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GROUND BRANCH

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.

Developer
BlackFoot Studios, MicroProse Software
Publisher
MicroProse Software
Franchise
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Release date
Jul 16, 2026
Store page updated
Aug 30, 2026
Price
$29.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

31.7/ 100

Based on 421 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😐 Mixed 44% of 252
All time 😄 Very Positive 84% of 25,017
“liked the game for what it is, not that bad update”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
-1.38
Controls & feel -1.37
“enemy animations lack visual feedback, shooting feels unengaging” (37)

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Story & World
-1.70
Story -2.55

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Content Volume
-1.90
Volume -2.94

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Visuals & Sound
-1.24
Visuals -0.67

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Multiplayer
-0.36
Playing together +0.26
“had lots of fun with friends over the last few years” (27)

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Fairness
-3.36
Balance -3.26
“AI is worse, single tapped every time enemy sees player” (36)

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Tech & Ops
-3.05
Developer support -3.49
“8 years in Early Access, lead dev left, release incomplete with features post-launch” (84)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
30%50%70%90%
Aug 2018Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 251 reviews, peak 14/day
01020
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 418 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English74%
  • Chinese8%
  • Russian4%
  • Portuguese4%
  • French2%
  • German2%
  • Other6%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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