America's Army: Proving Grounds
America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites.
First-Person ShooterOpen WorldSimulationStrategySurvival
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- Released
- 2013
- Developer
- U.S. Army
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- 9.77 GB
What is America's Army: Proving Grounds?
America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 28 August 2013 |
|---|---|
| Developer | U.S. Army |
| Publisher | U.S. Army |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter, Open World, Simulation, Strategy, Survival |
| Languages | 1 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata , seeded TBA. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was America's Army: Proving Grounds received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
None declared
Hearing
None declared
Input
- Partial Controller Support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | partial support |
| Cloud saves | Yes |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | Steam Workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | 9.77 GB |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | None |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Is America's Army: Proving Grounds worth it?
79% of 11,051 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Mostly Positive. It is free to play. About 132 people were playing at once when we last checked, so it is still active.
That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. We have not published our own review of this game.
How long is America's Army: Proving Grounds? How long to beat it
Total play time for America's Army: Proving Grounds is about 485.1 hours to do everything, and around 485.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 485.1h | 1 |
America's Army: Proving Grounds is free to play, so the only cost is your time: about 485.1 hours to beat it.
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where America's Army: Proving Grounds sits on the grid
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Is America's Army: Proving Grounds still active? Players right now
America's Army: Proving Grounds has a small, niche following: 132 people were playing at once when we last read Steam on 19 October 2026. This is a snapshot, not a live counter, and it is a recent concurrent reading rather than an all-time record. For what is trending across the catalogue right now, see the pulse.
How many people own America's Army: Proving Grounds
This is an estimate, not a sales figure, and the two are not interchangeable. SteamSpy samples public profiles and publishes a range; the range here spans a factor of 2.5, and that width is the honest part of it. We show both ends rather than a midpoint, because a midpoint would look like a measurement.
Steam only. Console and storefront sales are not counted, so a game that sold heavily elsewhere reads low here. Read on 19 October 2026. Where a publisher has announced a real unit figure, that appears separately and carries its source.
America's Army: Proving Grounds price & deals: is it on sale?
We have one reading so far: Free on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.
What readers say about America's Army: Proving Grounds
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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America's Army: Proving Grounds mods
America's Army: Proving Grounds supports Steam Workshop, and the 20 most-installed mods have 1,232,599 subscribers between them. The most installed is CSAR2.
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Games like America's Army: Proving Grounds
24 games overlap with America's Army: Proving Grounds on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are America's Army 3, Argo and Counter-Strike: Source.
Part of the America's Army series
America's Army: Proving Grounds is one of 2 America's Army games we track. See the whole series ranked by the GamingPickz Score, plotted on the grid, and listed in release order:
America's Army: Proving Grounds head to head
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Common questions about America's Army: Proving Grounds
What platforms is America's Army: Proving Grounds on?
America's Army: Proving Grounds is available on PC. It first released in 2013.
Is America's Army: Proving Grounds free?
Yes. America's Army: Proving Grounds is free to download on Steam.
Do players recommend America's Army: Proving Grounds?
79% of 11,051 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Mostly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
Does America's Army: Proving Grounds work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates America's Army: Proving Grounds as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
How big is the America's Army: Proving Grounds download?
9.77 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.
Who made America's Army: Proving Grounds?
America's Army: Proving Grounds was developed by U.S. Army and published by U.S. Army.
Is America's Army: Proving Grounds worth it in 2026?
79% of 11,051 Steam reviews are positive (Mostly Positive), and it is free to play. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.
Is America's Army: Proving Grounds dead?
No. About 132 people were in-game at once when we last read Steam's concurrent-player figure. Peak activity is higher; this is a recent snapshot, not the all-time peak.
How long does it take to beat America's Army: Proving Grounds?
485.1 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.