Choose Blacklight: Retribution
Choose Blacklight: Retribution if you want a Free To Play experience. Blacklight: Retribution launched in 2012.
Blacklight: Retribution vs Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
Blacklight: Retribution and Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 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. Blacklight: Retribution (2012) is 3 years older than Call of Duty®: Black Ops III (2015). Call of Duty®: Black Ops III scores higher on Steam reviews (90.2% positive) than Blacklight: Retribution (40.4% 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 III
Choose Call of Duty®: Black Ops III if you want an Adventure game with Shared/Split Screen, Steam Leaderboards, and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. On Steam, it's the newer release (2015) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 115,801 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Blacklight: Retribution and Call of Duty®: Black Ops III sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, 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
 Blacklight: Retribution |  Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2012 | 2015 |
| Genres | Action, Free To Play | Action, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | Price unknown | 59.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 40.4% positive (89 reviews) | 90.2% positive (115,801 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Co-op |
| Developers | Hardsuit Labs, Inc. | Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Blacklight: Retribution (2012) is 3 years older than Call of Duty®: Black Ops III (2015).
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III scores higher on Steam reviews (90.2% positive) than Blacklight: Retribution (40.4% positive).
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III has co-op; Blacklight: Retribution does not.
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Blacklight: Retribution has no Deck rating yet.
Blacklight: Retribution vs Call of Duty®: Black Ops III — FAQ
- Should I play Blacklight: Retribution or Call of Duty®: Black Ops III first?
- If you want chronology, Blacklight: Retribution (2012) came out before Call of Duty®: Black Ops III (2015). 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 Blacklight: Retribution and Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 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.