Games Like Arma 3

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 26.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Realistic 8.8%, War 8.7%, FPS 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Built on Arma’s next-generation Enfusion engine, it offers the closest modern continuation of Arma-style combined-arms sandbox warfare and player-made scenarios.

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.

Why similar: Military 23.8%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Realistic 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct predecessor’s standalone expansion, retaining the sprawling maps, realistic ballistics, vehicles, and emergent milsim missions that define Arma.

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 24%, Tactical 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Realistic 7.6%, FPS 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Arma 2 delivers the same uncompromising open-world military simulation formula, including large operations, AI command, vehicles, and extensive mod support.

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 27.8%, Realistic 9.6%, FPS 9.2%, War 8.5%, Tactical 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Squad emphasizes large multiplayer battles, realistic weapon handling, logistics, command structure, and coordinated infantry-and-vehicle operations.

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 developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.

Why similar: Military 27.1%, FPS 10.2%, Realistic 10%, Multiplayer 9.6%, War 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play milsim FPS centers on community-made content, large-scale team combat, vehicles, and a deliberately Arma-like sandbox spirit.

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 27.1%, Tactical 14.5%, Realistic 12.3%, FPS 9.8%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: GROUND BRANCH offers highly configurable weapons, deliberate planning, lethal engagements, and detailed special-operations gameplay for the simulation-minded side of Arma.

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.

Why similar: Military 24.1%, FPS 13.3%, Realistic 10.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Tactical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more match-focused than Arma, it captures its lethal firefights, grounded weapon handling, co-op operations, and emphasis on tactical teamwork.

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 22.7%, Tactical 10.7%, FPS 10.3%, Realistic 9.9%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its persistent open-world deployment zones, methodical gunfights, PvEvP structure, and tactical extraction gameplay suit players who enjoy Arma’s slower military pace.

Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.

Why similar: Military 19.9%, Open World 15.1%, Shooter 13%, Tactical 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Wildlands provides a vast open world for cooperative military missions, vehicle use, reconnaissance, stealth, and flexible approaches to objectives.

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%, War 10.3%, Tactical 9.6%, Realistic 8.8%, FPS 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op tactical shooter focuses on authentic modern infantry procedures, room clearing, communication, and dangerous AI-driven urban operations.

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 21.9%, War 13.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Realistic 10.8%, FPS 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Hell Let Loose combines 50-versus-50 warfare, command roles, logistics, vehicles, and squad communication in a grounded large-scale battlefield.

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 20.4%, Realistic 16.7%, FPS 15.8%, Shooter 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It trades Arma’s scale for intense close-quarters police operations, but shares a strong focus on planning, communication, realistic weapons, and punishing mistakes.

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 26.2%, FPS 13%, War 12.3%, Shooter 12%, Multiplayer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its low-poly presentation, it delivers enormous combined-arms battles with destructible terrain, classes, vehicles, squad play, and player-driven chaos.

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 26.8%, War 14.1%, FPS 12.2%, Realistic 9.2%, Tactical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its expansive maps, asymmetric factions, helicopters, large player counts, and unforgiving combat create a more focused but similarly immersive military experience.

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 24.9%, FPS 10.5%, War 10.2%, Multiplayer 9%, Realistic 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Formerly Post Scriptum, Squad 44 applies Squad-like communication, logistics, command hierarchy, and vehicle warfare to World War II.

EXFIL delivers raw tactical FPS intensity with no distractions. No loot grinding, no gimmicks, just pure realism. EXFIL tests your strategy, comms, and teamwork in high-stakes tactical engagements. Will your squad rise to the challenge?

Why similar: Military 22.5%, Tactical 9.6%, FPS 8.6%, Shooter 8.5%, Realistic 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: EXFIL is a tactical military extraction shooter that rewards reconnaissance, careful movement, navigation, and coordinated engagements over run-and-gun play.

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: Shooter 13.5%, Open World 13.2%, FPS 13.1%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Co-op 11%

Why You'll Like It: Built from Arma roots, DayZ shares its massive terrains, emergent multiplayer stories, survival tension, realistic firearms, and mod-friendly sandbox appeal.

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.

Why similar: FPS 19.2%, Shooter 15%, Open World 11.2%, War 10.4%, Multiplayer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: PlanetSide 2 offers persistent continent-scale warfare where infantry, armor, aircraft, logistics, and organized outfits shape battles around the clock.

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 29.5%, War 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Tactical 7.9%, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Call to Arms combines real-time battlefield command with direct control of individual soldiers and vehicles, appealing to players who enjoy Arma’s combined-arms flexibility.

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 24.1%, Tactical 11.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Moddable 9.5%, Realistic 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Thunder Tier One brings detailed planning, cooperative special-forces missions, realistic equipment use, and tactical coordination from a top-down perspective.

Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.

