TL;DR
The game reached a peak of 198,308 concurrent players on October 23.
Call of Duty · official art via IGDBCall of Duty reached a peak of 198,308 concurrent players on October 23. The game was No. 7 on the list of most played games that day. At 9:51 PM New York time on October 23, there were 174,350 people playing the game.
This follows a peak of 101,727 players on October 18. The game previously sat at No. 32 on the most played list. The ranking system determines positions, meaning a title with a lower peak might appear above one with a higher count.
Background On October 16, campaign early access for pre-order customers began, resulting in a ninety percent positive rating on Steam. Our earlier story
Call of Duty at a glance
- Players on Steam
- 178,851 playing
Peak 198,308 on Oct 23
Earlier coverage
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