All cod games in order
Call of Duty is one of the longest-standing series in the history of competitive video games. With Activision publishing a new title just about every year, the list of all Call of Duty games is constantly expanding.
As a result, it can be hard to keep track of where the series has been and where it’s heading. For those looking for a bit of a retrospective, here’s an overview of all of the games in the Call of Duty series and when their release dates were.Many Call of Duty games have connected timelines, such as the Modern Warfare games and the Black Ops games. Meanwhile, others are completely independent standalone titles (at least for the time being). Despite often having different development teams, all of the Call of Duty games have familiar gameplay elements that have allowed the series to survive and thrive for this long.
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All Call of Duty (COD) Games in Order of Release Date
Call of Duty (2003)
Call of Duty 2 (2005)
Call of Duty 3 (2006)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)
Call of Duty: WWII (2017)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)
Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
Call of Duty (October 29, 2003)
Call of Duty 2 (October 25, 2005)
Call of Duty 3 (November 7, 2006)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (November 5, 2007)
Call of Duty: World at War (November 11, 2008)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (November 10, 2009)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (November 9, 2010)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (November 8, 2011)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (November 13, 2012)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (November 5, 2013)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (November 4, 2014)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (November 6, 2015)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (November 4, 2016)
Call of Duty: WWII (November 3, 2017)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (October 12, 2018)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (October 25, 2019)
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (November 13, 2020)
Call of Duty: Vanguard (November 5, 2021)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (October 28, 2022)
In total, there are 19 main series Call of Duty titles. Adding in spin-off games brings that total up to 33. While Activision has sent mixed signals regarding a new Call of Duty game in 2023, fans can still rest assured that the series will continue to grow in the coming years.
How to Play the Call of Duty Games Chronologically
Real-world history is the most logical timeline to follow if you want to play the Call of Duty games in a way that makes some sense. By this time, Call of Duty has presented stories from the 1940s, 1980s, 2010s, and even in the distant future. Here is a list of CoD games in chronological order.
Call of Duty: WWII (1940s)
Call of Duty 1 (1940s)
Call of Duty 2 (1940s)
Call of Duty 3 (1940s)
Call of Duty: World at War (1940s)
Call of Duty: Vanguard (1940s)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (1960s)
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (1980s)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (1980s & 2025)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2010s)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2010s)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (2020s)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2020s)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2020s)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2040s)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2060s)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2000s)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2050s)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2100s)
This should be all there is to know about sequentially playing the Call of Duty games. When new Call of Duty games are published, this list will be updated accordingly. You should have no trouble keeping occupied in the franchise till then.
Call of Duty (2003)
Call of Duty was the first game in the series, released in 2003. The game reproduces the warfare of World War II from the perspective of the infantry and combined arms groups. The game follows the Red Army as well as British and American Paratroopers.
The game was revolutionary in offering a new perspective on AI-controlled allies. The computer supports the player during missions, and these AI-controlled characters respond to situational changes in the game.
Call of Duty placed a greater emphasis on this type of team-based play, which was very different from previous first-person shooter games. The game very quickly won several awards and received acclaim from reviewers.
Call of Duty - Finest Hour
Release Date: November 2004
Developer: Spark Unlimited
Publisher: Activision
The Call of Duty: Finest Hour is the first installment of the series and it was originally released for Xbox, Playstation 2, and GameCube. It’s the first in the series made for a console and follows the same WWII theme as the game before it. It offers six different storylines for players to choose from and each story features real events that soldiers experienced during the war.
In the game, players get a campaign for each of the wars allies, and it offers both single and multiplayer modes. Another major change made by developer’s is the integration of online and local support on select consoles. While GameCube doesn’t offer online support for this particular game, Xbox Live lets up to 32 players locally, and PlayStation 2 allows for 16 players using the PlayStation 2 port.
Call of Duty 2 (2005)
Developer: Infinity Ward
Sales: 5.9 million
CoD 2 brought the series to consoles for the first time, releasing on Xbox 360 alongside PC and Mac.
Sticking in World War II, Call of Duty 2 marked the first time that the series appeared on consoles, and was widely praised for its impressive graphics and four distinct campaigns.
Call of Duty 2 also saw the debut of a number of features that have become standard in the FPS genre in the years since, including regenerating health and a marker on the HUD to show when a grenade lands nearby.
Call of Duty - Roads to Victory
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Developer: Amaze Entertainment
Publisher: Activision
The Call of Duty: Roads to Victory is the 3rd game in the series available for Playstation Portable, and It was the last game in the series made for this particular console. A similar version came out shortly after for other gaming consoles. This series also focuses on World War II, and offers American, British, and Canadian campaign modes.
