The closest games to Arma 3 are Arma Reforger, Squad and Hell Let Loose. Below, 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Arma 3, and what does not.
Arma is a simulation first and a game second. Ballistics that model wind, a map you navigate with a compass, and firefights that are mostly lying in a ditch working out where the shooting came from. The mission editor and the mod scene are the real product — half the games people play inside Arma were made by players.
Arma 3 released on the PC & Modern Multi-Platform. The list below is not restricted to that console — a recommendation is only useful if you can actually play it, so it spans generations and platforms.
The newer engine, smaller in scope, and far easier to get into.
The same seriousness with a shorter on-ramp and required teamwork.
WWII, fifty a side, and the same emphasis on communication.
Tactical shooting stripped to planning and patience.
Close-quarters tactical work with real consequences.
The arcade end of the same fantasy, and free.
If the simulation itself is what you enjoy, from the cockpit.
Ballistics and gear fear taken to their extreme.
For the mission-editor half — modding is where Arma players end up.
Several of these have their own page here: games like Enlisted.
Arma Reforger. The newer engine, smaller in scope, and far easier to get into.
Arma Reforger, Squad and Hell Let Loose are the closest. The full list of Arma 3 similar games is on this page — 9 of them, each with the reason it is here rather than a genre tag that happens to match.
Yes — Enlisted is catalogued on the PC here. The PC list further down has more from that library.
Because the thing you liked about Arma 3 is not a property of the hardware. Restricting the list to one console would drop most of the good answers, so the picks above span platforms and eras. If you specifically want more from that library, the PC list further down is the place to start.
By hand, one game at a time, on what the source game actually does — its pacing, its movement, its difficulty, its tone. Genre tags alone put Arma 3 next to games that feel nothing like it, so they are not the basis for this list. Each pick carries the reason it is here so you can judge it yourself.
No. The whole list is on this page, free, with no sign-in and no email. We earn a small affiliate commission if you buy through a retailer link, which is what pays for the site.
If you already know what kind of answer you want, these are the same list cut by genre — and each one says what it leaves out as well as what it includes:
More from the PC & Modern Multi-Platform library, each with its own recommendations page: