Grounded Reviews

Finally caved and got this on Steam after playing it through Microsoft store; it's great. I'm arachnophobic and get jumpscared all the time but I still haven't bothered with that option enabled. 11/10 poop your pants.

Playing with others is a must for the ultimate experience on this game.

It's a great game. The ability to change the settings allows people to have fun in the game without the challenge. The only issue I really have with it is keeping track of your team. So many times, I'll look away for a second and can't find my friends. Perhaps some compass system that indicates allies would help.

wonderful game and story, horrible, game breaking bugs. respawn at kid case multiple times without all my top tier gear after getting DCED, literally starting from the very beginning just with whats on my hand and my armour. dcing all the time and even causing me to dc on discord, just game breaking glitches overall. i love the story and gameplay i reallyt do but i think it needed to be worked on a bit more before full release because these bugs are incredibly frustrating.

For a survival crafting game it's really solid; well-designed world, basebuilding, story, progression and replayability (such as Newgame+). Plenty of fun to be had regardless whether you play solo or with friends as it scales with every player up to 4 and there's room for different playstyles and synergies which is great. Also a good balance of farming and QoL features in it's genre, the storage chest management inside the base is one of the better systems I've encountered. For it's pretty visuals, the performance is rather decent for today's subpar industry standard with optimization. [b]My hardware[/b]: win10 5800X3D 2x16GB RAM 3600 CL16 9070 XT @1440p 144hz The game has some minor issues with pathing at times and sometimes (although rare), it can cause enemies to not fight back in combat, but it can be fixed with a reload of the game world by going to main menu and load back in.

This game is the perfect family RPG game. Grab a kid jump into back yard and enjoy the adventures of the backyard. Game play is great, story line is great, graphics and combat are enthralling!

As someone who highly dislikes survival and building games (unless it's LEGO) this game took me by SURPRISE. Seeing the sequel come out on Early Access I decided to give the 1st one a go as it's been sitting in my library for well over a year. Inspired by one of my favourite movies growing up as a kid, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." Grounded is an absolute joy to play. From scary spiders to acidic termites and gassy stinkbugs this game has so much going for it, it's unreal! (ayeee) The playable characters each have their own personality and the hidden lore scattered across the backyard helps build the world tenfold. Obsidian really nailed the start of a new IP. In all my years of gaming, I don't think I've EVER seen a game with THIS much content. I've beaten the story and most of the big bosses in my 30 hour playthrough but this game just keeps on giving. It's got extra content all the way up to NEW GAME+ 4! You could EASILY spend 1000 hours in this game and still have stuff to do. It's actually INTIMIDATING just how much there is to do and explore. I rate my games out of 5 to keep it simple and this game is a 5/5. Good job Obsidian! I look forward to starting the sequel and getting to play along as new content is added. Hopefully that'll make it less overwhelming than starting this one, but that isn't a bad thing!

Somehow i hate mosquitoes even more after playing this game, which i didn't think was even possible 10/10

Survival games usually don't grab me, but this one has been surprisingly fun. While managing item durability and hunger is still a bit of a chore, the exploration aspect is fantastic, with tons of secrets to uncover. Even after about 45 hours, we're still discovering new things as we work through the tier 3 content. I really appreciate the arachnophobia mode -- not that I'm scared of spiders, but it's great for playing with kids around. My only wish is that the mode applied to more of the scary-looking insects in the game. My main complaint is regarding the base attacks. They don't seem to scale with the number of players, and with just two of us, we were completely overwhelmed every time. We've managed the rest of the game just fine as a duo, but these attacks feel unbalanced. We also ran into some frequent, though minor, multiplayer desync issues, like items appearing in different spots for the client and server, which made them impossible to pick up. Despite these few problems, it's a very solid and enjoyable game that's definitely worth the investment.

Amazing survival game with a great take on the shrunk down setting. Really gave me that itch for exploration my first time around while it was still in early access. Game has lots of nice QoL features, with crafting from nearby storage probably being the best.