Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) 2.8 is a free-to-play digital battlefield game.




Arma is described as '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' and is a first-person shooter in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Arma for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Linux, Mac and Playstation apps. The best Arma alternative is DCS: World, which is free. Other Arma like games are Battlefield, Garena Free Fire, Squad and Escape From Tarkov.
Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) 2.8 is a free-to-play digital battlefield game.




Battlefield is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Swedish company EA DICE and is published by American company Electronic Arts.




Arma is very realistic meanwhile Battlefield is not.
not remotely close to a milsim


A group of people from different background and classes were brought to an isolated island by a mysterious organization called 'FF'. They were told only 1 people can leave this island alive.




Not close to Arma in any way


Squad is a 50 vs 50 multiplayer first-person shooter that aims to capture combat realism through communication and teamplay.



its the only game with such a strong focus on team play and realism that it can be compared to arma
In Arma most people play CO-OP or PvP with a lot of teamwork. They capture sectors, destroy weapon caches, e.g
SQUAD is exactly this but only PvP. And a lot more fun then Arma.


Incessant warfare in Tarkov has sparked massive panic; the local population has fled the city, but those who stayed are looking to improve their fortunes at the expense of others. Well-armed gangs started the redivision of the city.




Just like Arma 1/2 this game is a military simulator. However Escape from Tarkov is not military focused but thats just the general name for games with realistic ballistics, damage simulation e.g. Escape from Tarkov is very good and fun to play, it is even more realistic then Arma.


Ready or Not is a tactical first-person shooter developed by Ireland-based VOID Interactive. Ready or Not follows the operations of a police SWAT team in the fictional city of Los Suenos, California, in the midst of a crime...




From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.




BattleBit Remastered is a low poly FPS that aims for a massively multiplayer experience with up to 254 players in a single server. Fight on a large battlefield with ground vehicles, boats, and air support. Create your own strategies to win in a near-fully destructible map.



IL-2 Sturmovik is a series of World War II combat flight simulator video games originally created by the Russian video game developer Maddox Games under the brand name 1C:Maddox Games, following its association with 1C Company.




TrueCombat: Elite is a FREE modification for the Enemy Territory game (also free). It is a realistic modern day FPS featuring state of the art models and textures.



Ravenfield is a singleplayer battlefield style game. It started out as an experiment with ragdolls and AI, and will remain a slightly experimental, for-fun game project.








Its like if you tried to compare real war and a game of airsoft. Arma is ultra realistic simulation. BF is just a shooter.