Games like Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Want something that feels tense and competitive the way Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead does? Start with these games when you are ready. Plenty here let you team up if you like.

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 · Tense, Competitive, Brutal
80% of 53,429 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,724$39.99
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 · Tense, Competitive, Brutal
80% of 17,513 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114
Warfare
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Tense, Competitive
89% of 183 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
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 · Tense, Competitive, Replayable
81% of 425 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$59.99
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
Eastern Europe, 2008: war on Russia's borders, and the Ghosts are sent in first. A tactical squad shooter where one bullet kills, scouting matters more than reflexes, and every soldier you lose stays lost. Plan, creep, and strike hard.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Brutal
91% of 1,639 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$2.99
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 · Competitive, Brutal, Replayable
80% of 627 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$59.99
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Command special operations squads in tense, top-down raids: pause time, draw your plan, then watch it play out. Breach walls, clear rooms, rescue hostages and lose nobody, or start over. Real-time tactics with no turns, no hexes, and plenty of ways in.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Brutal, Replayable
96% of 12,503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 599$24.99
Insurgency
A tactical shooter where a few bullets kill and there is no crosshair to save you. Fight over strongholds and weapon caches across 16 maps, with 40+ weapons, one-life modes and co-op missions. Brutal, tense and honest: every shot matters, and teamwork decides who walks away.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Brutal
91% of 86,235 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 204$14.99
Operation: Harsh Doorstop
Play solo against bots, or team up in multiplayer and co-op. Rough around the edges, deep where it counts.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Brutal
77% of 21,016 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 160Free
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 · Tense, Competitive, Brutal
91% of 35,849 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,020$29.99
Conflict Desert Storm™
Lead a four-man SAS or Delta Force squad through 15 open missions behind enemy lines. Swap between soldiers, call in air strikes, steal tanks and improvise when the plan falls apart. An old-school tactical shooter that trusts you to figure it out.
Tense, Competitive
69% of 1,318 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
America's Army: Proving Grounds
A tactical military shooter where one careless peek ends the round. America's Army: Proving Grounds puts you in an 11B Infantryman's boots, training and fighting in small units where patience, angles and teamwork beat fast reflexes. Slow, honest and unforgiving, it rewards thinking under pressure more than twitch aim.
Tense, Competitive
78% of 11,090 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 203Free

Cheaper than Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered

Lead a squad through a vast Cold War campaign where every firefight can end in a heartbeat, then take the fight online or into community mods.

$9.99

ARMA: Gold Edition

A realistic tactical shooter on huge open battlefields, with campaigns, squad command, vehicles and a full mission editor.

$9.99

Warfare

Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists.

$12.99

Conflict Desert Storm™

Command an elite four-man squad through 15 missions of sabotage, firefights and improvisation.

$6.99

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®

Lead a special forces squad through hostile territory, where scouting, patience and careful planning decide who makes it home.

$2.99

Insurgency

A tactical shooter where a few bullets kill and there is no crosshair to save you.

$14.99

Delta Force Land Warrior

Engage the enemy across vast outdoor environments and expansive indoor environments as you take control of the US Army's elite anti-terrorist unit.

$9.99

Iron Front: Digital War Edition

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

$14.99

Easy Red 2

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

$5.84

Far Cry® 2

Track an arms dealer across a broken country where every gun jams, every road is a gamble and malaria never lets go.

$9.99

Joint Task Force

Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts.

$7.99

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm

Hold the line in realistic WWII squad combat, where a single well-aimed rifle shot decides everything.

$1.99

Hidden gems like Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes

Lead squads whose lives carry over between missions, keep them supplied and fight through a serious retelling of the war's first days.

$14.99

Dagger Directive

Plan the op, gear up, pick dusk or midnight, and take on a global special forces campaign solo or with friends.

$19.99

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.

$39.99

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

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

Arma 2

Lead troops through a branching campaign in a vast, realistic open-world combat simulation.

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 Black Sea

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

$59.99

Easy Red 2

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

$5.84

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 Shock Force 2

Command a modern war in Syria turn by turn or in real time, where one bad order can cost a squad and every fight plays out differently.

$59.99

Arma Reforger

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

$39.99

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