Games like Arma 3

Did Arma 3 leave you in a brutal and tense frame of mind? These games make natural next picks for you. You can bring friends along for most of these.

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 · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
80% of 53,277 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 · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
80% of 17,510 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114
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 · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
77% of 20,998 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 160Free
Ravenfield
A singleplayer war sandbox where every soldier except you is a bot. Command squads, fly helicopters, drive tanks and watch active ragdoll physics turn serious battles into slapstick, then reshape the whole war with community mods.
Brutal, Competitive, Replayable
96% of 76,895 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 450$17.99
Insurgency: Sandstorm
A hardcore tactical shooter where one or two bullets end the fight. You clear war-torn streets with no crosshair and little HUD, count ammunition, and stick with your squad to survive. Brutal, tense, and built on teamwork, with sharp gunplay and sound that keeps every corner dangerous.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
85% of 104,565 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,328$29.99
Squad
Squad is a 50 vs. 50 tactical shooter where 9-player squads win through teamwork, talking, and supply runs as much as marksmanship. Expect long walks, real scopes, tanks overhead, and the rare defense that feels like a war film.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
82% of 182,233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,172$39.99
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
A top-down tactical shooter where you are one common soldier among thousands. Fight over trenches, towns and deserts, loot fallen enemies, rise through the ranks, and call in artillery when the line wobbles. Simple to pick up, surprisingly deep, and far better with friends in co-op or PvP.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Competitive, Replayable
87% of 14,716 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 101$3.74
Glory To The Heroes™
A hardcore PvPvE milsim set in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Fight as an ordinary soldier across real battlefields like Krynky and Chasiv Yar, build loadouts you can lose in one bad ambush, and survive artillery, drones and AI that fights like a player. Rough around the edges, but the atmosphere and tension are real.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
78% of 233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$29.99
Iron Front: Digital War Edition
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Brutal, Tense, Competitive
58% of 776 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
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. 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
War Trigger 3
Destroy, smash and blast your way to victory! Use advanced weapons and vehicles to dominate the battlefield.
Competitive, Chaotic
59% of 8,143 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8Free
Military Conflict: Vietnam
It's 1968 and the jungle is loud. Pick a side, US Army or Viet Cong, grab from over 300 period weapons and fight fast team battles across 20 historical battlefields. When the PvP gets too much, grab five friends and hold the line against 16 kinds of zombies. No microtransactions.
Also in Co-op · Brutal, Tense, Competitive
91% of 2,093 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35$14.99

Cheaper than Arma 3

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

A realistic military sandbox set in Takistan, where you play infantry, tank crew, pilots or special operatives in a campaign built on real…

$19.99

ARMA: Gold Edition

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

$9.99

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

Ravenfield

A singleplayer war sandbox where every soldier except you is a bot.

$17.99

Iron Front: Digital War Edition

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

$14.99

RUNNING WITH RIFLES

Take your place on the front line, loot what you need, and climb from private to the one calling in the artillery.

$3.74

Insurgency

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

$14.99

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

Warbox

A sandbox game that enables players to watch or take part in a warzone.

$9.99

Military Conflict: Vietnam

Pick a side in the jungle war, then bring friends to hold the line against the undead.

$14.99

War Trigger Classic

Compete with friends or players from around the globe using some of the world's deadliest modern weapons and vehicles in this intense First Person…

$4.99

Rising Front

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

$14.99

Hidden gems like Arma 3

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

Legend Battles

Drop in with your squad, gear up fast, and fight your way back out of a match where every round goes sideways differently.

Free

Rising Front

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

$14.99

Vietnam War

Fight both sides of a huge open-world war where napalm, Hueys, tunnels and tigers make every playthrough its own story.

$14.99

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

Military Conflict: Vietnam

Pick a side in the jungle war, then bring friends to hold the line against the undead.

$14.99

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

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

Black One Blood Brothers

Draw up routes for your squad on the map, then step into any operator's boots and see the mission through, where one mistake can cost a life for good.

$17.99