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Call of Duty®: Ghosts vs Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition

Call of Duty®: Ghosts and Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition 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. Both released in 2014. Both sit near 59% positive on Steam (Call of Duty®: Ghosts: 6,331 reviews, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition: 5,802). 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®: Ghosts

Choose Call of Duty®: Ghosts if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 6,331 Steam reviews back the pick.

Choose Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition

Choose Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. 5,802 Steam reviews back the pick.

Both Call of Duty®: Ghosts and Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Steam Leaderboards, and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (59.5% vs 58.8% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.

Side-by-side comparison

Call of Duty®: Ghosts vs Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition — Steam metadata comparison
Call of Duty®: Ghosts — Steam game coverCall of Duty®: GhostsCall of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition — Steam game coverCall of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
Released20142014
GenresActionAction
PlatformsWindowsWindows
Steam DeckDeck PlayableDeck Verified
Price59.99 USD59.99 USD
Steam reviews59.5% positive (6,331 reviews)58.8% positive (5,802 reviews)
MultiplayerMulti-playerMulti-player
DevelopersInfinity WardSledgehammer Games, Raven Software

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Call of Duty®: Ghosts vs Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition — FAQ

Which is better, Call of Duty®: Ghosts or Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition?
On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Call of Duty®: Ghosts sits at 59.5% positive (6,331 reviews), Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition at 58.8% (5,802). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
Are Call of Duty®: Ghosts and Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition 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.
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