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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

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App ID 33930
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Bohemia Interactive
Franchise Arma Franchise
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies BattlEye AntiCheat, RealVirtuality Engine
Last Changenumber 37683387
Last Record Update 31 July 2026 – 18:34:14 UTC ()
Release Date 29 June 2010 – 16:30:00 UTC ()
😍 90.32%
22k reviews
83
In-Game
+2
🖥️ Simulation 🪖 Military 💥 Action 🤔 Tactical 📷 Realistic

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.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: The publisher has marked this game as ineligible

Developer Bohemia Interactive
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gamedir ARMA 2
metacritic_name ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead
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metacritic_score 73
NoServers Yes
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GameManualURL http://store.steampowered.com/manual/33930/
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InstallScript 33930_install.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
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ShowCDKeyInMenu Yes [view your cd keys in client]
HasExternalRegistrationURL Yes
Publisher Bohemia Interactive
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 1 (The publisher has marked this game as ineligible)
Store Release Date 29 June 2010 – 16:30:00 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 29 June 2010 – 16:30:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 28 May 2025 – 12:25:39 UTC () (1748435139)
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Detected Technologies BattlEye AntiCheat, RealVirtuality Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • This game displays compatibility warnings when running on Steam Deck, but runs fine
  • This game requires manually enabling controller support using in-game settings
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: This game requires manually enabling controller support using in-game settings
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 2
  • test_timestamp: 24 July 2026 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7922873
  • steam_machine_tests:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-11.0-beta
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    hdr_support0
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
Anti-Cheat Software BattlEye - Requires manual removal after game uninstall
First seen on SteamDB 16 March 2013 – 15:12:22 UTC (), in changelist #173355
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

🖥️ Simulation 🪖 Military 💥 Action 🕹️ Multiplayer 🤔 Tactical 📷 Realistic 💡 Strategy 🔫 Shooter 🔫 FPS 🌍 Open World ⚔️ War 🛠️ Moddable 🤝 Co-op 🧱 Sandbox 👥 Team-Based 👤 Singleplayer 🙌 First-Person 💻 Modern 😓 Difficult 👤 Third Person

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Online Co-op Captions available Includes level editor Multi-player Co-op HDR rendering Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA) PvP

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

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last_modified28 May 2025 – 12:25:54 UTC
timestamp28 May 2025 – 12:25:54 UTC

Trailer 3646 ↴

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 18:33:42 UTC

Trailer 3757 ↴

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Steam charts

  • 83 players right now
  • 174 24-hour peak
  • 19,175 all-time peak 31 August 2014
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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 25,532 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Very Positive
  • 90.32% SteamDB Rating
  • 20,565 92.4% positive reviews
  • 1,690 7.6% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 83 players live playing Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead on Steam.

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead had an all-time peak of 19175 concurrent players on 31 August 2014.

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