Is Call of Duty®: Black Ops III (Steam app 311210) multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — co-op and PvP, plus local/split-screen. Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is a co-op horde shooter game released in 2015, 84% positive on Steam (215,026 reviews), with 5,414 playing right now. $14.99 on Steam.
Co-opLocal / split-screenSingle-player tooShooter · Co-op horde shooter
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
How Call of Duty®: Black Ops III plays with friends, according to Steam
- Online co-op
- Not listed on Steam
- Local / split-screen co-op
- Not listed on Steam
- Online PvP
- Not listed on Steam
- LAN play
- Not listed on Steam
- Remote Play Together (one copy, streamed to friends)
- Yes
- Single-player mode
- Yes
- Shared / split screen
- Yes
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Mods
- Steam Workshop
Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.
Steam tags: Multiplayer, Zombies, FPS, Shooter, Action, First-Person, Singleplayer, Co-op
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Quick answers
- Is Call of Duty®: Black Ops III co-op?
- Yes, Call of Duty®: Black Ops III supports co-op.
- Does Call of Duty®: Black Ops III have PvP?
- Steam's store page doesn't flag a PvP category, but Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is tagged competitive — it's player-versus-player.
- Do we both need to own Call of Duty®: Black Ops III to play together?
- Not always. Call of Duty®: Black Ops III supports Steam Remote Play Together: one person who owns it hosts and streams a local session to friends who don't (Steam quotes up to four players, more on a fast connection). For online co-op or PvP, every player needs their own copy.
- How many people play Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- About 5,414 players were in-game when this page's data was last refreshed (2026-09-09).
- Does Call of Duty®: Black Ops III have split-screen or local multiplayer?
- Yes. Steam lists Call of Duty®: Black Ops III with shared/split-screen play on one PC — and it supports Remote Play Together, so a friend can join that local session over the internet.