The Game Census

America's Army: Proving Grounds

U.S. Army · 2013-08-29

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites.

America's Army: Proving Grounds is a 2013 Action and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 11,068 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

25
playing now
79%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

A few years back a coalition of forces led by the U.S. intervened in the Ostregal Islands at the request of the RDO Government who was attacked by the nation of Czervenia. U.S. Forces engaged in police action and reconnaissance operations to protect RDO interests from Czervenian incursion and local Red Coin terrorist factions. U.S. Army forces moved on a secret Czervenian fortified hideout, designated "Ranch", discovered on the Ostregal mainland, stopping Czervenia from coordinating surface-to-air attacks against Coalition aircraft and allowing incoming humanitarian relief to reach thousands o(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 147 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19319320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

197242026-09-14 20:00 — 131 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 49 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 145 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 111 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 42 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 95 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 106 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 33 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 112 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 155 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 71 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 105 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 85 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 120 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 36 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 36 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 181 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 94 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 130 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k78Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 1,326 · peak 3,040Jan 2014 — avg 718 · peak 1,372May 2014 — avg 632 · peak 1,223Sep 2014 — avg 629 · peak 1,275Jan 2015 — avg 826 · peak 1,615May 2015 — avg 721 · peak 1,371Sep 2015 — avg 705 · peak 1,296Jan 2016 — avg 821 · peak 1,555May 2016 — avg 591 · peak 1,272Sep 2016 — avg 533 · peak 1,023Jan 2017 — avg 586 · peak 1,169May 2017 — avg 520 · peak 1,062Sep 2017 — avg 446 · peak 859Jan 2018 — avg 445 · peak 880May 2018 — avg 358 · peak 752Sep 2018 — avg 335 · peak 654Jan 2019 — avg 327 · peak 663May 2019 — avg 295 · peak 690Sep 2019 — avg 265 · peak 544Jan 2020 — avg 289 · peak 606May 2020 — avg 310 · peak 700Sep 2020 — avg 250 · peak 510Jan 2021 — avg 288 · peak 643May 2021 — avg 235 · peak 524Sep 2021 — avg 200 · peak 449Jan 2022 — avg 221 · peak 488May 2022 — avg 154 · peak 350Sep 2022 — avg 147 · peak 325Jan 2023 — avg 144 · peak 319May 2023 — avg 118 · peak 263Sep 2023 — avg 113 · peak 264Jan 2024 — avg 129 · peak 297May 2024 — avg 117 · peak 279Sep 2024 — avg 107 · peak 246Jan 2025 — avg 112 · peak 277May 2025 — avg 100 · peak 222Sep 2025 — avg 87 · peak 190Jan 2026 — avg 101 · peak 241May 2026 — avg 87 · peak 223Aug 2026 — avg 83 · peak 205
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
19.9%
earned "Hooah"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editor

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,8880%100

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarCo-opActionAmericaShooterMilitaryTacticalRealisticOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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