America's Army 3 vs Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
America's Army 3 is an FPS open-world game from U.S. Army (2009) while Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is an FPS open-world game from Bohemia Interactive (2011).
What each one is
Steam files America's Army 3 under FPS and Open-World. In contrast, it files Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered under FPS and Open-World.
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The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.
At a glance
| America's Army 3 | Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 6.3/10 | 6.7/10 |
| Steam rating | Mostly Positive (71%, 2,481) | Very Positive (80%, 6,445) |
| Critic aggregate | 70/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | Free | $4.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | playable |
| Released | 2009 | 2011 |
| Developer | U.S. Army | Bohemia Interactive |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
America's Army 3 vs Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
America's Army 3FPS open-world gameArma: Cold War Assault RemasteredFPS open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
America's Army 3Action, Free to Play, FPSArma: Cold War Assault RemasteredSimulation, Action, MilitaryThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
America's Army 3Score 6.3 · 71% on Steam · 70 criticArma: Cold War Assault Remastered ✓Score 6.7 · 80% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
America's Army 32,481 reviewsArma: Cold War Assault Remastered6,445 reviews · 1 add-onReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
America's Army 3 ✓FreeArma: Cold War Assault Remastered$4.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
America's Army 3UnsupportedArma: Cold War Assault Remastered ✓PlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueAmerica's Army 3 and Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered (GamingPickz Score 6.7)
- The cheaper right now: America's Army 3 (Free)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered (playable)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered (6,445 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
ActionFPSMultiplayerMilitaryWarSimulationRealisticShooter
Where they differ
Free to PlayCo-opAmericaAdventureZombies
Cold WarClassicModdableThird PersonGore
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, America's Army 3 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| America's Army 3 | Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | OpenGL 3.3-capable GPU |
| Minimum CPU | — | Dual-core 2.0 GHz (x86-64) |
| Minimum RAM | — | 4 GB |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: America's Army 3 · Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for America's Army 3 and 1 for Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are America's Army 3 and Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered in scope?
America's Army 3 has drawn 2,481 Steam reviews. Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered has drawn 6,445 Steam reviews and ships 1 add-on.
Is America's Army 3 or Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered rates higher (6.7 to 6.3). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, America's Army 3 or Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered?
America's Army 3 is cheaper right now at Free, against $4.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.