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Arma 2

Bohemia Interactive

Steam

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 17, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.

Arma 2 is an Action, Simulation, Strategy game, priced at $2.59, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Very Positive (84% of 2115 reviews).

1
playing now
84%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (1.4k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$2.59
steam price (US)

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

Arma 2 is a 2009 tactical shooter simulation video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive for Microsoft Windows. It is the second main entry in the Arma series and the third installment in the series overall. The game is set in the fictional Eastern European country of Chernarus during a civil war between the Chernarussian government and communist revolutionaries, and follows escalating tensions when the United States Marine Corps is deployed to defeat the rebels.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 42k–127k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,115 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.94 at Steam (2015-06-17) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420162026Week of 2016-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.56$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $2.592015-03-05 — best price $11.722015-04-09 — best price $11.442015-05-12 — best price $11.412015-06-20 — best price $0.002015-11-03 — best price $12.992016-02-12 — best price $12.992016-07-04 — best price $12.992017-01-02 — best price $12.992017-07-10 — best price $12.992017-11-28 — best price $12.992018-02-19 — best price $12.992018-06-21 — best price $2.592018-11-02 — best price $12.992019-02-04 — best price $2.592019-05-20 — best price $12.992019-09-12 — best price $2.592019-11-01 — best price $12.992019-12-04 — best price $12.992020-01-23 — best price $2.592020-06-01 — best price $12.992020-11-02 — best price $12.992021-02-15 — best price $12.992021-07-08 — best price $12.992021-12-01 — best price $12.992022-07-07 — best price $12.992022-11-29 — best price $12.992023-03-23 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-11-28 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-07-25 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-03-10 — best price $12.992025-06-22 — best price $12.992025-09-25 — best price $12.992025-12-08 — best price $12.992026-03-11 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-26 — best price $2.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

175582026-06-01 — 70 pageviews2026-06-05 — 80 pageviews2026-06-09 — 83 pageviews2026-06-13 — 85 pageviews2026-06-17 — 73 pageviews2026-06-21 — 85 pageviews2026-06-25 — 109 pageviews2026-06-29 — 93 pageviews2026-07-03 — 90 pageviews2026-07-07 — 72 pageviews2026-07-11 — 74 pageviews2026-07-15 — 63 pageviews2026-07-19 — 69 pageviews2026-07-23 — 98 pageviews2026-07-27 — 102 pageviews2026-07-31 — 79 pageviews2026-08-04 — 60 pageviews2026-08-08 — 83 pageviews2026-08-12 — 88 pageviews2026-08-16 — 84 pageviews2026-08-20 — 84 pageviews2026-08-24 — 90 pageviews2026-08-28 — 98 pageviews2026-09-01 — 97 pageviews2026-09-05 — 112 pageviews2026-09-09 — 110 pageviews2026-09-13 — 73 pageviews2026-09-17 — 76 pageviews2026-09-21 — 66 pageviews2026-09-25 — 85 pageviews2026-09-29 — 76 pageviews2026-10-03 — 58 pageviews2026-10-07 — 59 pageviews2026-10-11 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2011-07-15 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSWarCo-opActionShooterMilitaryModdableStrategyTacticalRealistic

Census log

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

Players also track

Rogue WarriorArma 3InsurgencyEnemy FrontSquad

Similarity via IGDB.

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