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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

GROUND BRANCH is an Action, Indie, Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 25018 reviews).

102
playing now
84%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
493
Nexus mods (1.2M downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

102 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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)

Trailer

GROUND BRANCH trailer thumbnail

GROUND BRANCH V1.0 Launch Trailer | Available Now

≈438,178 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 102 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 3% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 500k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,018 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 5 of 10 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

308722026-09-14 20:00 — 207 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 143 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 145 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 241 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 240 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 125 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 209 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 168 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 122 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 255 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 195 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 102 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 207 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 212 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 192 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 273 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 184 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 123 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 180 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 248 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 204 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 122 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 215 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 102 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7950Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0Jan 2013 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Aug 2018 — avg 71 · peak 185Nov 2018 — avg 14 · peak 46Feb 2019 — avg 21 · peak 55May 2019 — avg 9 · peak 33Aug 2019 — avg 30 · peak 104Nov 2019 — avg 18 · peak 57Feb 2020 — avg 21 · peak 45May 2020 — avg 46 · peak 110Aug 2020 — avg 20 · peak 43Nov 2020 — avg 47 · peak 107Feb 2021 — avg 118 · peak 227May 2021 — avg 252 · peak 538Aug 2021 — avg 129 · peak 238Nov 2021 — avg 75 · peak 155Feb 2022 — avg 455 · peak 1,012May 2022 — avg 343 · peak 631Aug 2022 — avg 510 · peak 937Nov 2022 — avg 310 · peak 684Feb 2023 — avg 378 · peak 756May 2023 — avg 596 · peak 1,071Aug 2023 — avg 514 · peak 872Nov 2023 — avg 573 · peak 1,234Feb 2024 — avg 334 · peak 628May 2024 — avg 288 · peak 570Aug 2024 — avg 386 · peak 773Nov 2024 — avg 324 · peak 551Feb 2025 — avg 341 · peak 597May 2025 — avg 451 · peak 1,178Aug 2025 — avg 309 · peak 597Nov 2025 — avg 241 · peak 418Feb 2026 — avg 260 · peak 475May 2026 — avg 157 · peak 272Aug 2026 — avg 316 · peak 687
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

302026-10-02 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 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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