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Arma 3

Bohemia Interactive · 2013-09-12

Steam

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 31, 2015 (Linux), Sep 12, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2015 (Mac)

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Arma 3 is an Action, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 295468 reviews).

4,447
playing now
90%
positive of 296k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
5.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (135 ratings)
88
Nexus mods (121k downloads)
71h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

4,447 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Arma 3 is an open world tactical shooter simulation video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive exclusively through the Steam distribution platform. It is the third main entry in the Arma series, and the eighth installment in the series overall. Arma 3 was released for Microsoft Windows on September 12, 2013, and for macOS and Linux on August 31, 2015.

Trailer

Arma 3 trailer thumbnail

Arma 3 - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,447 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,160 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~895/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12M–24M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 295,997 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $40.79 · on sale 12 of 98 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.1k5.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 673 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,751 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,908 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,753 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5,089 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,625 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,685 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,112 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,832 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,592 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 430 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,219 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,987 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,175 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,627 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,440 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,127 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,553 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,569 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,530 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,168 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,629 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,991 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 401 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,206 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,125 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,037 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,963 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,466 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,905 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,019 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,072 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,745 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,955 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 477 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,106 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,340 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,842 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,974 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,859 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,408 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,257 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,585 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,983 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,250 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,408 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,069 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,830 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,252 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,556 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,404 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,481 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,279 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,198 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,414 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 506 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,919 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,728 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,531 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,318 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 842 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,354 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,412 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,265 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 40 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k3.3k2026-09-15 11:00 — 5,336 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 8,322 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 4,471 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 6,601 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 12,290 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 4,735 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 3,917 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 7,767 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 6,835 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5,390 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 6,663 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4,880 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,267 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 6,779 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 9,855 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,690 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 6,052 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 6,674 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,756 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 6,659 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 11,577 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 4,247 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,886 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 4,447 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27k1.7kMar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 4,746 · peak 13,225Aug 2013 — avg 3,297 · peak 6,657Jan 2014 — avg 6,235 · peak 14,464Jun 2014 — avg 12,954 · peak 27,777Nov 2014 — avg 14,851 · peak 34,213Apr 2015 — avg 18,516 · peak 44,017Sep 2015 — avg 16,962 · peak 33,954Feb 2016 — avg 22,625 · peak 48,734Jul 2016 — avg 26,615 · peak 46,635Dec 2016 — avg 22,326 · peak 47,649May 2017 — avg 20,713 · peak 42,285Oct 2017 — avg 16,441 · peak 32,097Mar 2018 — avg 16,974 · peak 33,378Aug 2018 — avg 15,123 · peak 27,029Jan 2019 — avg 15,240 · peak 29,454Jun 2019 — avg 14,225 · peak 26,030Nov 2019 — avg 10,561 · peak 22,119Apr 2020 — avg 20,266 · peak 40,307Sep 2020 — avg 12,704 · peak 26,059Feb 2021 — avg 14,937 · peak 31,637Jul 2021 — avg 12,663 · peak 23,244Dec 2021 — avg 11,437 · peak 23,204May 2022 — avg 12,343 · peak 24,021Oct 2022 — avg 11,625 · peak 22,732Mar 2023 — avg 11,928 · peak 25,052Aug 2023 — avg 10,631 · peak 20,368Jan 2024 — avg 10,903 · peak 22,835Jun 2024 — avg 9,826 · peak 22,126Nov 2024 — avg 9,692 · peak 20,660Apr 2025 — avg 8,196 · peak 17,603Sep 2025 — avg 8,444 · peak 19,153Feb 2026 — avg 7,749 · peak 16,012Jul 2026 — avg 6,838 · peak 13,402Aug 2026 — avg 6,700 · peak 12,914
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1091092026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 109 new positive2026-09-21: 15 new negative2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 18 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new negative2026-09-27: 13 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 31 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 33 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 31 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 16 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 33 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.992015-01-012026-09-102015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-03-16 — best price $36.682015-05-19 — best price $38.972015-07-07 — best price $41.682016-02-29 — best price $55.992016-07-04 — best price $39.992017-04-24 — best price $39.992018-01-04 — best price $39.992018-11-01 — best price $39.992019-05-16 — best price $10.192019-11-11 — best price $10.192020-03-19 — best price $8.992020-10-14 — best price $7.492021-02-23 — best price $7.492021-10-28 — best price $7.492022-06-02 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-06-03 — best price $7.492024-01-18 — best price $18.182024-07-02 — best price $17.282024-12-19 — best price $4.792025-06-08 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-05-18 — best price $40.692026-05-29 — best price $40.702026-06-09 — best price $40.342026-06-20 — best price $40.132026-07-01 — best price $39.802026-07-11 — best price $39.952026-07-22 — best price $39.892026-08-02 — best price $40.422026-08-12 — best price $40.312026-09-10 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5511762026-05-14 — 298 pageviews2026-05-18 — 269 pageviews2026-05-22 — 302 pageviews2026-05-26 — 261 pageviews2026-05-30 — 306 pageviews2026-06-03 — 214 pageviews2026-06-07 — 245 pageviews2026-06-11 — 320 pageviews2026-06-15 — 218 pageviews2026-06-19 — 339 pageviews2026-06-23 — 242 pageviews2026-06-27 — 268 pageviews2026-07-01 — 243 pageviews2026-07-05 — 234 pageviews2026-07-09 — 224 pageviews2026-07-13 — 235 pageviews2026-07-17 — 259 pageviews2026-07-21 — 465 pageviews2026-07-25 — 265 pageviews2026-07-29 — 235 pageviews2026-08-02 — 236 pageviews2026-08-06 — 257 pageviews2026-08-10 — 243 pageviews2026-08-14 — 249 pageviews2026-08-18 — 230 pageviews2026-08-22 — 209 pageviews2026-08-26 — 367 pageviews2026-08-30 — 256 pageviews2026-09-03 — 214 pageviews2026-09-07 — 362 pageviews2026-09-11 — 382 pageviews2026-09-15 — 326 pageviews2026-09-19 — 251 pageviews2026-09-23 — 235 pageviews2026-09-27 — 290 pageviews2026-10-01 — 185 pageviews2026-10-05 — 187 pageviews2026-10-09 — 217 pageviews2026-10-12 — 176 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35402026-10-01 11:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 268 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 126 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 105 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 240 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 218 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-15 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 10:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.8%
earned "This is War"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards22 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 22 DLC released, first 2014-04-10, latest 2026-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)121,8570%123

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-opActionSandboxShooterMilitaryStrategyTacticalRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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