Free games like GROUND BRANCH
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to GROUND BRANCH, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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DCS World Steam Edition
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!
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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Combat Master: Season 5
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.
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BRAIN / OUT
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with GROUND BRANCH.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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Talvisota - Winter War
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Talvisota for Rising Storm 2 brings players from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the frozen forests of Finland, during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of the late 1930s.
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World of Warships
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with GROUND BRANCH.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
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Operation: Harsh Doorstop
Free-to-play alternative to GROUND BRANCH — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GROUND BRANCH.
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.