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ARMA: Cold War Assault
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million co
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Its an amazing game even after so many years, i remember how my Godfather introduced me to it as a child and i got it last summer as i found out its available and now im just enjoying the game to the maximum.”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“I haven't played this since 2005 when it was called "OFP:Elite" and had to quit because of the Xbox to 360 migration of my LIVE account all those years ago. I was not aware that Bohemia had rebranded this title (likely due to the split with Codemasters.) Now, 21 years later, it…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Out of reserved memory”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Is Out Now!
25 years after players first deployed to Everon, Bohemia Interactive is proud to announce the release of Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered . The game that started it all returns on a modernized engine
Everon Pack
Attention Soldiers, Experience Everon's past and present with the Everon Pack bundle! Enjoy a 20% discount when you grab both Arma Reforger and Arma: Cold War Assault together on Steam. https://store.
Happy birthday Arma! (celebrate with a small Launcher update and 80% discount)
On June 22, it's been 15 years since the series' first entry was released in Europe: Arma Cold War Assault. Since then, over 10 million copies (excluding DLC) have been sold, of which 2.5 million for
Happy birthday Arma! (celebrate with a small Launcher update and 80% discount)
On June 22, it's been 15 years since the series' first entry was released in Europe: Arma Cold War Assault. Since then, over 10 million copies (excluding DLC) have been sold, of which 2.5 million for
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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Action · Military · Strategy · FPS · Cold War · Classic · Open World · Tactical · Multiplayer · War · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.bohemia.net/games/arma-cold-war-assault/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Pentium II 500 MHz or AMD Athlon 600 MHz Memory: 128MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 8.1 compatible 3D graphics card with 16MB RAM DirectX®: DirectX 8.1 Hard Drive: 800MB free space Sound: OpenAL sound compatible audiocard (DirectX via compatibility switch)