Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War vs Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is an FPS game from Treyarch (2023) while Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction is an FPS game (2022).
What each one is
Steam files Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War under FPS. In contrast, it files Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction under FPS.
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Extraction is a tactical, co-op, PvE first-person shooter where you and your squad face an evolving alien threat. Teamwork, tactics, and flawless execution are key to your survival.
At a glance
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.0/10 | 5.6/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (80%, 23,046) | Mixed (66%, 3,159) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | $59.99 | $39.99 |
| Install size | 175 GB | 72 GB |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | playable |
| Released | 2023 | 2022 |
| Developer | Treyarch | — |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War vs Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarFPS gameTom Clancy's Rainbow Six ExtractionFPS gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarFPS, Action, ZombiesTom Clancy's Rainbow Six ExtractionFPS, Action, Online Co-OpThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War ✓Score 7.0 · 80% on SteamTom Clancy's Rainbow Six ExtractionScore 5.6 · 66% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War23,046 reviews · 10 add-ons · 175 GBTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction3,159 reviews · 2 add-ons · 72 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War$59.99Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction ✓$39.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarUnsupportedTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction ✓PlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
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2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (GamingPickz Score 7.0)
- The cheaper right now: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction ($39.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (playable)
- Lighter on storage: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (72 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (23,046 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
SingleplayerFPSMultiplayerActionZombiesShooterFirst-PersonMilitary
Where they differ
Cold WarGorePvPTacticalWarStory Rich
Team-BasedRealisticDemonsSci-fiStealthAliens
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-4340 | — |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | — |
| Install size | 175 GB | 72 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War · Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and 1 for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction in scope?
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has drawn 23,046 Steam reviews, ships 10 add-ons and installs in 175 GB. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction has drawn 3,159 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 72 GB.
Is Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War or Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War rates higher (7.0 to 5.6). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War or Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction is cheaper right now at $39.99, against $59.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.