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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2010

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Highly realistic military simulation
  • Extensive modding and mission editor
  • Large open-world maps
  • Strong multiplayer and community
  • High replayability and content variety

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve
  • Clunky controls and ui
  • Performance and optimization issues
  • Dated graphics
  • Niche appeal limits casual audience

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Arma 3

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • Delta Force 2

  • Isonzo

  • Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

  • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

More fantastical

Games that feels like Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead but with more imaginative fiction

  • STALZONE

  • Guardians Frontline

  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

  • Iron Brigade

  • Nuclear Option

  • Space Engineers

Less intimate

Games that feels like Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead but with less focus on close relationships

  • Men of War: Assault Squad 2

  • Faces of War

  • Men of War™

  • Wargame: Airland Battle

  • Wargame: European Escalation

  • Call to Arms

More dominating

Games that feels like Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead but with more domination over others

  • Battlefield™ V

  • WARNO

  • Battlefield™ 1

  • Steel Division 2

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • Deadside

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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026