Players get fourteen levels with several different missions to complete for each level. For this series, players choose one of five games to play including King of The Hill, Capture The Flag, Deathmatch, Hold The Flag, and Team Deathmatch. Throughout the game, players get access to nine maps, covering several historical locations that soldiers battled in during the war. Additionally, this game offers both single and multiplayer modes.
Call of Duty: World at War
Release date: Nov. 11, 2008
Developer: Treyarch
Sales: 15.7 million
Treyarch upped its game in 2008 with World at War, introducing the highly successful Nazi Zombies mode to the series for the first time.
Call of Duty: World at War is the fifth edition in the franchise, and the first chapter of the Black Ops series. It originally released for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and Wii. Later on, developers created a revised edition for Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2. This edition takes players back into the World War II theme, where the campaigns focus on the Eastern Front. It has a perk and ranking system that resembles that of Call of Duty 4.
Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Developer: Infinity Ward
Publisher: Activision
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the 6th part of the series and it picks up where the storyline ended in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare left off. It was originally released for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox 360, and was later created for OS X by Aspyr in 2014. In 2018, the Xbox 360 version got modified for gameplay on the Xbox One, and a Call of Duty Modern Warfare came out for Nintendo DS. Later on, another port for Wii came out, titled Call of Duty Modern Warfare – Reflex.
Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
Woods in Black Ops
Release date: November 9, 2010
Developer: Treyarch
Sales: 30.72 million
Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, DS, PC
2010 saw Treyarch tread new ground with the first game in the now beloved Black Ops titles, expanding on the Zombies idea and shifting to a Cold War setting.
Its gripping, unique campaign remains one of the most memorable that Call of Duty has to offer, and paved the way for the only sub-series that can rival Modern Warfare in terms of popularity.
Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3
Release Date: November 2011
Developer: Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software
Publisher: Activision
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the sequel to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the 8th installment in the Call of Duty Series. It was originally released for Wii, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Later on, N-Space developed its own version for Nintendo DS, and Treyarch created the Wii port for this game. Additionally, Beachland Studios created a free version of the game called Call of Duty: Elite. This version gave players access to downloadable content, integration of Social Networking, and lifetime statistics. More over, a dubbed version of the game, by Square Enix, came out for players in Japan.
This game picks up where Modern Warfare 2 left off, aiming its focus on Task Force 141. In this series, the player’s health only regenerates if they avoid being harmed, and it has in-game currency to buy weapons, support, upgrades, and more. Additionally, this game introduces the new Survival Mode where 2 players fight a large group of hostile enemies, with each new group increasing in difficulty. Lastly, killstreaks got changed to Pointstreaks, and make it harder for players to unlock new goals.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Release date: Nov. 12, 2012
Developer: Treyarch
Sales: 31 million
The highest-selling CoD to date is often regarded by many to be one of the best in the series thanks to its competitive multiplayer, fun campaign, and further expansion of the Zombies universe.Next up on our list of Call of Duty games in chronological order, we have what remains the best-selling entry in the series to date.
With a branching campaign full of twists and turns and an addictive online multiplayer, including the Pick 10 system that changed class building forever, it’s no surprise that Black Ops 2 is considered one of the best CoDs out there.
Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
CoD Ghosts artwork
Release date: November 5, 2013
Developer: Infinity Ward, Neversoft, Raven Software
Sales: 28.98 million
Platforms: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Wii U, PC
It’s strange calling a game that shipped nearly 30 million units a flop, but that’s exactly how CoD: Ghosts is seen nearly a decade on from its release.
Perhaps due to its unfortunate release between console generations, Ghosts has been largely forgotten by the community, and we’re still waiting for closure on that ending.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Release date: Nov. 3, 2014
Developer: Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios
Sales: 21.76 million
The first “jetpack” CoD game turned the focus of the franchise from “boots on the ground” to “flying in the air” for a few years. Exosuits allowed players to boost jump in all directions as well as jump high in the air, changing up the gameplay in a big way. It was also Sledgehammer Games’ first work in the series.
Call of Duty - Black Ops 3
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Developer Treyarch
Publisher Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the 12th installment in the Call of Duty series, and it’s available for Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and PlayStation 4. In addition, Beenox and Mercenary Technology developed a feature-limited version with a multiplayer mode for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, becoming the last title in the franchise for these platforms. This series takes place in the year 2065, 40-years after the Black Ops II timeline , and it’s centered around a world devastated by climate change and advanced technology.
