Games Like Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

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.

Why similar: Military 23.6%, Tactical 8.1%, Simulation 8%, Multiplayer 8%, Realistic 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct successor to the Arma series, offering refined mechanics and a massive sandbox environment.

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.

Why similar: Military 25.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Realistic 8.4%, Tactical 8.1%, FPS 8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern engine testbed for the Arma series that captures the classic tactical feel with updated visuals.

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Why similar: Military 27.6%, Tactical 10.6%, Realistic 9.1%, FPS 9%, Team-Based 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor that emphasizes large-scale tactical coordination and realistic communication between squads.

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

Why similar: Military 26.6%, Tactical 11%, FPS 9.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: A community-driven project that focuses on providing a realistic, large-scale military shooter experience without barriers.

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: Military 21.9%, Tactical 13%, FPS 9.5%, Realistic 9.1%, Simulation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar open-world tactical extraction experience with a heavy focus on realistic ballistics and squad play.

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: Military 24.6%, FPS 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%, War 9%, Realistic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides intense, large-scale tactical realism set in a historical context with a focus on team-based coordination.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: Military 27%, Tactical 18.4%, Realistic 11.9%, FPS 9.5%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep tactical customization and realistic combat mechanics that prioritize precise movement and planning.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.

Why similar: Military 25.8%, FPS 13.8%, Tactical 12.2%, Realistic 11.1%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes tactical shooter that delivers intense, realistic gunplay and sound design.

Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

Why similar: Military 22.2%, War 11.9%, FPS 10.7%, Realistic 10.6%, Tactical 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale strategic warfare where communication and squad roles are essential for victory.

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.

Why similar: FPS 15.2%, Simulation 15%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Open World 14%, Shooter 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the Arma 2 engine, this title retains the same survival and open-world mechanics that made the original mod famous.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: Military 19.2%, Tactical 18.4%, FPS 10.4%, Realistic 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that emphasizes careful planning, team coordination, and realistic engagement distances.

Eastern Europe, 2008. War has broken out on the borders of Russia and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. That's when the call goes out for the Ghosts—an elite handful of specially trained Green Berets, armed with the latest technology and trained to use the deadliest weapons.

Why similar: Tactical 23.4%, Military 19.5%, FPS 12.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: The classic tactical shooter that defined squad-based military gameplay and mission-oriented objectives.

Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.

Why similar: Military 26.1%, War 12.3%, FPS 11.5%, Tactical 10.6%, Team-Based 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers asymmetric tactical warfare with a strong focus on realism and authentic weapon handling.

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Military 27.5%, Tactical 14.3%, Simulation 11.1%, FPS 9.8%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on squad-based tactical simulation and mission planning in a realistic military setting.

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: Tactical 26.2%, Realistic 16.5%, FPS 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Shooter 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes tactical planning and execution found in Arma's specialized CQB missions.

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: Military 27.7%, War 9.4%, Tactical 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy and first-person shooter elements for a unique military simulation experience.

Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.

Why similar: Military 27.3%, Tactical 12.3%, War 11.5%, Team-Based 9%, Open World 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A massive persistent war simulation that emphasizes logistics, strategy, and large-scale team cooperation.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: Military 15.4%, Realistic 14.9%, FPS 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Tactical 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical shooter known for its realistic ballistics and punishing damage models.

Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Why similar: Military 45.3%, Simulation 26.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Modern 6.7%, War 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: For those who appreciate the strategic and simulation depth of Arma's command modules and modern warfare scenarios.

America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites.

Why similar: Military 26.9%, FPS 13.9%, Tactical 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Shooter 8%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, team-based military shooter developed with authentic training principles and tactical focus.

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: Military 23.9%, War 15.4%, Tactical 13.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep tactical strategy that mirrors the scale and complexity of Arma's military operations.

BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!

Why similar: Military 27.9%, FPS 13.4%, War 11.7%, Tactical 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the massive scale and tactical team play of Arma in a more accessible, low-poly format.

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Why similar: Shooter 20.9%, FPS 16.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Military 10.2%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tactical team-based combat, focusing on map control and precise shooting.

The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

Why similar: Military 20.6%, FPS 19%, Multiplayer 14.8%, War 10.7%, Shooter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the cinematic military action and setting that defined the popular military shooter genre of the time.

