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Steel Balalaika · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 54 % positive of 26,473 reviews, as of Oct 28

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

24 games that play like Broken Arrow and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: WARNO, Wargame: Airland Battle and Arma Reforger.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • Wargame
  • Modern
  • RTS
  • Real Time Tactics
  • Action RTS
  • War
  • Tactical
Map region: War & Military
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Steam reviews

What players say

Mixed: players praise the tactical depth and deck building but many say cheating, matchmaking, balance and missing single-player saves make it frustrating.

Many players enjoy the combined-arms gameplay, the deck and battlegroup building that caps how many of each unit you can field, the modern unit variety and the visuals, and some call it one of the best modern RTS games. Criticism centres on multiplayer: some players report cheaters, frequent disconnects and crashes, and a toxic community, while others say balance is skewed toward one nation after the latest expansion. Some single-player players say the campaign is hard to play in one sitting without a save function. Recent reviews are more negative than the helpful reviews of the past year, which were more often positive, and many of the newest complaints concern crashes after recent updates and an expansion seen as unbalancing.

Praised

  • Deck and battlegroup building

    Players like building battlegroups with capped unit counts and respawn timers, which keeps every battle open to comeback.

    Many players
  • Combined-arms tactical combat

    Reviewers enjoy the mix of air, artillery, SEAD, airdrops and infantry, and the tactical depth of ambushes and counter-play.

    Many players
  • Unit variety and realism

    Players praise the wide range of modern vehicles, aircraft and weapons, and the customisation of units with loadouts.

    Many players
  • Graphics and music

    Reviewers praise the visuals at high resolution and the dynamic soundtrack that intensifies during battles.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Cheaters and anti-cheat

    Players report cheaters, and some say client-side handling lets them edit unit stats or see the whole map.

    Many players
  • Balance and nation imbalance

    Reviewers say one nation or unit type dominates, especially after the latest expansion, and call for balance patches.

    Many players
  • Missing single-player save

    Single-player and campaign players say the lack of a mid-mission save makes long missions impossible to finish in one session.

    Many players
  • Matchmaking, queues and disconnects

    Players complain about slow queues, unfair matchmaking, leavers who go unpunished and frequent disconnects.

    Many players
Who it suits
Suits players who want deep, modern tactical RTS combat in multiplayer or skirmish and accept that balance and cheating are still issues.
Who should skip it
Players who need a single-player campaign with save points, or who dislike toxic or unbalanced ranked multiplayer, should skip it for now.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with over 200 hours often focus on balance, cheating and recent updates, while newer players praise the learning curve and skirmish against the AI.

Summarised by AI from 71 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

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Plays and looks like Broken Arrow

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By gameplay

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  3. Mechabellum83 % positive of 18,324Shared: Strategy · Wargame · RTS
  4. Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead92 % positive of 16,204Shared: Strategy · Modern · War
  5. Joint Task Force88 % positive of 279Shared: Strategy · RTS · Military
  6. R.U.S.E.™93 % positive of 2,564Shared: Strategy · RTS · War
  7. Armored Brigade87 % positive of 273Shared: Strategy · Wargame · RTS
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  10. Command: Modern Operations85 % positive of 1,450Shared: Strategy · Wargame · Modern
  11. Command & Conquer™ Generals86 % positive of 2,130Shared: Strategy · RTS · Multiplayer
  12. Tempest Rising86 % positive of 10,124Shared: Strategy · Wargame · Modern

By look

Looks like Broken Arrow

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

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  10. Forefront84 % positive of 1,988
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At a glance

What games like Broken Arrow have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Broken Arrow: Strategy (24 of 24), RTS (19) and Wargame (9).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2025, none of them after Broken Arrow (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Rusted Warfare - RTS (96 % positive of 6,725).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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