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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Bohemia Interactive · 2010-06-29

Steam

ActionSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Jun 29, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is a 2010 Action, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $3.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 22246 reviews).

99
playing now
92%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is a standalone expansion pack to Bohemia Interactive's tactical shooter Arma 2. Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead includes three new multiplayer maps, new vehicles and equipment, new factions, along with a new campaign.

Trailer

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead trailer thumbnail

ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 99 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 162 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 890k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,246 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2015-06-17) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

223672026-09-14 20:00 — 150 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 67 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 108 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 179 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 94 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 117 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 157 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 97 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 95 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 212 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 93 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 90 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 133 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 97 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 104 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 192 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 117 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 77 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 127 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 146 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 99 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 126 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 158 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 99 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k133Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 3,626 · peak 6,739Dec 2012 — avg 3,143 · peak 7,580May 2013 — avg 3,658 · peak 7,067Oct 2013 — avg 2,590 · peak 5,366Mar 2014 — avg 2,911 · peak 5,788Aug 2014 — avg 11,191 · peak 18,996Jan 2015 — avg 9,374 · peak 18,564Jun 2015 — avg 6,104 · peak 11,207Nov 2015 — avg 4,450 · peak 9,218Apr 2016 — avg 3,496 · peak 7,141Sep 2016 — avg 2,474 · peak 4,873Feb 2017 — avg 2,201 · peak 4,172Jul 2017 — avg 1,661 · peak 3,013Dec 2017 — avg 1,332 · peak 2,645May 2018 — avg 910 · peak 1,785Oct 2018 — avg 731 · peak 1,499Mar 2019 — avg 673 · peak 1,328Aug 2019 — avg 576 · peak 1,142Jan 2020 — avg 565 · peak 1,127Jun 2020 — avg 449 · peak 883Nov 2020 — avg 420 · peak 848Apr 2021 — avg 332 · peak 759Sep 2021 — avg 278 · peak 592Feb 2022 — avg 289 · peak 586Jul 2022 — avg 225 · peak 422Dec 2022 — avg 230 · peak 418May 2023 — avg 199 · peak 415Oct 2023 — avg 197 · peak 405Mar 2024 — avg 228 · peak 483Aug 2024 — avg 175 · peak 332Jan 2025 — avg 192 · peak 377Jun 2025 — avg 153 · peak 281Nov 2025 — avg 148 · peak 288Apr 2026 — avg 155 · peak 297Aug 2026 — avg 133 · peak 255
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-03-24 — best price $9.552015-05-05 — best price $9.692015-06-18 — best price $9.792015-11-02 — best price $39.992016-02-25 — best price $3.992016-07-07 — best price $16.152017-04-24 — best price $19.992017-09-23 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-02-18 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-04-02 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992021-03-01 — best price $19.992021-08-09 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3192026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 20 pageviews2026-06-07 — 25 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 29 pageviews2026-06-19 — 22 pageviews2026-06-23 — 21 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 31 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-17 — 20 pageviews2026-07-21 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-29 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-22 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 pageviews2026-08-30 — 22 pageviews2026-09-03 — 15 pageviews2026-09-07 — 27 pageviews2026-09-11 — 17 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 20 pageviews2026-09-23 — 18 pageviews2026-09-27 — 28 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 21 pageviews2026-10-08 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportIncludes level editor3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Czech, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, German, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2010-08-27, latest 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-opActionSandboxShooterMilitaryModdableStrategyTactical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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