# 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.

By Creative Cult Research. Published 27 October 2026, updated 28 October 2026.

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]

| Day | Reviews | Recommend it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 16 Oct | 283 | 78% |
| 17 Oct | 1,304 | 91% |
| 18 Oct | 1,293 | 94% |
| 19 Oct | 957 | 95% |
| 20 Oct | 777 | 91% |
| 21 Oct | 572 | 87% |
| 22 Oct | 648 | 76% |
| 23 Oct | 1,114 | 64% |
| 24 Oct | 1,139 | 61% |
| 25 Oct | 715 | 58% |
| 26 Oct | 512 | 55% |
| 27 Oct | 391 | 54% |

Share of each day's reviews that recommend the game, in every language, 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.[^1][^2] 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](https://creativecult.digital/games/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4)

## 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](https://creativecult.digital/games/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4) updates every day. For the editions, see [what the Vault Edition's extra $30 buys](https://creativecult.digital/research/is-mw4-vault-edition-worth-it), and for its rivals, our comparisons with [Black Ops 7](https://creativecult.digital/compare/modern-warfare-4-vs-black-ops-7), [Battlefield 6](https://creativecult.digital/compare/modern-warfare-4-vs-battlefield-6) and [Wardogs](https://creativecult.digital/compare/modern-warfare-4-vs-wardogs).

## Sources

[^1]: Steam: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, store page, user reviews and review history. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4435490/
[^2]: Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, official site. https://www.callofduty.com/modernwarfare4

Page: https://creativecult.digital/research/modern-warfare-4-reviews-day-by-day