Genre ActionReleased Nov 8, 2011

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

Developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games · Published by Activision
Estimated lifetime revenue
$10.23M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$7.17M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
552.2K
≈ 14 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 39,924 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
39,924
Very Positive89% positive
Playing now
192
13-day peak 214 · low 192
New reviews, last 13 days
+34
≈ 3 a day since Oct 3

History

Oct 3 – Oct 16

39.9K39.9K39.9K39.9K
Oct 3Oct 9Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Action →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Action games on Steam

Outearns 20% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$57.83M
352,680 reviews
Top 10% start at
$223.75M
This game
$10.23M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2

Developer
Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games
Publisher
Activision
Genre
Action
Released
Nov 8, 2011
Steam app ID
42680
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.