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Arma 3 — Latest Updates & Patch Notes

Arma 3 is tracked daily for official Steam updates. 4,851 playing when sampled at 23:41 UTC on 2026-10-15. Latest official patch in our feed: SPOTREP #00122 (Sep 30, 2026).

Latest official update

· Steam · Official

Steam Autumn Sale 2026

The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is here! 🍂 Pick up Arma 3 Gold Edition or Arma 3 Platinum Edition for yourself or a friend at 75% off or its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥 Arma Reforger, with vast island maps, meticulously recreated Cold War assets, and stunning graphics is…

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Data from Steam · Last updated Oct 15, 2026 · Refreshed daily

Tracking
Daily official updates
Players when sampled
4,851
Sample date (UTC)
2026-10-15

This game stays in our update tracker even outside the most-played chart. Player counts are a timestamped Steam sample.

Latest updates & patch notes

10 English-language official updates in the last 90 days.

  1. Event Steam · Official

    Steam Autumn Sale 2026

    The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is here! 🍂 Pick up Arma 3 Gold Edition or Arma 3 Platinum Edition for yourself or a friend at 75% off or its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥 Arma Reforger, with vast island maps, meticulously recreated Cold War assets, and stunning graphics is…

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  2. Also patched today

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    Official Patch / Release posts · 2026-10-15 UTC

  3. Patch Steam · Official

    SPOTREP #00122

    FROM: High Command TO: Arma 3 Users UNIT: Main Branch ACTIVITY: Game Mini-Update 2.22 (Miscellaneous Fixes) SIZE: ~80 MB / ~22 MB More in the full changelog and SPOTREP

    Read on Steam →
  4. News Steam · Official

    Community Radar #62

    An all-new Community Radar is dropping in on the LZ! 🪂 Rally up with some great Arma 3 community content from this past summer: Full COMRAD

    Read on Steam →
  5. Event Steam · Official

    Steam Midweek Sale

    We are having a Steam Midweek Sale to celebrate the 13th anniversary of Arma 3! 🎂 Pick up Arma 3 Gold Edition or Arma 3 Platinum Edition for yourself or a friend at 70% off or its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥 Wondering if Arma 3 is for you? grab Arma 3 Pass for 50% off…

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  6. News Steam · Official

    Creator SPOTREP: Western Sahara #013

    FROM: Rotators Collective TO: Arma 3 Creator DLC Users UNIT: Western Sahara ACTIVITY: Update 1.1.9 SIZE: ~3.2 GB Changelog ADDED ADDED: Dust Goggles (Bandana) facewear variant. ADDED: FFV seats to the Orca (UP) helicopter variant. ADDED: Player can open left/right doors on the…

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  7. News Steam · Official

    Creator SPOTREP: Expeditionary Forces #004

    FROM: Tiny Gecko Studios TO: Arma 3 Creator DLC Users UNIT: Expeditionary Forces ACTIVITY: Update 1.2.2 SIZE: ~15.7 MB Changelog FIXED FIXED: AI VTOL landing on Harpy. TWEAKED TWEAKED: Improved Load Vehicle action to check if vehicle can fit.

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  8. Patch Steam · Official

    SPOTREP #00121

    FROM: High Command TO: Arma 3 Users UNIT: Main Branch ACTIVITY: Hotfix 2.22 (Miscellaneous Fixes) SIZE: ~75 MB / ~32 MB More in the full changelog and SPOTREP

    Read on Steam →
  9. Patch Steam · Official

    Arma 3 Mac Port Update 2.22

    We have good news for Arma 3 Mac players: update 2.22 for the experimental client ports has been released. Thanks to the hard work of our partners at Virtual Programming, this is the first time we have had a synced release for Windows and Mac. As a reminder: the game's Launcher…

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  10. News Steam · Official

    SPOTREP #00120

    FROM: High Command TO: Arma 3 Users UNIT: Main Branch ACTIVITY: Game Update 2.22 (MH-80 Ghost Hawks, New Languages, Platform Support) SIZE: ~3 GB / ~221 MB (depends on Arma 3: Contact ownership) More in the full changelog and SPOTREP

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  11. Event Steam · Official

    Steam Flash Sale

    Our Steam Flash Sale is here! ⚡ Pick up Arma 3 Gold Edition or Arma 3 Platinum Edition for yourself or a friend at 70% off or its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥 Arma Reforger, with vast island maps, meticulously recreated Cold War assets, and stunning graphics is also on…

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  12. Release Steam · Official

    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 foundation. Developed in collaboration with members of our player community…

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  13. Event Steam · Official

    Steam Summer Sale 2026

    The Steam Summer Sale 2026 is here! ☀️ Pick up Arma 3 Gold Edition or Arma 3 Platinum Edition for yourself or a friend at 70% off or its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥 Arma Reforger, with vast island maps, meticulously recreated Cold War assets, and stunning graphics is…

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In the news (1)

Third-party reporting, separate from official developer announcements.

  1. PC Gamer

    Once again, Arma 3 gameplay is being passed around as real combat footage: 'It doesn't even look real!' one overexcited poster exclaims

    You don't have to stop me if you've heard this one before, because I know you have: As the US and Israel continue their bombing campaign of Iran, clips from videogames are being shared on social media as actual combat footage... Read more.

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Game overview

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Genre
Action, Simulation, Strategy
Developer
Bohemia Interactive
Released
Sep 12, 2013
Price
$29.99
Metacritic
74
Recommendations
232K

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About Arma 3

Authentic, diverse, open: Arma 3 sends you to war. The third installment in the legendary Arma franchise is the gold standard military sandbox on PC, featuring combined arms warfare, authentic weapons and assets, and a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content. Arma 3 now includes the Apex and Contact expansions, offering hundreds of hours of additional gameplay right out of the box. And for those who want all available official content from the get-go, Arma 3 Platinum includes the base game and every official expansion and DLC. Deploy into massive open worlds where ballistics are realistic, maneuvering keeps you alive, and teamwork is…

Game details

System requirements (minimum)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core quad-core or AMD Athlon quad-core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 or Intel HD Graphics 4000, with 1 GB video memory DirectX®: 10 Storage: 50 GB available space Audio: DirectX® compatible Other: Internet connection and free Steam account to activate Dual Layer compatible when installing from DVD
Languages
English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Slovak * languages…
DLC
22 available on Steam
Official site
www.arma3.com

Frequently asked questions

Is Arma 3 free to play?
Arma 3 is listed at $29.99 on Steam.
What is the latest Arma 3 update?
The most recent official update in our feed is "Steam Autumn Sale 2026" (Oct 1, 2026), categorized as Event. The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is here! 🍂 Pick up Arma 3 Gold Edition or Arma 3 Platinum Edition for yourself or a friend at 75% off or its DLCs and CDLCs for up to 67% off! 🔥 Arma Reforger, with vast island maps, meticulously recreated Cold War assets, and stunning graphics is…
When was Arma 3 released?
Arma 3 was released on Sep 12, 2013 by Bohemia Interactive.
What kind of game is Arma 3?
Arma 3 is a Action, Simulation, Strategy game, featuring single-player, multi-player, pvp.

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24-hour peak player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Oct 15, 2026). Official announcements and third-party reporting are labelled separately; follow the source links for full notes. Arma 3 and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.