Why similar: Military 27.3%, Multiplayer 14.3%, War 13.2%, FPS 13%, Shooter 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Battlefield 4 is more accessible than Arma but remains an excellent combined-arms alternative with large maps, infantry, armor, aircraft, and destruction.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.

Why similar: Military 25.3%, Open World 12.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Co-op 9%

Why You'll Like It: Breakpoint supplies open-world co-op military operations, reconnaissance, stealth, vehicles, and customizable tactical approaches across a large island.

IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.

Why similar: Military 23.6%, Realistic 11.4%, FPS 11.4%, Tactical 10.9%, Shooter 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op tactical extraction FPS features customizable loadouts, mission-based combat, AI threats, and a slower, methodical military tone.

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: Military 24.7%, War 18.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Realistic 10.5%, FPS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This Civil War simulation prioritizes formation discipline, chain of command, large player battles, and the tense vulnerability of realistic combat.

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: Shooter 15.1%, Military 14.8%, FPS 12.7%, Open World 9.6%, War 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This hybrid military sandbox mixes first-person combat with recruiting, commanding, equipping, and leading forces across a dynamic conflict.

Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

Why similar: Military 27.1%, Realistic 11.2%, War 10.4%, Team-Based 8.9%, FPS 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Isonzo delivers tactical World War we battles built around class roles, coordinated assaults, defensive construction, and objective-based mountain warfare.

Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.

Why similar: Military 26%, War 14.3%, FPS 10.9%, Shooter 10%, Realistic 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Beyond The Wire offers World War we squad warfare with communication-driven objectives, period vehicles, and a demanding teamwork-first structure.

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 32.7%, Simulation 9.3%, FPS 8.6%, Tactical 8.4%, Realistic 6.8%

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 17.5%, Tactical 13.3%, Shooter 11.2%, FPS 9.8%, Realistic 9.3%

The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.

Why similar: Military 25.9%, Simulation 9.1%, FPS 8.6%, Tactical 7.7%, War 7.6%

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 25.9%, FPS 13.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Tactical 8.8%

Onward is the most immersive tactical VR shooter. Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit

Why similar: Military 24.9%, Shooter 10.9%, FPS 10.3%, War 10.2%, Realistic 9.7%

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 28.6%, Military 15.1%, Realistic 9.5%, Tactical 9.1%, Multiplayer 8%

The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.

Why similar: Military 27.7%, War 14%, FPS 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Shooter 11.1%

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: Military 18%, War 9.2%, Moddable 8.6%, FPS 7.8%, Tactical 7.6%

Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.

Why similar: Shooter 15.9%, FPS 15.4%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Military 11.4%, Tactical 10.5%

Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.

Why similar: Military 27.8%, FPS 12.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Tactical 8.5%

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 19.7%, Shooter 11.9%, FPS 11.8%, War 9.5%, Realistic 7.8%

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 27.3%, Tactical 11.3%, FPS 9.8%, Shooter 8.8%, Realistic 8.2%

Step into the explosive fury of war with Hell Let Loose: Vietnam. Play a decisive role in one of the most iconic conflicts in history with expansive 50v50 player battles, where teamwork, tactics and an arsenal of destructive weapons combine to shape the battlefield in your favour.

Why similar: Military 23%, War 11.6%, FPS 11.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Realistic 8.9%

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!

Why similar: Military 29.8%, Multiplayer 11.3%, War 11.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Realistic 9.9%

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

Why similar: Shooter 27.1%, FPS 16.2%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Military 9.8%, Tactical 7.3%

Destroy, smash and blast your way to victory! Use advanced weapons and vehicles to dominate the battlefield.

Why similar: Shooter 24.9%, FPS 15.7%, War 15.4%, Multiplayer 14.9%, First-Person 6.2%

War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

Why similar: Military 28.1%, War 15.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Realistic 10.2%

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: Military 24.3%, War 14.9%, FPS 11.4%, Shooter 10.4%, Sandbox 6.6%

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 27.2%, War 12.7%, Tactical 9.7%, Open World 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...

Why similar: War 15.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Moddable 13.2%, Military 12.7%, Shooter 10%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.

Why similar: Military 15%, FPS 12.1%, Tactical 11.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%

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 27.7%, FPS 18.2%, Shooter 12.6%, War 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%

WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight over the control zone. Set in the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe on a destructible battlefield where teamwork pays and cash is king.

Why similar: Military 24.3%, Tactical 10.4%, FPS 10%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Shooter 9.3%

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 20.1%, FPS 12.2%, Shooter 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.2%, War 8.4%

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: Military 20.7%, Tactical 19.7%, FPS 13.7%, Shooter 9.4%, Realistic 6.8%

The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.

Why similar: Military 22.9%, FPS 12.2%, War 11.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Poly Squad; multiplayer, team-based, it is the kind of game where you can fight as a team on, large maps using various weapons up to 16 - 32 players.

Why similar: Military 23.5%, War 12.8%, FPS 10%, Shooter 9.3%, Open World 7.9%