋ best＋ ゾンビモード＋ custom＋ 対応＋ マップ＋ 英語＋ 面白− fix− rce− patch− people− 相変− unsafe− security− launch

Counted from 504 recent negative and 558 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating85.2%All time, all languages · 234,888 reviews
Adjusted rating83.6%Weighted by trust (95% range 83.0%–84.2%), −1.6pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews55.8%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−29.4pt vs overall) · 462 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review2%15%
Very short text60%21%
Key activated outside Steam12%17%
Received for free2%2%
Owns very few games23%16%
Over 100 reviews written1%4%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.690.78

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 30.4 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 2015-11: +3,664 / −2,228 2015-12: +1,344 / −726 2016-01: +673 / −391 2016-02: +1,057 / −568 2016-03: +656 / −395 2016-04: +424 / −216 2016-05: +513 / −359 2016-06: +311 / −226 2016-07: +301 / −213 2016-08: +386 / −282 2016-09: +336 / −211 2016-10: +387 / −203 2016-11: +551 / −115 2016-12: +240 / −91 2017-01: +222 / −94 2017-02: +207 / −88 2017-03: +112 / −68 2017-04: +147 / −69 2017-05: +313 / −110 2017-06: +422 / −153 2017-07: +323 / −128 2017-08: +167 / −89 2017-09: +130 / −83 2017-10: +144 / −88 2017-11: +245 / −65 2017-12: +132 / −61 2018-01: +113 / −47 2018-02: +104 / −26 2018-03: +86 / −45 2018-04: +59 / −29 2018-05: +70 / −31 2018-06: +112 / −46 2018-07: +87 / −48 2018-08: +83 / −43 2018-09: +60 / −26 2018-10: +68 / −23 2018-11: +166 / −24 2018-12: +61 / −24 2019-01: +55 / −29 2019-02: +43 / −16 2019-03: +36 / −18 2019-04: +77 / −26 2019-05: +53 / −14 2019-06: +387 / −46 2019-07: +476 / −69 2019-08: +68 / −24 2019-09: +42 / −19 2019-10: +201 / −32 2019-11: +1,160 / −52 2019-12: +1,222 / −73 2020-01: +1,113 / −55 2020-02: +754 / −53 2020-03: +829 / −43 2020-04: +986 / −74 2020-05: +2,091 / −122 2020-06: +1,284 / −86 2020-07: +1,358 / −76 2020-08: +918 / −59 2020-09: +843 / −64 2020-10: +1,020 / −58 2020-11: +897 / −53 2020-12: +818 / −56 2021-01: +995 / −71 2021-02: +1,099 / −96 2021-03: +881 / −84 2021-04: +876 / −62 2021-05: +1,823 / −163 2021-06: +978 / −80 2021-07: +1,064 / −81 2021-08: +2,075 / −184 2021-09: +1,337 / −127 2021-10: +1,118 / −85 2021-11: +1,459 / −114 2021-12: +2,791 / −234 2022-01: +3,414 / −256 2022-02: +1,924 / −142 2022-03: +1,367 / −112 2022-04: +3,814 / −557 2022-05: +1,904 / −132 2022-06: +2,329 / −231 2022-07: +4,071 / −404 2022-08: +2,257 / −286 2022-09: +2,248 / −263 2022-10: +1,141 / −142 2022-11: +1,643 / −156 2022-12: +2,313 / −190 2023-01: +2,707 / −220 2023-02: +2,386 / −253 2023-03: +3,052 / −288 2023-04: +2,134 / −195 2023-05: +3,026 / −540 2023-06: +2,556 / −323 2023-07: +3,101 / −334 2023-08: +2,070 / −225 2023-09: +2,072 / −223 2023-10: +1,444 / −211 2023-11: +1,623 / −176 2023-12: +1,635 / −164 2024-01: +1,587 / −169 2024-02: +1,628 / −180 2024-03: +1,740 / −142 2024-04: +1,769 / −195 2024-05: +1,777 / −158 2024-06: +2,372 / −224 2024-07: +2,196 / −197 2024-08: +2,046 / −299 2024-09: +1,534 / −229 2024-10: +1,001 / −84 2024-11: +827 / −84 2024-12: +1,174 / −109 2025-01: +1,116 / −78 2025-02: +1,098 / −121 2025-03: +1,228 / −95 2025-04: +1,038 / −90 2025-05: +899 / −80 2025-06: +1,187 / −126 2025-07: +1,315 / −106 2025-08: +1,257 / −126 2025-09: +766 / −66 2025-10: +1,078 / −98 2025-11: +1,307 / −96 2025-12: +1,384 / −113 2026-01: +1,240 / −91 2026-02: +1,168 / −132 2026-03: +1,126 / −121 2026-04: +982 / −76 2026-05: +1,526 / −138 2026-06: +976 / −88 2026-07: +1,510 / −110 2026-08: +1,023 / −76 2026-09: +1,522 / −192 2026-10: +488 / −41 2015/112016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 87.8% 2015-11: 62.2%2015-12: 64.9%2016-01: 63.3%2016-02: 65.0%2016-03: 62.4%2016-04: 66.3%2016-05: 58.8%2016-06: 57.9%2016-07: 58.6%2016-08: 57.8%2016-09: 61.4%2016-10: 65.6%2016-11: 82.7%2016-12: 72.5%2017-01: 70.3%2017-02: 70.2%2017-03: 62.2%2017-04: 68.1%2017-05: 74.0%2017-06: 73.4%2017-07: 71.6%2017-08: 65.2%2017-09: 61.0%2017-10: 62.1%2017-11: 79.0%2017-12: 68.4%2018-01: 70.6%2018-02: 80.0%2018-03: 65.6%2018-04: 67.0%2018-05: 69.3%2018-06: 70.9%2018-07: 64.4%2018-08: 65.9%2018-09: 69.8%2018-10: 74.7%2018-11: 87.4%2018-12: 71.8%2019-01: 65.5%2019-02: 72.9%2019-03: 66.7%2019-04: 74.8%2019-05: 79.1%2019-06: 89.4%2019-07: 87.3%2019-08: 73.9%2019-09: 68.9%2019-10: 86.3%2019-11: 95.7%2019-12: 94.4%2020-01: 95.3%2020-02: 93.4%2020-03: 95.1%2020-04: 93.0%2020-05: 94.5%2020-06: 93.7%2020-07: 94.7%2020-08: 94.0%2020-09: 92.9%2020-10: 94.6%2020-11: 94.4%2020-12: 93.6%2021-01: 93.3%2021-02: 92.0%2021-03: 91.3%2021-04: 93.4%2021-05: 91.8%2021-06: 92.4%2021-07: 92.9%2021-08: 91.9%2021-09: 91.3%2021-10: 92.9%2021-11: 92.8%2021-12: 92.3%2022-01: 93.0%2022-02: 93.1%2022-03: 92.4%2022-04: 87.3%2022-05: 93.5%2022-06: 91.0%2022-07: 91.0%2022-08: 88.8%2022-09: 89.5%2022-10: 88.9%2022-11: 91.3%2022-12: 92.4%2023-01: 92.5%2023-02: 90.4%2023-03: 91.4%2023-04: 91.6%2023-05: 84.9%2023-06: 88.8%2023-07: 90.3%2023-08: 90.2%2023-09: 90.3%2023-10: 87.3%2023-11: 90.2%2023-12: 90.9%2024-01: 90.4%2024-02: 90.0%2024-03: 92.5%2024-04: 90.1%2024-05: 91.8%2024-06: 91.4%2024-07: 91.8%2024-08: 87.2%2024-09: 87.0%2024-10: 92.3%2024-11: 90.8%2024-12: 91.5%2025-01: 93.5%2025-02: 90.1%2025-03: 92.8%2025-04: 92.0%2025-05: 91.8%2025-06: 90.4%2025-07: 92.5%2025-08: 90.9%2025-09: 92.1%2025-10: 91.7%2025-11: 93.2%2025-12: 92.5%2026-01: 93.2%2026-02: 89.8%2026-03: 90.3%2026-04: 92.8%2026-05: 91.7%2026-06: 91.7%2026-07: 93.2%2026-08: 93.1%2026-09: 88.8%2026-10: 92.2% 2015/112016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 20 40 60 80 2026-09-19: +65 / −10 2026-09-20: +66 / −11 2026-09-21: +34 / −1 2026-09-22: +42 / −3 2026-09-23: +33 / −5 2026-09-24: +25 / −3 2026-09-25: +34 / −5 2026-09-26: +33 / −5 2026-09-27: +43 / −5 2026-09-28: +26 / −3 2026-09-29: +24 / −3 2026-09-30: +25 / −2 2026-10-01: +29 / −4 2026-10-02: +26 / −5 2026-10-03: +38 / −2 2026-10-04: +34 / −4 2026-10-05: +22 / −1 2026-10-06: +21 / −3 2026-10-07: +21 / −2 2026-10-08: +27 / −1 2026-10-09: +29 / −1 2026-10-10: +31 / −1 2026-10-11: +28 / −2 2026-10-12: +29 / −1 2026-10-13: +20 / −6 2026-10-14: +29 / −2 2026-10-15: +28 / −3 2026-10-16: +21 / −1 2026-10-17: +30 / −1 2026-10-18: +25 / −1 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2015-113,6642,22862.2%
2015-121,34472664.9%
