Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

Steam Deck Playable

Infinity Ward · Action · Nov 12, 2009

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $14.99.

93%
Very Positive
61k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 143 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 93 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Cheating: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 61k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise8% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The campaign was one of the greatest in the franchise, spec ops had a variety of challenge and fun, and the multiplayer is unrecognizable to today's CoD players.
143 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The campaign was one of the greatest in the franchise, spec ops had a variety of challenge and fun, and the multiplayer is unrecognizable to today's CoD players.
93 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This game also includes the extra special ops missions and a smaller but active multiplayer scene with the same prestige progression system you may remember if you played back in '09.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Especially if you love FPS games and Call of Duty.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are beautiful and still hold up well today.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The variety of weapons and interesting set of perks made any type of player part of the fun.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Story and characters143 reviews
Multiplayer93 reviews
Gameplay32 reviews
Performance31 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Combat19 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Co-op14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Controls8 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Cheating24 reviews
67%
Difficulty15 reviews
93%
Servers and matchmaking13 reviews
62%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
93%
Very Positive
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