Call of Duty Games In Order

 

Call of Duty is a household name for first-person shooters, and Activision has released yearly titles for over two decades.  The majority of Call of Duty games have been major fall releases across multiple platforms, despite the fact that some entries in the series were obscure and platform-specific. The first few Call of Duty games emphasized authenticity as a military shooter during World War II. However, over time, the series has become more complex and frequently deviated from a mil-sim design. Call of Duty has evolved with third game modes, robots, spaceships, jetpacks, and sometimes mind-bending fictional campaigns that steer more toward sci-fi and fantasy than the game's initial military roots.

 Treyarch, Raven Software, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Beenox, Demonware, High Moon Studios, and other Call of Duty studios collaborated on the first Call of Duty game, but today's games are produced by multiple Call of Duty studios. Below we list all of the Call of Duty games in order of release.

 Call of Duty

 The very first Call of Duty was originally a PC game released in 2003, but an enhanced port titled Call of Duty: Classic was later developed by a separate studio and released worldwide in November 2009.

 Developed by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty put players in the shoes of three infantry soldiers in World War II.  This single-player campaign was squad-based, pairing the player with AI-teammates for missions featuring the American, British, and Soviet forces.

 Call of Duty: Finest Hour

 2004's Call of Duty: Finest Hour was developed by Spark Unlimited for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.  This was the first Call of Duty created specifically for consoles.  The 2003 Call of Duty campaign served as the basis for The Finest Hour, but the game had a different World War II storyline and was more of a side story to the original. 2: Call of Duty Infinity Ward returned to develop 2005's Call of Duty 2, and the game was released on PC and Xbox 360.  This sequel remained in the World War II setting, and the campaign provided the perspectives of four Allied soldiers.  This includes a member of the Red Army, an United States Army soldier, and two in the British Army.

 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

 In 2005, a second Call of Duty game was released, and this was the first title developed by Treyarch.  Call of Duty 2: Big Red One was available for GameCube, Xbox One, and PlayStation 2.

 This was another first-person military shooter set during World War II, but it differed from the previous Call of Duty campaigns because Big Red One only featured one protagonist, with the storyline focusing on a single soldier from the American 1st Infantry Division.  This division is historically known as the "Big Red One" and became the most recognized U.S.  Army formation of World War II.  The campaign missions covered the division's part in North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and eventually the push into Germany.

 Call of Duty 3

 Treyarch also developed 2006's Call of Duty 3, and it was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.  This sequel kept Call of Duty rooted in World War II, but instead of featuring a campaign that focused on several parts of the war, Treyarch centered the game on the 1944 Battle of Normandy.  Call of Duty 3 introduced the series to QTEs (quick-time-events) and featured more close-quarters combat than the previous games.

 Call of Duty: Roads to Victory

 Call of Duty: Roads to Victory released in early 2007.  This was a Call of Duty title developed by Amaze Entertainment, and it was specifically made for Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld.  This was the only Call of Duty ever made for the PSP, and like all the Call of Duty games before it, focused on the stories of World War II.  The story included American, Canadian, and British campaign missions.

 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 Call of Duty's original creator, Infinity Ward, returned to develop 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.  This entry finally pulled Call of Duty out of the World War II cycle, and this fourth main installment marked the first modern setting of the franchise.  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was an award-winning title, and it featured a single-player campaign that allowed players to bounce between perspectives of the U.S.  Marines and the British S.A.S. in a modern war story against a global threat of a rogue enemy faction.  This campaign also introduced iconic characters who would later become household names in the series, with Captain Price, "Soap" MacTavish, and Gaz.

 A remastered version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was later developed by Raven Software and titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.  This version was released as part of special edition bundles of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in 2016 and as a standalone version became available in 2017.

 Call of Duty: World at War

 Call of Duty: World at War, released in 2008, brought the Call of Duty series back to the World War II era, despite the fact that the game's modern setting won awards the previous year. Developed by Treyarch, Call of Duty: World at War was available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii.  This was the first Call of Duty to feature a cooperative campaign, and it could be played split-screen or online co-op.