Each player assumes the role of a cybernetic character that has its own special features and activities not seen in previous series. Another big change in this series is the game campaign, where players get an open level design and fewer passageway shootouts. More over, this installment offers a nightmares mode and a zombies mode. In both of these modes, all the player’s enemies get turned into flesh-eating zombies, leaving the player to fight against the horde.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)
Release date: November 4, 2016
Developer: Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Treyarch, High Moon Studios, Beenox, Vicarious Visions
Sales: 13.6 million
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
Infinite Warfare took quite the beating from the fans when it came along in 2016, and even the inclusion of Modern Warfare Remastered wasn’t enough to lift its sales.
After the third final entry in the jetpack era of Call of Duty took us into the stars, players had grown tired of the more and more outlandish settings and gameplay, begging for the next game to go back to basics.
Call of Duty - WWII
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Publisher: Sledgehammer Games
Developer: Activision
Call of Duty: WWII is the 14th installment in the Call of Duty series, available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. This game revives one of the most monumental wars in history, as it follows the 1st Infantry Division into Normandy on Dooms Day. In this game, players will travel across Europe, battling their enemies in many of the same locations as the real-life troops of Operation Overload. This series puts players back on the ground, opposed to its earlier installments “jetpack” style gameplay, and focuses on the unity of brotherhood, history, and era appropriate weaponry.
The most drastic change to this series is the missing health bar for multiplayer and zombie mode. Creators eliminated the health bar to give players a realistic FPS gaming experience without the fast-paced gaming seen in other installments. However, they did bring the health bar back for the single-player mode. This series also eliminated the create-a-class system used in previous installments, and implemented the new division system.For PC system requirements, WWII recommends having at least an Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X processor, 12GB of memory, and an NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390 graphics card. The game also takes up 25GB in storage space.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Blackout
Release date: Oct. 12, 2018
Developer: Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox
Sales: 14.3 million
CoD’s first foray into battle royale launched alongside BO4. Blackout showed Activision the world’s thirst for the last man standing mode and it began a huge turnaround for the series. This was also the first entry in the series to not have a campaign.
Call of Duty Mobile (2019)
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CoD Mobile
ACTIVISION
It was only a matter of time before CoD took over the mobile market.
Release date: October 1, 2019
Developer: TiMi Studio Group
Downloads: 500 million+
Revenue: $1 billion+
By 2019, publishers were beginning to realize just much profit there is in a quality free-to-play mobile title.
With more than 15 years worth of guns, maps, and modes to draw from, Call of Duty Mobile remains an incredibly popular game on Android and iPhone and is still going strong in 2022.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
BOCW
Release Date: November 13, 2020
Developer: Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is the second latest release from the popular first-person shooter title. The game is set during the Cold War of the 1980s, and the campaign mode sends you out to find a specific Soviet spy.
Black Ops Cold War received generally favorable reviews from users and critics. It received an 8.75/10 rating from Game Informer, a 76% rating from Metacritic, and a 7/10 rating from IGN.
The game’s minimum system requirements are identical to Modern Warfare, requiring an Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300 processor, 8GB of memory, and a GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950 graphics card. If you want to play the game on ultra settings you’ll need a high-end gaming PC that has an Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processor, 16GB of memory, and an RTX 3080 GPU.
Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021)
CoD Vanguard gameplay
Release date: November 5, 2021
Developer: Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Activision Shanghai, Demonware
Sales: 30 million copies
Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Call of Duty Vanguard takes the series back to WWII once again, but it sadly couldn’t live up to expectations. While the signature CoD gameplay was certainly present, Vanguard fell flat thanks to a lack of innovation and a number of frustrating bugs at launch.
Activision has already mentioned that the game didn’t sell as well as first hoped, and attention quickly shifted to 2022’s Modern Warfare 2 to turn things around.
Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2
Release Date: October 28, 2022
Developer: Infinity Ward
Publisher: Activision
Modern Warfare II is the 19th installment in the Call of Duty series. It was released in late 2022 as the sequel to the 2019 release of the original Modern Warfare. The game follows Task Force 141, a multi-national special ops unit, as they try and track down an Iranian terrorist.
The game requires at minimum an NVIDIA GTX 960 or AMD RX 470 GPU, an Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU, and 8GB of memory. For recommend hardware, you should have at least an NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD RX 580 GPU, an Intel Core i5-6600K or an AMD Ryzen 5 1400 CPU, and 12GB of memory.
If you want to play the game on a 4K monitor, you’ll need either an NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card, or an AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, or better.
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