Free games like ARMA: Gold Edition
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to ARMA: Gold Edition, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with ARMA: Gold Edition.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with ARMA: Gold Edition.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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DCS World Steam Edition
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with ARMA: Gold Edition.
Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with ARMA: Gold Edition.
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.
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Talvisota - Winter War
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with ARMA: Gold Edition.
Talvisota for Rising Storm 2 brings players from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the frozen forests of Finland, during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of the late 1930s.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with ARMA: Gold Edition.
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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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with ARMA: Gold Edition.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.
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Girls' Frontline
Free-to-play alternative to ARMA: Gold Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with ARMA: Gold Edition.
As a Commander for Griffin & Kryuger PMC. Navigate faction power struggles, deploy forces strategically, and work to restore order in a war-torn world.