Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Bohemia Interactive · June 29, 2010 · Simulation, Military, Action, Multiplayer, Tactical

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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead price by region

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead costs £0.80 in the United Kingdom, €0.91 in Europe (EUR), $1.02 in the United States, $1.02 in Georgia (USD), zł4.37 in Poland, R$6.08 in Brazil, CA$21.99 in Canada, NZ$23.99 in New Zealand and A$28.95 in Australia right now.

Cheapest Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.80 −93% £11.99 £0.80 4
Europe (EUR) €0.91 −94% €14.99 €0.91 5
United Statesyour region $1.02 −95% $19.99 $1.02 6
Georgia (USD) $1.02 −95% $19.99 $1.02 6
Poland zł4.37 −93% zł63.99 zł4.37 3
Brazil R$6.08 −88% R$49.99 R$6.08 2
Canada CA$21.99 CA$21.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$23.99 NZ$23.99 — 1
Australia A$28.95 A$28.95 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

✦ AI summary

Lead US forces through a new Central Asian conflict in Takistan with infantry, special ops, pilots, and tank crews in this hyper-realistic military simulator. Featuring destructible environments, advanced ballistics, UAV control, and massive multiplayer battles with up to 50 players, Operation Arrowhead delivers unmatched tactical warfare across three sprawling maps.

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.
You will enlist into various roles within the US Army, from basic infantrymen, through special operatives, to pilots and tank crew in this new installment in the award winning line up of military simulators for PC from Bohemia Interactive.
Building on 10 years of experience and constant engine development, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, thermal imaging, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.

NOTE:


Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead is a standalone product and does not require the original Arma 2.

Key features:

  • NEW PLAYABLE CONTENT: New story campaign for both SP and MP gameplay. Wide range of new tutorials, single scenarios and multiplayer modes.

  • MASSIVE GAME WORLD: Three brand new Central Asia-style large maps including expansive urban, desert and mountainous terrain featuring a fully destructible and interactive environment.

  • ULTIMATE WAR EXPERIENCE: Fully integrates with the original Arma 2 for unmatched warfare simulation.

  • UNIQUE GAMEPLAY ELEMENTS: Detachable backpacks with equipment, advanced weapon optics, material penetration modelling, remote real-time simulation of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAV), freedom of decision and repercussive actions.
  • EXTRA UNITS AND VEHICLES: Multiple factions for all sides including US Army, United Nations, Takistani Army and Guerrillas making a collection of 300+ new units, weapons and vehicles.

  • MISSION EDITOR: Design your own missions by the intuitive, easy-to-use mission editor and become part of one of the biggest and most creative PC gaming community ever.

  • GAME MODIFICATION: Create Your own custom game content with complete editing tools suite (freeware SDK kit) and modify the game in ways where the only limitation is Your own imagination.

  • EXTENSIVE MULTIPLAYER: Play the campaign missions in cooperative mode or join duty in the massive multiplayer battles with up to 50 players.

  • CHEAT PROTECTION: Optional anti-cheat BattlEye available to help secure dedicated servers. In addition BE adds 'RCON' (remote control) for game's dedicated server software.

  • DEDICATED SERVER: To support smooth multi-player experience there is 'dedicated server software' available for Windows (included with game) and Linux (download-able from game's website).

Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise the game as the best in the Arma series with an authentic early 2000s military atmosphere and surprisingly solid performance, but numerous technical issues plague the experience including keybind glitches, broken mission creation on certain maps, and malfunctioning AI and vehicle mechanics. Some players report complete launch failures that can be resolved by disabling BattlEye, while others encounter game-breaking bugs that significantly impact playability despite the core concept being compelling.

Recommended Sep 6, 2026
dayz standalone is better then this hunk of trash.
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Recommended Oct 1, 2026
it was an honor to play the original dayz mod on this game
Recommended Sep 24, 2026
10/10 for older or budget systems. If your computer can't run ArmA 3, or ArmA Reforger, this'll run. I run this on 4k high settings on a 2021 Victus by HP Victus 15 with an i5-12500H and an RTX 5050 Laptop GPU w/ 4GB of DDR6. I played ArmA 3 since it was in Alpha, and delivered feedback to the developers. I have been using this software series since ~2010 or 2011. It's great for training your combat brain on a budget.
Recommended Sep 20, 2026
Easily one of the best games from back in the day
Not recommended Sep 11, 2026
So like if you like realistic military stuff thats the game for you. It kinda exploded for DayZ and Battle Royale game modes back in the day. Not sure I will ever play this again.
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
This is a very good game for people who want to play Arma 3 but worse. It also runs like ♥♥♥♥. Reccomended

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