Games like ARMA: Combat Operations
If ARMA: Combat Operations is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARMA: Gold Edition, ARMA: Cold War Assault and Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. 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.
Get personalized picks →About ARMA: Combat Operations: Sequel to the highly successful Operation Flashpoint, ARMA: Combat Operations is a first person tactical military shooter on the PC with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread across large areas alongside the more close quartered battles.
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ARMA: Gold Edition
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Shares mission editor and an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
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ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.
ARMA: Cold War Assault
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Shares combined arms warfare, mission editor and an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Second-strongest match for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release.
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
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Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Third-strongest match for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.
Arma 2
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Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Ranked #4 for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
Arma Reforger
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Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Ranked #5 for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Arma 3
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Shares mission editor and an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Ranked #6 for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Insurgency: Sandstorm
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Ranked #7 for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
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Shares an intense mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Ranked #8 for ARMA: Combat Operations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.
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Operation Flashpoint: Red River
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Stand together with the US Marines in Operation Flashpoint: Red River, the ultimate tactical infantry shooter.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands.
Arma 2
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Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
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Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
Arma 3
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Shares mission editor and an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Reviewers of ARMA: Combat Operations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
DayZ
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Shares an intense mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
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How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Battlefield 4™
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Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Counter-Strike 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
Team Fortress 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Unturned
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
THE FINALS
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THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
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DayZ
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Shares an intense mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Arma 3
WHY THIS
Shares mission editor and an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Arma Reforger
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.
Ylands
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Shares a challenging mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations.
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!
ARMA: Cold War Assault
WHY THIS
Shares combined arms warfare, mission editor and an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release.
Arma 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations. Shares Action with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
Take On Mars
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Shares an immersive mood with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Another title from Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind ARMA: Combat Operations.
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
Frequently asked about ARMA: Combat Operations
- Does ARMA: Combat Operations have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ARMA: Combat Operations supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to ARMA: Combat Operations?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ARMA: Combat Operations are ARMA: Gold Edition, ARMA: Cold War Assault, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead.
- Who developed ARMA: Combat Operations?
- ARMA: Combat Operations was developed by Bohemia Interactive.
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