2016-0167339163.3%
2016-021,05756865.0%
2016-0365639562.4%
2016-0442421666.3%
2016-0551335958.8%
2016-0631122657.9%
2016-0730121358.6%
2016-0838628257.8%
2016-0933621161.4%
2016-1038720365.6%
2016-1155111582.7%
2016-122409172.5%
2017-012229470.3%
2017-022078870.2%
2017-031126862.2%
2017-041476968.1%
2017-0531311074.0%
2017-0642215373.4%
2017-0732312871.6%
2017-081678965.2%
2017-091308361.0%
2017-101448862.1%
2017-112456579.0%
2017-121326168.4%
2018-011134770.6%
2018-021042680.0%
2018-03864565.6%
2018-04592967.0%
2018-05703169.3%
2018-061124670.9%
2018-07874864.4%
2018-08834365.9%
2018-09602669.8%
2018-10682374.7%
2018-111662487.4%
2018-12612471.8%
2019-01552965.5%
2019-02431672.9%
2019-03361866.7%
2019-04772674.8%
2019-05531479.1%
2019-063874689.4%
2019-074766987.3%
2019-08682473.9%
2019-09421968.9%
2019-102013286.3%
2019-111,1605295.7%
2019-121,2227394.4%
2020-011,1135595.3%
2020-027545393.4%
2020-038294395.1%
2020-049867493.0%
2020-052,09112294.5%
2020-061,2848693.7%
2020-071,3587694.7%
2020-089185994.0%
2020-098436492.9%
2020-101,0205894.6%
2020-118975394.4%
2020-128185693.6%
2021-019957193.3%
2021-021,0999692.0%
2021-038818491.3%
2021-048766293.4%
2021-051,82316391.8%
2021-069788092.4%
2021-071,0648192.9%
2021-082,07518491.9%
2021-091,33712791.3%
2021-101,1188592.9%
2021-111,45911492.8%
2021-122,79123492.3%
2022-013,41425693.0%
2022-021,92414293.1%
2022-031,36711292.4%
2022-043,81455787.3%
2022-051,90413293.5%
2022-062,32923191.0%
2022-074,07140491.0%
2022-082,25728688.8%
2022-092,24826389.5%
2022-101,14114288.9%
2022-111,64315691.3%
2022-122,31319092.4%
2023-012,70722092.5%
2023-022,38625390.4%
2023-033,05228891.4%
2023-042,13419591.6%
2023-053,02654084.9%
2023-062,55632388.8%
2023-073,10133490.3%
2023-082,07022590.2%
2023-092,07222390.3%
2023-101,44421187.3%
2023-111,62317690.2%
2023-121,63516490.9%
2024-011,58716990.4%
2024-021,62818090.0%
2024-031,74014292.5%
2024-041,76919590.1%
2024-051,77715891.8%
2024-062,37222491.4%
2024-072,19619791.8%
2024-082,04629987.2%
2024-091,53422987.0%
2024-101,0018492.3%
2024-118278490.8%
2024-121,17410991.5%
2025-011,1167893.5%
2025-021,09812190.1%
2025-031,2289592.8%
2025-041,0389092.0%
2025-058998091.8%
2025-061,18712690.4%
2025-071,31510692.5%
2025-081,25712690.9%
2025-097666692.1%
2025-101,0789891.7%
2025-111,3079693.2%
2025-121,38411392.5%
2026-011,2409193.2%
2026-021,16813289.8%
2026-031,12612190.3%
2026-049827692.8%
2026-051,52613891.7%
2026-069768891.7%
2026-071,51011093.2%
2026-081,0237693.1%
2026-091,52219288.8%
2026-104884192.2%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-196510
2026-09-206611
2026-09-21341
2026-09-22423
2026-09-23335
2026-09-24253
2026-09-25345
2026-09-26335
2026-09-27435
2026-09-28263
2026-09-29243
2026-09-30252
2026-10-01294
2026-10-02265
2026-10-03382
2026-10-04344
2026-10-05221
2026-10-06213
2026-10-07212
2026-10-08271
2026-10-09291
2026-10-10311
2026-10-11282
2026-10-12291
2026-10-13206
2026-10-14292
2026-10-15283
2026-10-16211
2026-10-17301
2026-10-18251
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days90.6%1,183
Last 180 days91.6%9,000
All time85.2%234,888
Japanese, last 180 days75.0%4
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