Rank 01Why this
Also Military and War, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- 2011
Games like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- 29 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising also play
The closest matches to Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising: Operation Flashpoint: Red River, ARMA: Combat Operations, Enemy Front, Insurgency: Sandstorm, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Also Military and Tactical, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- 2008
Rank 03Why this
Shares tactical shooting with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Verified
- 2014
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
Why this: Also Military and Stealth, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Also Military and War, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- 55% of 440 reviews
- 2ARMA: Combat Operations
Also Military and Tactical, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- 71% of 118 reviews
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- 5Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
Also Military and Stealth, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- 93% of 1,090 reviews
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- 11Far Cry® 2
Shares open world exploration with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
- 78% of 9,307 reviews
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- Released: 2009
- Developer: Codemasters
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 67% of 803 reviews
- Genres: Action
- Metacritic 76
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Custom mission editor
- Realistic physics
- Challenging
- Immersive
- Mission editor support
- Open world exploration
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Medal of Honor: Airborne
Why this: Also Military and War, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Free alternatives
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DCS World Steam Edition
Why this: Also Military and War, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
PlanetSide 2
Why this: Also War and Tactical, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Counter-Strike 2
Why this: Shares tactical shooting with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why this: Also Military and Tactical, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Why this: Also Stealth and Tactical, like Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Codemasters, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Why this: Same immersive mood as Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
DiRT Rally
Why this: Same challenging mood as Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
About Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
The closest matches to Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising: Operation Flashpoint: Red River, ARMA: Combat Operations, Enemy Front, Insurgency: Sandstorm, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is your kind of game, the closest matches are Operation Flashpoint: Red River, ARMA: Combat Operations and Enemy Front — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and immersive, and single out its mission editor support and open world exploration. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands.
Is Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 67% of 803 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 14 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Custom mission editor
- Realistic physics
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Love it for some aspects, totally hated for specific missions where the difficulty is totally punitive. Maybe it's just me but if you don't exactly hit specific waypoint of the map, you're dead all the time.”
People who play it also play: Operation Flashpoint: Red River, ARMA: Combat Operations, Enemy Front
Frequently asked about Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Can I run it?
Does Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising run on Steam Deck?
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising are Operation Flashpoint: Red River, ARMA: Combat Operations, Enemy Front.
Who developed Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising?
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising was developed by Codemasters and published by Codemasters, Electronic Arts.