 Call of Duty: World at War's campaign focused on the Pacific and Eastern Front theaters of World War II, with missions featuring the perspectives of US Marine Private C.  Miller and the Soviet Red Army's Private Dimitri Petrenko.  The story is a prequel for what would become Treyarch's popular Call of Duty: Black Ops series.

 World at War is also notable for being the introduction of Call of Duty's Zombies mode.  Originally, players needed to beat the final campaign mission to unlock the Zombies mode with the Nacht der Untoten map.  Post-launch DLC packs added additional Zombies maps, and eventually players no longer needed to beat the campaign to unlock access to the mode.

 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

 Treyarch's Black Ops sequel released in 2012.  Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 originally launched on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.  Shortly after, the game also launched for the Wii U.

 The campaign in Black Ops 2 alternated between two distinct sets of characters and time periods. It centered on characters fighting in the 1980s from the original game as well as a new team in 2025 led by Alex Mason's son. Both time periods involved the pursuit of Raul Menendez.  At this point, Black Ops 2 was Call of Duty's most futuristic campaign yet.  It was also the first Call of Duty to feature branching storylines driven by player choice with the introduction of Strike Missions.

 Additionally, Treyarch's Zombies mode returned.  With the introduction of a large-scale map, a new cast of characters, and the competitive Grief mode, Black Ops 2 brought about significant changes for zombies. Black Ops: Declassified

 Launching alongside Black Ops 2 in 2012, Black Ops: Declassified was released solely for Sony's PlayStation Vita portable.  This handheld game was developed by nStigate Games, and it featured an all-new campaign of Spec Ops-style missions within the Black Ops universe.  Unfortunately, the game was poorly reviewed and heavily criticized for graphics, poor controls design, and short campaign length.

 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

 Infinity Ward rebooted its iconic Modern Warfare series in 2019 with a new version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.  The story was told through a rebooted version of the original cast, which included Gaz, Soap MacTavish, and Captain Price returning. The game was available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It also introduced new characters who became notable in this new series, including Farah Karim, Alex Keller, and Kate Laswell.  The actors collaborated to prevent a Russian invasion of the fictional country of Urzikstan. Modern Warfare 2019 also included a return of MW2's Spec Ops mode, which featured co-op missions on the game's large-scale maps.

 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)

 For the first time ever, Call of Duty received back-to-back Modern Warfare titles. 2023's Modern Warfare 3 reboot was developed by Sledgehammer Games for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.  The beloved Task Force 141 was once more the focus of the story as they pursued Vladimir Makarov, a Russian terrorist, but the campaign was widely criticized for including open-world filler missions in between the main story missions. The game launched with an open-world Zombies mode developed by Treyarch, but instead of standard round-based Zombies, the mode featured an extraction-style game loop on Warzone's Urzikstan map.

 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 released in 2024, and the game was co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.  Black Ops 6 was themed as a 1990s spy-thriller that followed rogue CIA operatives Troy Marshall and Frank Woods as they assembled a team of agents to hunt down Pantheon, an international paramilitary terrorist organization.  It also introduced the game's first rendition of Treyarch's advanced "ominmovement" system, which lets players walk, sprint, and dive in any direction.

 Black Ops 6 also featured a full Zombies mode with the return of classic round-based maps created by Treyarch.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

 For the first time ever, Call of Duty will receive back-to-back Black Ops games.  Treyarch and Raven Software co-developed Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on November 14, 2025. The campaign features up to four-player co-op, and the story serves as a sequel to 2012's Black Ops 2.  David Mason returns to lead an elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) team on a covert mission to Call of Duty's fictional city of Avalon.  They find a weapon designed to turn fear into a weapon of war that poses a global threat there. Additionally, this is Call of Duty's first campaign to feature "end game" content, which adds a new cooperative experience on the map of Avalon.

 The game also launches with the largest round-based Zombies map ever created, which is inspired by Black Ops 2's Tranzit map.