Games like Arma 2

Remember how dark and brutal Arma 2 felt at its best? These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Arma Reforger
A Cold War military sandbox built around large combined-arms battles, missions shaped live, and detailed weapons and vehicles. Matches can run for hours, firefights punish mistakes, and teamwork matters a lot.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Brutal, Tense
80% of 53,277 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,724$39.99
Armored Brigade II
Cold War combined arms in 3D, from 1965 to 1991. Command platoons to whole battalions on huge real-world maps, where orders travel through a simulated chain of command and every delay matters. Over 1000 researched units, dynamic weather and a skirmish generator that keeps battles coming.
Tense, Competitive, Replayable
87% of 151 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$29.99
Firefight
Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game similar in style to the old Close Combat series but brought up to date with better AI, individual soldier modelling, a faster frame rate to give more intense and realistic combat and an easy to use command interface.
Brutal, Tense, Competitive
83% of 345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99
Combat Mission Shock Force 2
A 1:1 tactical simulation of a hypothetical war in Syria, where every soldier has his own eyes, his own nerves and his own breaking point. Plan sixty seconds of combat, then watch it unfold.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Brutal, Competitive
80% of 628 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$29.99
Easy Red 2
A realistic World War II shooter that puts you in the boots of one ordinary soldier among hundreds. Storm beaches, drive Shermans, fly Spitfires and fight across six campaigns of recreated historical battles, solo with bots or online with friends. No hero moments, just the front line, and survival is never promised.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
90% of 14,890 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,317$5.84
Combat Mission Black Sea
A military-grade simulation of a fictional 2017 war between Russia, Ukraine and NATO. Command real battalions down to single squads in true 3D, where drones spot, precision artillery strikes and electronic warfare jams.
Also in Co-op · Dark, Tense, Competitive
81% of 425 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$23.99
Armoured Commander II
In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.
Dark, Tense, Replayable
98% of 592 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Call to Arms
Call to Arms mixes real-time strategy with first- and third-person action in a modern war setting. Command squads from above, then jump into any soldier, tank or helicopter yourself. Cover is everywhere and almost everything can be destroyed, so every fight leaves a mark on the map.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
80% of 17,510 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114
Far Cry® 2
A gun for hire in a war-torn African state, hunting an arms dealer called the Jackal while malaria eats at you from inside. Guns jam, cars fall apart, fire spreads with the wind, and no one hands you a hero's welcome. A harsh, atmospheric open world shooter that respects your brain more than your ego.
Dark, Brutal, Tense
75% of 17,564 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 102$9.99
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
A battalion-level combat simulation set in the summer of 1943, on the Mius river and around Saur-Mogila. Plan operations on a turn-based map, then fight them out in real time with honest ballistics, fragile crews and terrain that remembers every battle. Slow, demanding and deeply rewarding for anyone who wants war the way it actually was.
Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable
89% of 1,119 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$20.99
Iron Front: Digital War Edition
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Dark, Brutal, Tense
58% of 776 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Real-time tactics WWII combat where every soldier has a name, an inventory, and very little margin for error. Take five factions through tank assaults and sniper infiltrations across 65 maps, grab any unit in Direct Control, and steal what you need from the battlefield to keep going.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
91% of 35,838 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,020$29.99

Hidden gems like Arma 2

Rising Front

Fight in first person or command from above while tanks, cavalry and planes turn the front line into glorious mayhem.

$14.99

Armored Brigade II

Command tanks, infantry and air support across real-world European terrain, where orders take time to arrive and plans matter more than reflexes.

$29.99

Glory To The Heroes™

Fight as one soldier on real battlefields, where a bad loadout or one wrong step can cost you everything you carried in.

$29.99

Armoured Commander II

In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North…

$9.99

Battleplan

Sketch your battle plan on real-world terrain and let hundreds of thousands of troops carry it out in real time.

$29.99

Call to Arms: Panzer Elite

Command a platoon of WWII tanks from the commander's seat or the gunner's sight. Fight through France in 1944, from St.

$14.99

Gunner, HEAT, PC!

Command a Cold War tank in central Germany, where real ballistics make every firefight a tense, lethal duel.

$29.99

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

Command American and German forces through the Normandy hedgerows, where every plan meets real ballistics and the fog of war.

$23.99

WARNO

Build a battlegroup from a thousand Cold War units and lead it through a hot war in Germany, alone or against other commanders.

$39.99

Combat Mission Black Sea

Command American, Ukrainian or Russian forces in a brutal near-peer conflict, one careful order at a time.

$23.99

Easy Red 2

A realistic World War II shooter that puts you in the boots of one ordinary soldier among hundreds.

$5.84

Armored Brigade

Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability.

$19.99

Newest games like Arma 2

Battleplan

Sketch your battle plan on real-world terrain and let hundreds of thousands of troops carry it out in real time.

$29.99

Glory To The Heroes™

Fight as one soldier on real battlefields, where a bad loadout or one wrong step can cost you everything you carried in.

$29.99

Rising Front

Fight in first person or command from above while tanks, cavalry and planes turn the front line into glorious mayhem.

$14.99

Call to Arms: Panzer Elite

Command a platoon of WWII tanks from the commander's seat or the gunner's sight. Fight through France in 1944, from St.

$14.99

Armored Brigade II

Command tanks, infantry and air support across real-world European terrain, where orders take time to arrive and plans matter more than reflexes.

$29.99

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Draw up a squad plan, pause the action to adjust it, and watch the breach unfold in real time.

$24.99

Enlisted

Enlisted puts you in charge of a whole WWII squad instead of one soldier.

Free

WARNO

Build a battlegroup from a thousand Cold War units and lead it through a hot war in Germany, alone or against other commanders.

$39.99

Armored War

Armored War is a realistic multiplayer tactical first-person shooter set in the realities of modern conflict.

$10.99

Arma Reforger

Fight long, punishing combined-arms battles where one mistake ends you and teamwork decides everything.

$39.99

Six Days in Fallujah

Clear houses room by room with your fireteam, where enemies flank, ambush and set traps in buildings that never play the same twice.

$39.99

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

Command American and German forces through the Normandy hedgerows, where every plan meets real ballistics and the fog of war.

$23.99