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Guide · 27 Oct 2026

Modern Warfare 4’s reviews, day by day

Nine in ten reviews from Modern Warfare 4’s campaign week recommend it. Every day from 20 to 27 October came in lower than the day before, and since multiplayer opened, 60% of reviews recommend the game. The figures for each day since early access opened.

As of 28 October 2026, 76% of 9,589 player reviews recommend Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.1 Most of those reviews were written in early access, when only the campaign and DMZ were open. The share of each day's reviews that recommend the game has now fallen 8 days in a row, from 95% on 19 October to 54% on 27 October.1

Positive reviews, day by day

Share of each day’s reviews

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Share of positive reviews posted each day, with the number of reviews
DateModern Warfare 4
16 Oct78% of 283
17 Oct91% of 1,304
18 Oct94% of 1,293
19 Oct95% of 957
20 Oct91% of 777
21 Oct87% of 572
22 Oct76% of 648
23 Oct64% of 1,114
24 Oct61% of 1,139
25 Oct58% of 715
26 Oct55% of 512
27 Oct54% of 391
Each point is the share of that day’s reviews that recommend the game, in every language. Days run on UTC, so a late-night launch counts its first hours with the next day. The chart also counts players who activated a key bought from another shop, which the headline figure leaves out, so their totals can differ by a point or two. Review data to the end of 27 October 2026 (UTC).

The campaign week

Digital pre-purchases opened the campaign on 16 October and DMZ on 20 October, a week before launch.12 From 16 October to 22 October, 90% of 5,834 reviews recommend the game.1

We read the most helpful of those reviews on 21 October. Players rank the campaign with Modern Warfare (2019), praise its story and its sound, and enjoy DMZ. Most of their complaints are about getting in, through the Call of Duty HQ launcher and an anti-cheat check that asks some PCs for a BIOS update. Our full reading of those reviews

The fall began before multiplayer

The best day was 19 October, when 95% of 957 reviews recommended the game. The share slipped to 91% on 20 October, the day DMZ opened, and to 76% on 22 October, the last day of early access.1

Multiplayer's first days

Multiplayer opened at launch on 23 October, with 12 new 6v6 maps and large maps with vehicles.2 On launch day, 64% of 1,114 reviews recommend the game. Each day since has come in lower, down to 54% on 27 October. From 23 October to 27 October, 60% of 3,871 reviews recommend it.1

The overall figure sits well above any day since launch because the campaign week's reviews still make up most of it. Each new day of reviews pulls it toward that day's share.

Should you buy it now?

If you want Modern Warfare 4 for its campaign, the campaign-week reviews are the ones to go by, and 90% of them recommend it. If you're buying it for multiplayer, the days since 23 October tell you more, and 60% of those reviews recommend the game.1

The day-by-day figures above run to the end of 27 October 2026. The figure on our Modern Warfare 4 page updates every day. For the editions, see what the Vault Edition's extra $30 buys, and for its rivals, our comparisons with Black Ops 7, Battlefield 6 and Wardogs.

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Sources

  1. 1Steam: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, store page, user reviews and review history (opens in a new tab) Accessed 27 Oct 2026
  2. 2Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, official site (opens in a new tab) Accessed 21 Oct 2026

More research

Guide · 21 Oct 2026Is the MW4 Vault Edition worth it?The Vault Edition of Modern Warfare 4 costs $30 more than the standard edition. What the extra buys, what every pre-purchase gets anyway, and who it suits.Game report · Updated dailyCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4Early-access players call Modern Warfare 4’s campaign the best in years, and each day’s reviews have been less positive since DMZ and then multiplayer opened.
Comparison · Updated dailyModern Warfare 4 vs Battlefield 6Modern Warfare 4 arrived a year after Battlefield 6. Players loved its campaign week, and its reviews have cooled since multiplayer opened on 23 October, while Battlefield 6’s players have had a year of its multiplayer.Comparison · Updated dailyModern Warfare 4 vs Black Ops 7Activision released Black Ops 7 in November 2025, and Modern Warfare 4 followed on 23 October 2026. Early-access players love Modern Warfare 4’s campaign, and the players who recommend Black Ops 7 mostly do it for zombies.
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