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GROUND BRANCH cover art

GROUND BRANCH

BlackFoot Studios · MicroProse Software · 2026-07-16

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

354
playing now
84%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

354 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Ground Branch's unique "campaign" format will deliver smaller, more localized sets of missions based around global hotspots, with a centralized intelligence interface to monitor them and receive new mission orders over time. The choices you make along the way may affect future engagements.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 354 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,968 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~246/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 495k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,773 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.89 at GreenManGaming (2020-03-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
89089020182026Week of 2018-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 687 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 133 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4901742026-08-06 21:00 — 432 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 280 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 321 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 411 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 342 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 420 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 466 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 327 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 421 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 490 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 229 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 340 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 347 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 210 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 334 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 334 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 213 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 321 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 432 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 212 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 183 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 322 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 330 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 208 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 286 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 324 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 196 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 310 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 354 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$11.892018-08-142026-07-232018-08-14 — best price $19.992018-10-31 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $15.992019-02-04 — best price $15.992019-06-26 — best price $14.992019-08-30 — best price $19.992019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-03-11 — best price $11.892020-03-26 — best price $17.992021-05-05 — best price $25.492022-01-27 — best price $20.992022-06-23 — best price $17.992022-12-22 — best price $22.492023-03-16 — best price $20.992023-11-22 — best price $22.492024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-06-17 — best price $19.492024-06-27 — best price $20.992024-08-26 — best price $20.992024-11-27 — best price $20.992024-12-19 — best price $20.992025-03-13 — best price $20.992025-05-09 — best price $26.992025-06-26 — best price $25.492025-08-19 — best price $25.492025-09-29 — best price $25.492025-11-20 — best price $25.492025-12-18 — best price $25.492026-03-19 — best price $25.492026-06-25 — best price $25.492026-07-16 — best price $23.992026-07-23 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8202026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarCo-opActionShooterMilitaryTacticalRealisticSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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