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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
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “military sandbox mechanics” (19 of 104 reviews) and “open-sourced engine and source” (8); the most common complaint is “broken mouse sensitivity” (14). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
19 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This is one of the most unique experiences I've had. It's a genuinely memorable game and definitely a fun. It's a bit hard though, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. It's a military simulator but due to its age…”
“THE OG of the military warfare simulation .. and one of the best .. so much fun .. Sure, the graphics are outdated, and there are quite a few bugs opposed to the Czech version which was the GOAT back in the day, but…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Story is decent and the soundtrack is very nice. It is dated but it surprisingly holds up really well”
“Sure it's dated but Its suprisingly very well paced and a fantastic introduction to the series and the milsim genre as a whole. Yes there's options I'd like to have from later games but the missions are structured well…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The Classic Flashpoint , i remember playing this game Demo when i was a kid , now i have the change to play the full game , its a big big game in terms of missions and lots of terrains to explorer, my difficult ingame…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“The Classic Flashpoint , i remember playing this game Demo when i was a kid , now i have the change to play the full game , its a big big game in terms of missions and lots of terrains to explorer, my difficult ingame…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“THE OG of the military warfare simulation .. and one of the best .. so much fun .. Sure, the graphics are outdated, and there are quite a few bugs opposed to the Czech version which was the GOAT back in the day, but…”
“Story is decent and the soundtrack is very nice. It is dated but it surprisingly holds up really well”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This is one of the most unique experiences I've had. It's a genuinely memorable game and definitely a fun. It's a bit hard though, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. It's a military simulator but due to its age…”
“Me cuesta bastante jugar pero un remake genial de Operation FlashPoint :)”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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SITREP - Arma: Cold War Assualt Remastered Update 3.05
SITREP - UPDATE 3.05 Reported by Josef Šimánek (retro), on 17 August 2026 FROM: Remastered Development TO: Arma: Cold War Assault - Remastered players INFO: Update 3.05, MODS Support, Community develo
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Update 3.05
UPDATE 3.05 - 17 August 2026 This update improves mod compatibility, controls, display settings, multiplayer reliability, campaign text, and crash reporting. It also restores objects on classic commun
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
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| 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 * |
| 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)