Call of Duty Games in Story Order by Timeline Watch Order
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Call of Duty Games in Story Order by Timeline
Pick a continuity before you start.
Explore Call of Duty without forcing separate continuities together: Black Ops, both Modern Warfare universes, WWII campaigns, Warzone, Mobile and Zombies each keep their own story lane.
Call of Duty is a family of campaign continuities, not one calendar. This guide separates Black Ops, both Modern Warfare universes, WWII branches, mobile stories and the Zombies timelines while keeping live-service story material attached to the right era.
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Universe orientation
Many wars. Many continuities. No fake single timeline.
The quick answer
Choose a continuity first. Black Ops and the two Modern Warfare timelines are the clearest long-form routes; do not try to play every Call of Duty title as one chronology.
Switch to release order or use Starter Mode for a shorter route.Universe explored
The Call of Duty universe, story by story
The list is ordered as a navigable continuity map, not as one fictional calendar. Black Ops, Modern Warfare, classic WWII, Zombies and standalone futures each retain their own story lane.
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Warzone era cards and seasonal narratives are grouped rather than exploded into hundreds of thin entries. Time-travel-heavy Zombies routes use story sequence instead of false calendar precision.
Showing 128 of 128 released stories.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: World at War
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops — Nintendo DS companion
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops — Declassified
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops II — 1986–1989 missions
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops II — 2025 missions
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Comic seriesCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops III #1–6
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Live-service storyCanon
Black Ops 7 — Endgame
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game narrativeCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 — Specialist HQ stories
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Comic seriesCanon unclear
Modern Warfare 2: Ghost #1–6
Simon “Ghost” Riley backstory; placed before Modern Warfare 2.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Nintendo DS companion
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Short filmCanon unclear
Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Defiance
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Begins the 2019 reboot continuity.
- GameCanon
Modern Warfare — Special Ops
Co-op story continuing after the 2019 campaign.
- Live-service narrativeCanon
Call of Duty: Warzone — Verdansk 2020 storyline
Warzone’s Verdansk 2020 narrative continues the reboot Modern Warfare story.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Task Force 141 returns in the reboot continuity.
- GameCanon
Modern Warfare II — Atomgrad Raids
Episodes 1–4, continuing Modern Warfare II.
- Live-service narrativeCanon
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 — Al Mazrah storyline
Live-service narrative across Al Mazrah and associated faction stories.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
Makarov becomes the central enemy in the reboot continuity.
- Live-service narrativeCanon
Call of Duty: Warzone — Urzikstan storyline
Warzone narrative attached to the Modern Warfare III era.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: United Offensive
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty 2
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty 3
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Roads to Victory
A WWII anthology story. These games overlap historically rather than forming one day-by-day serial timeline.
- Game chapterCanon
Point of Contact
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Nightfall
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Mayday
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Awakening
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Exodus
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Outbreak (Release year not listed in supplied chronology · Game chapter)
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Infection
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Carrier
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Descent
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Zombies in Spaceland
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Rave in the Redwoods
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Shaolin Shuffle
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Attack of the Radioactive Thing
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
The Beast from Beyond
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Nacht der Untoten
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Verrückt
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Shi No Numa
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Der Riese
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Kino der Toten
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
“Five”
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Ascension
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Call of the Dead
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Shangri-La
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Moon
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Nuketown Zombies
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
TranZit
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Die Rise
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Mob of the Dead
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Buried
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Origins
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Shadows of Evil
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
The Giant
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Der Eisendrache
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Zetsubou No Shima
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Gorod Krovi
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Revelations
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Comic seriesCanon
Call of Duty: Zombies #1–6
Official Dark Horse comics bridging parts of the Aether/Victis story.
- Game chapterCanon
Classified
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Blood of the Dead
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Alpha Omega
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Tag der Toten
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Comic seriesCanon
Call of Duty: Zombies 2 #1–4
Chaos prequel comics beginning in 1910.
- Game chapterCanon
Dead of the Night
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Voyage of Despair
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
IX
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Ancient Evil
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Vanguard Zombies — Der Anfang
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Terra Maledicta
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Shi No Numa Reborn
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
The Archon
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Die Maschine
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Firebase Z
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Outbreak (Release year not listed in supplied chronology · Game chapter)
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Mauer der Toten
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Forsaken
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Terminus
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Liberty Falls
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Citadelle des Morts
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
The Tomb
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Shattered Veil
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Reckoning
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Ashes of the Damned
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Astra Malorum
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Paradox Junction
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Totenreich
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Kowakujō
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Rex Infernus
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Modern Warfare Zombies / Operation Deadbolt
Modern-era Dark Aether chapter. The 1990s Black Ops 6 and direct Black Ops 7 Zombies continuation precede it in calendar chronology.
- Game chapterCanon
Dead Ops Arcade
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Dead Ops Arcade II: Cyber's Avengening
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Dead Ops Arcade 3
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Game chapterCanon
Dead Ops Arcade 4
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: World at War — Final Fronts
Companion campaign using World at War branding; not the same campaign as the main game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: World at War — Nintendo DS
Companion campaign using World at War branding; not the same campaign as the main game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: WWII
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Vanguard
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Live-service narrativeCanon
Call of Duty: Warzone — Pacific / Caldera narrative
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Live-service narrativeCanon
Call of Duty: Warzone — Verdansk ’84
Connects with Black Ops Cold War; not a calendar sequel to Verdansk 2020.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Ghosts
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- GameCanon
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Mobile gameCanon
Call of Duty: Strike Team
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Mobile gameCanon
Call of Duty: Mobile
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Digital comicsCanon
Call of Duty: Mobile — Comics Era 1
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Digital comicsCanon
Call of Duty: Mobile — Comics Era 2 / later narrative
A story route within this continuity, not a single calendar shared by every Call of Duty game.
- Survival mapCanon
Vandorn Farm
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
- Survival mapCanon
Exit 115
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
- Survival mapCanon
Zarya Cosmodrome
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
- Survival mapCanon
Mars
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
- Survival mapCanon
Ashwood
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
- Survival mapCanon
Nuked
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
- Survival mapCanon
Eidskallen Lighthouse
Optional survival space, not a separate major main-quest chapter.
Not part of the checklist
Announced and unreleased
These records are tracked for context but are excluded from chronology numbers, filters and progress until release.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 423 Oct 2026 — upcomingUpcoming
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Call of Duty order guide
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Call of Duty Games in Story Order by Timeline Games in Order
Game entries stay in the same researched timeline, with adaptations and side stories labelled so they do not distort the play sequence.
Call of Duty Games in Story Order by Timeline Books in Order
Books, comics and other reading material are placed by story chronology while publication order remains available as a separate view.
Call of Duty Games in Story Order by Timeline Release Order
Release order re-sorts the same mapped stories by first publication or release instead of creating a duplicate guide page.
What Order Should You Play Call of Duty?
Start with the guide’s recommended route if this is your first time. Use the full chronology when you want the complete cross-media timeline.
Suggested routes
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Use the full chronology or follow a shorter route.
World at War → Black Ops → Cold War → Black Ops II/6/7
The largest traditional Call of Duty campaign continuity.
Choose original or reboot
The 2007 trilogy and the 2019 reboot are separate continuities.
Aether → Dark Aether
Use story-route order; time travel and resets make a normal calendar misleading.
Story versions
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Researched editions and adaptations stay together under one story.
See how stories are organisedSources
What anchors this order.
Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.
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