Nostalgic Flashpoint successor that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I was pleasantly surprised how has this aged so well.”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
ARMA: Gold Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%Bohemia Interactive2011Simulation · Action · Strategy
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A rough but ambitious early Arma milsim with big sandbox missions and a mission editor, running well on weak PCs. Skip it if you want multiplayer, smooth controls or polished AI.
Great for
Arma fans, Flashpoint veterans and tinkerers on low-end PCs who want a cheap singleplayer milsim and mission editor
Main risk
Clunky controls, buggy scripting and dumb AI make it frustrating, and multiplayer is dead
What players love
Mission editor and modding add replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“what I love about Arma is the editor and the users ability to quickly throw together an exciting firefight mission”
Steam review · 15.7 h played ↗
Deep, realistic open-ended milsim
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I CRAWLED MY CRIPPLED ASS BACK TO THE BOAT, OVER 300m. Under fire. Buy this.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“extremely lite on pc, with little to no lag what so ever, compared to the new high demand arma games”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Good value with lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“When you buy this game, you get all the DLC/Expansions (You pay one price and get the whole game.)”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, convoluted controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the reticule moves like a mouse cursor and you turn by scrolling to the edge of the screen?”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Poor friendly and enemy AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“3 hrs of my time was spent on the convoy mission where the ai in the other humvee would not follow me”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Weak campaign and mission design
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Single player campaign is uninteresting and annoying, the worst of any Arma game”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Bugs and broken mission scripting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Others are unwinnable because of scripting bugs.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Multiplayer is dead
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“(NOBODY PLAYS MULTIPLAYER ON THIS GAME)”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Black screen and graphics glitches on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Does not work, Black screen of death and none of the patches or anything work.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
Processor2.5Ghz Intel P4 or AMD Ahtlon processor
Memory512MB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 6600GT with 256MB VRAM Pixel Shader 2.0 or ATI Radeon x800 with 256MB RAM Pixel Shader 2.0
Storage6 GB
OSWindows 10
Processor2.5Ghz Intel P4 or AMD Ahtlon processor
Memory512MB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce 6600GT with 256MB VRAM Pixel Shader 2.0 or ATI Radeon x800 with 256MB RAM Pixel Shader 2.0
Storage6 GB
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