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Shares combined arms warfare and mission editor with ARMA: Combat Operations.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2011
Games like ARMA: Combat Operations
- 24 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked ARMA: Combat Operations also play
The closest matches to ARMA: Combat Operations: ARMA: Cold War Assault, ARMA: Gold Edition, Arma 2, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, and Iron Front: Digital War Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares mission editor with ARMA: Combat Operations.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2011
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why this: Also Military and Gore, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like ARMA: Combat Operations
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Shares combined arms warfare and mission editor with ARMA: Combat Operations.
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- Released: 2008
- Developer: Bohemia Interactive
- 71% of 118 reviews
- Genres: Action
- Metacritic 74
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Addons and mods drastically expand gameplay
- Campaign has a unique branching mission tree
- Campaign set in a fictional 2000s korean war scenario
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Immersive
More games like ARMA: Combat Operations, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to ARMA: Combat Operations
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
Why this: Also Military and Tactical, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
DayZ
Why this: Same intense mood as ARMA: Combat Operations.
Battlefield 4™
Why this: Also Military and Violent, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
Arma 3
Why this: Shares mission editor with ARMA: Combat Operations.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to ARMA: Combat Operations, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why this: Also Military and Tactical, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
Talvisota - Winter War
Why this: Also Military and Gore, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Why this: Also Gore and Violent, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Why this: Also Military and Violent, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
More from Bohemia Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Bohemia Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Arma Reforger
Why this: Also Military and Tactical, like ARMA: Combat Operations.
Ylands
Why this: Same challenging mood as ARMA: Combat Operations.
Take On Mars
Why this: Same immersive mood as ARMA: Combat Operations.
About ARMA: Combat Operations
The closest matches to ARMA: Combat Operations: ARMA: Cold War Assault, ARMA: Gold Edition, Arma 2, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, and Iron Front: Digital War Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If ARMA: Combat Operations is your kind of game, the closest matches are ARMA: Cold War Assault, ARMA: Gold Edition and Arma 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and immersive, and single out its addon support and branching mission tree. 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 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.
Is ARMA: Combat Operations worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 71% of 118 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 16 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Addons and mods drastically expand gameplay
- Campaign has a unique branching mission tree
- Campaign set in a fictional 2000s korean war scenario
- Combined arms warfare feels authentic
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Please do not buy this version of the game. Go ahead and buy ARMA: Gold Edition, which includes Armed Assault and Queen's Gambit expansion pack. It's impossible to buy the expansion pack by itself. I bought this game twice essentially…”
“This game is not for me. It looks ok and the gameplay is pretty good, however its pretty buggy. They went for realism and pulled that off pretty well. I hate the menu system. The menus and controls make the game more of a chore to play…”
People who play it also play: ARMA: Cold War Assault, ARMA: Gold Edition, Arma 2
Frequently asked about ARMA: Combat Operations
Can I run it?
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: Cold War Assault, ARMA: Gold Edition, Arma 2.
Who developed ARMA: Combat Operations?
ARMA: Combat Operations was developed by Bohemia Interactive.