The U.S. Army is the most powerful ground force in the entire world. The backbone of a ground invasion is the U.S. Army Infantry, and in the midst of combat, their skills, courage, and teamwork are put to the test. While readiness continues to be the U.S. Army's top priority, how it goes about its business is changing.

Why similar: Military 39.7%, Tactical 23.7%, Strategy 17%, Action 11.1%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on authentic squad-based military tactics and command-driven gameplay.

Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

Why similar: Military 20.2%, Tactical 10.6%, War 9.7%, FPS 7.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone tactical simulation set in WWII that utilizes the core Arma engine mechanics.

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.

Why similar: Military 23.4%, Simulation 11%, Tactical 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Realistic 7.1%

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: FPS 28.8%, Military 15.6%, Tactical 11.8%, Realistic 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%

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.

Why similar: Military 24.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Tactical 9.1%, FPS 7.8%, War 6.4%

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.

Why similar: Military 30.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Tactical 10%, FPS 7.9%, Realistic 6.2%

Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Why similar: Military 23.5%, Tactical 15%, War 13.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through...

Why similar: Military 19.5%, FPS 14.4%, Realistic 10.8%, Tactical 10.4%, War 10.1%

Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

Why similar: Military 22.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Tactical 14.3%, War 9.3%, Moddable 9.3% ★

In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat.

Why similar: Military 21.9%, FPS 11.8%, Shooter 9.9%, War 9.2%, Tactical 9%

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II drops players into an unprecedented global conflict that features the iconic Operators of Task Force 141.

Why similar: Military 21.6%, FPS 13.8%, Shooter 10.5%, Tactical 8.8%, Realistic 8.3%

Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.

Why similar: Military 29%, FPS 18.7%, War 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 9.8%

Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Why similar: Military 28.1%, Simulation 15.8%, Tactical 13.3%, Realistic 11.4%, War 10.8%

Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!

Why similar: War 14.7%, FPS 13.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Realistic 9.9%

Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a first and third person tactical shooter that builds upon the tremendous success of Hidden & Dangerous. You lead a small squad of Allied soldiers deep behind enemy lines, to carry out secret missions during World War II.

Why similar: Tactical 23%, FPS 18.3%, War 16.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Shooter 9.8%

Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.

Why similar: Military 23.7%, Tactical 12.6%, War 9.6%, FPS 8.9%, Realistic 8.8%

Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ is an open-world First Person Shooter set on the frontlines of tomorrow. In a world ravaged by a global energy crisis, environmental decay, and economic depression, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the last of...

Why similar: Military 26.3%, FPS 21.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%

The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...

Why similar: Military 29.6%, Strategy 26.5%, Tactical 12%, Multiplayer 10.7%, War 9.7%

Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Why similar: Realistic 17.6%, Military 12.9%, FPS 12.2%, Tactical 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Military 29.6%, Tactical 18.5%, Moddable 17.2% ★, War 11%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".

Why similar: Military 30.3%, Tactical 15.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, War 10.4%

Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.

Why similar: Military 24.6%, Tactical 14.4%, Moddable 13.6% ★, Realistic 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%

East Africa, 2009. A 60-year conflict boils over as Ethiopia invades its smaller neighbor Eritrea, threatening the world's most vital shipping lanes in the Red Sea. An elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets, known as the Ghosts, moves in to safeguard the seas and free Eritrea.

Why similar: Tactical 24.9%, Shooter 23.6%, Action 23.2%, FPS 21%, First-Person 7.3%

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.

Why similar: Simulation 54%, Strategy 27.3%, Action 18.7%

Ghost Recon takes the next step in battlefield realism with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™: Island Thunder™. Cuba, 2009: Castro is dead, and the first free Cuban elections in decades are thrown into turmoil by a drug-funded warlord. The Ghosts, an elite team of U.S.

Why similar: Tactical 27.1%, Military 23.9%, FPS 16%, Action 15%, Shooter 13.7%

The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

Why similar: Military 34.6%, Simulation 18.9%, Tactical 16.9%, War 13%, Strategy 9.8%

World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.

Why similar: Military 23%, Tactical 12.6%, FPS 10.6%, War 10%, Realistic 9.1%

Army Troop is an old-school PvP World War 2 online first-person shooter. Reminding you of the good old days World War games.

Why similar: Military 20.2%, War 11.6%, Tactical 11.6%, FPS 11.4%, Realistic 9.8%