Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A huge, deeply realistic military sandbox with big maps and modding, best known as the base for the DayZ mod. Skip it if you want accessible action, polish, or a living multiplayer scene.
Great for
Patient players who want a realistic military sim, mission editing, mods or the DayZ mod
Main risk
Clunky controls, buggy campaign and a thin multiplayer scene may make it unplayable for newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Everything feels like you are actually taking part in an actually military operation, where you can die easily if you are very careless, making firefights intense as hell.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Dayz mod Building tree forts with only an axe feeling like a playable walking dead best gaming moments I've ever had with friends”
Steam review · 71.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“This is your mil sandbox with a assload of audio overhaul mods, graphic improvement mods, mechanic implementation mods to either enhance realism or mitigate realism”
Steam review · 325.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The sheer variety of options you have is incredible, you can join an RP server, join a very realistic milsim server, join a survival server like DayZ”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Another great thing about this game is the size of the maps. They are HUGE! The amount of vehicles and units is another big plus for this game.”
Steam review · 37.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Good amount of bang for the buck here, great deal if you find it on sale.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game controls are terrible it would take 50-100 hours just to get used to them.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“My rig can play bf4 1080p maxed settings at a constant 60fps, and this game can barely pull a constant 40fps.”
Steam review · 33.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Campaign is insanely buggy. Replayed the first mission 5 times and still could not get the objectives to progress correctly.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“As of May 31, 2014, all multiplayer capabilities have been removed from this game. This is the only reason I do not recommend this game.”
Steam review · 168.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“since it is almost a decade old and has already been surpassed by its sequel, Arma 3, in almost every way, I cannot reccomend it. Just buy Arma 3.”
Steam review · 52.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“the squad command UI and the squad AI is something that is to be extremely ashamed about.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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