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Arma Reforger

Arma Reforger

Bohemia Interactive · released Nov 15, 2023

ActionSimulationStrategyPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 6.6 ↗
74
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “1.7.0.54 Update” (2mo ago)

71%
At launch
80%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
51%
Player sentiment
79%
Recent sentiment

PC 74 · PlayStation 55 · Xbox 42

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 417 sampled Steam reviews (297 positive / 120 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Multiplayer & servers18% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes9% mention it
  • Performance9% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Multiplayer & servers38% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes29% mention it
  • Performance15% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

45%

20 reviews

5-15h

79%

73 reviews

15-40h

78%

79 reviews

40-100h

68%

85 reviews

100h+

69%

160 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews80%741000
Metacritic user ratings–6812
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)79%743000
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 24, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 5132 total reviews in window · weighted 196.7 up / 54 down · computed 8h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 75
    Gaming NexusGaming Nexus
    trust 55Jan 2, 2025

    “Arma Reforger offers some of best military roleplaying around, but the gameplay is complex to a fault at times on PS5. Hardcore might be an understatement, as it’s one of those games where your enjoyment is determined by how much effort you put into it. Despite the deep complexity, Arma Reforger can be deeply rewarding as well.”

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Patch history

  1. Update 1.8
    Aug 13, 2026
  2. 1.7.0.54 Update
    Jun 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. 1.7.0.49 Update
    Jun 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Update 1.7
    May 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. 1.6.0.119 Update
    Jan 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. 1.6.0.108 Update
    Jan 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. 1.6.0.95 Update
    Dec 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. 1.6.0.87 Update
    Dec 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. 1.6.0.76 Update
    Nov 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. 1.6.0.68 Update
    Nov 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Arma Reforger: New Terrain Out Now!
    Oct 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Update 1.6
    Oct 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. 1.4.0.55 Update
    Sep 4, 2025
  14. 1.4.0.53 Update
    Aug 28, 2025
  15. 1.4.0.48 Update
    Jul 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. 1.4.0.45 Update
    Jun 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. 1.4.0.38 Update
    Jun 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. 1.4.0.31 Update
    Jun 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. 1.4.0.29 Update
    May 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Update 1.4
    May 22, 2025
  21. 1.3.0.170 Update
    May 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. 1.3.0.157 Update
    Apr 17, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  23. 1.3.0.144 Update
    Apr 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  24. Update 1.3
    Mar 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  25. 1.2.1.202 Update
    Feb 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. 1.2.1.189 Update
    Jan 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. 1.2.1.173 Update
    Jan 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. 1.2.1.169 Update
    Dec 12, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  29. 1.2.0.124 Update
    Aug 22, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  30. 1.2.0.102 Update
    Jul 31, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  31. 1.2.0.98 Update
    Jul 25, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  32. 1.2.0.92 Update
    Jul 18, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  33. 1.2.0.76 Update
    Jul 3, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  34. Update 1.2
    Jun 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  35. "Tiny Wars" Update
    Apr 1, 2024
  36. 1.1.0.42 Update
    Mar 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  37. Update 1.1
    Mar 13, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  38. Modding Update (Peer Tool and Workbench)
    Mar 6, 2024
  39. Update 1.0.0.98
    Feb 28, 2024
  40. Modding Update (Damage System)
    Feb 21, 2024

…and 1 earlier patch announcements.