Games like GROUND BRANCH
If GROUND BRANCH is your kind of game, the closest matches are TakeDogs, OPERATOR and Insurgency: Sandstorm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hyper realistic milsim training, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Ground Branch is a tactical military simulation and action game developed by BlackFoot Studios and published by MicroProse Software, released in 2018. The game emphasizes methodical gameplay with deep weapon customization and features including mod support, a mission editor, and AI difficulty tuning. Players can engage in long-range combat and urban clearing scenarios, with both online co-operative and single-player modes available. Reviewers highlight the hyper-realistic milsim training and brutal one-tap AI encounters, while players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, and intense. The game supports Steam Deck with Playable status and currently holds an 89% positive rating from over 14,000 Steam reviews at its $29.99 price point.
About 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.
Players who liked GROUND BRANCH also play
Steam players who put hours into GROUND BRANCH also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
TakeDogs
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Top pick for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
TakeDogs is a realistic modern warfare FPS where you will join a special operations group, fight on real maps at 1:1 scale simulating authentic ballistic physics, learn to pilot real aircraft and travel to conflict zones to dismantle terrorist organizations or high-value targets.
OPERATOR
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization and an immersive mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Second-strongest match for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.
Insurgency: Sandstorm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
SCP: 5K
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Ranked #4 for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!
Arma Reforger
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Ranked #5 for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
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.
Gray Zone Warfare
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Shares weapon customization and an atmospheric mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Ranked #6 for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Squad
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Ranked #7 for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Zero Hour
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Ranked #8 for GROUND BRANCH fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.
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Ready or Not
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Shares an immersive mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
SWAT
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Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Combines FPS & TPS. It puts players against some of them. And the winning team gets points and coins. There are 3 game modes. There are many weapons to pick up.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
Wargame: Red Dragon
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Shares a challenging mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
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Shares an immersive mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands.
Resident Evil 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Arma 3
WHY THIS
Shares mission editor, mod support and an immersive mood with GROUND BRANCH.
Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Rainbow Sea
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Reviewers of GROUND BRANCH cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Rainbow Sea is a multi-ending adventure with pixel-art style based on the myth of the traditional Japanese gods — Seven Lucky Gods. You explore inside a treasure ship and make choices to change the storyline. All twenty two endings are true endings, and only you can know the authentic story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GROUND BRANCH at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~83% under GROUND BRANCH on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GROUND BRANCH on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under GROUND BRANCH on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under GROUND BRANCH on Steam right now. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under GROUND BRANCH on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under GROUND BRANCH on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Frequently asked about GROUND BRANCH
- Does GROUND BRANCH run on Steam Deck?
- GROUND BRANCH is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does GROUND BRANCH cost?
- GROUND BRANCH is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does GROUND BRANCH have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — GROUND BRANCH supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to GROUND BRANCH?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GROUND BRANCH are TakeDogs, OPERATOR, Insurgency: Sandstorm.
- Who developed GROUND BRANCH?
- GROUND BRANCH was developed by BlackFoot Studios and published by MicroProse Software.
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