Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is off to an unusually good start on Steam. The Early Access campaign launched for pre-order customers on October 16, and at the time of writing, 1,630 of the game’s 1,812 Steam user reviews are positive, giving it a 90% “very positive” score. Insider Gaming first spotted this trend when the game received around 900 reviews and a SteamDB rating of 81.15%, already making it the best-received Call of Duty on Steam since Black Ops III in 2015. The number of reviews has more than doubled since then and the positive share has climbed to 85.78% at the time of writing. Of course, we are only at the beginning. The current reviews are coming from players who pre-ordered to play the campaign a week early, so they’re probably the most enthusiastic part of the audience.
However, the latest versions fare much worse in comparison. SteamDB rates Black Ops 7 at 38.71%, Black Ops 6 at 45.75%, Modern Warfare III at 48.19%, and Modern Warfare II at 47.10%, while Black Ops III still leads modern games at 84.36%. SteamDB’s formula puts games with fewer reviews closer to 50%, so as more positive reviews come in, Modern Warfare 4 could leave Black Ops III in the rearview mirror fairly soon. Multiplayer and DMZ only arrive with the full launch on October 23, and the score could be very different once a wider player base comes into play. PC players should also keep in mind that TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are mandatory to get in on the action.
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