Choose Call of Duty®
Choose Call of Duty® if you want the HDR available side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 57.1% positive across 231,896 reviews.
Call of Duty® vs Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
Call of Duty® and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 both land in Action on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Action games on Steam. Call of Duty® (2022) is 4 years older than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (2026). Call of Duty® scores higher on Steam reviews (57.1% positive) than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (44.1% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
Choose Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 if you want the DualShock Controller Support side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 15,672 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Call of Duty® and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Call of Duty® |  Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 57.1% positive (231,896 reviews) | 44.1% positive (15,672 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Activision Shanghai, Demonware | Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Activision Shanghai, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Demonware |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Call of Duty® (2022) is 4 years older than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (2026).
- Call of Duty® scores higher on Steam reviews (57.1% positive) than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (44.1% positive).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Call of Duty® is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 has no Deck rating yet.
Call of Duty® vs Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 — FAQ
- Which is better, Call of Duty® or Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6?
- On Steam reviews Call of Duty® scores higher (57.1% positive) than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (44.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Call of Duty® is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Call of Duty® or Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 first?
- If you want chronology, Call of Duty® (2022) came out before Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (2026). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Call of Duty® and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 similar?
- They overlap on Action on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Call of Duty® and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Call of Duty® ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 ships Online Co-op, Co-op.