The Game Census

America's Army: Proving Grounds

U.S. Army · 2013-08-29

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

146
playing now
79%
positive of 11k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)

146 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 146 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 11% of 10,791 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

16302026-08-06 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 152 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 160 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 149 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 129 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 54 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 134 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 63 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 53 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 163 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 66 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 28 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 125 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 111 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 95 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 122 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 40 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 94 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 146 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

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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