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Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploying a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, over 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, and limitless opportunities for content creation, this is the PC’s premier military game. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Release DateSep 12, 2013
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91% (very positive) Top 20% / 90.7%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.9% Top 4% / 89.7%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)155.4K  Top 1% / 208.5K  Top 1%
Curators557 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time313.9 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar10.5 hours  Top 1%
Followers696.2K  Top 1%
Owners± 10M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 6.9M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 118M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Arma 3 steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Arma 3's Steam rating and reviews between March 2013 and March 2022. Steam's rating is in a range going from 97.5% (May 2013) to 90% (May 2019).

With its 208.5K reviews Top 1%, Arma 3 is indisputably a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts. Most of the peaks took place in November.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Arma 3 and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Arma 3's review languages. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by Russian (11%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game is translated in 14 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Arma 3 percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Arma 3, comparing positive and negative reviews. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 1383 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 21 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Arma 3 players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 236 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Huge maps
  • Steam workshop support
  • Community servers
  • Solid playerbase
  • Lots of weapons
  • Many vehicles
  • Good looking graphics
  • Scenarios
  • Scenario editor
  • Realistic approach
  • Awful performance
  • Locked content behind paid DLCs
  • Clunky controls
  • Very dumb A.I
  • Clunky interaction UI
  • Weird physics
  • Exhausting squad leading experience
  • Many missions can be bugged or bad
  • Empty huge maps
  • Outdated graphics

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 91%  Top 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Arma 3's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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