Grounded
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Explore, build and survive together in this first person, multiplayer, survival-adventure. Can…
Grounded is an adventure developed by Obsidian Entertainment, released 27 September 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 48.5 hrs to finish.
What Grounded is
Grounded is an adventure game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and released in 2022. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Grounded, players are shrunken to the size of an ant and tasked with surviving in the unique micro-world of a suburban backyard. Players must gather, craft and build bases with everyday objects found within the yard, searching for life-saving resources and living alongside giant, peaceful insects while fighting to survive massive hostile inhabitants. Grounded provides a mix of environmental and narrative driven story telling. Set in a versatile, handcrafted sandbox structure it allows players to create their own experience from the ground up. Tasks that may seem approachable when human-sized become a challenge in this dangerous backyard landscape. This familiar yet fantastical world can…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 45 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Grounded holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 126 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 48.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 100 hrs, roughly 2.1 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-3225, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 650 Ti. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Grounded launched on 27 September 2022, within three weeks of A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Return to Monkey Island and The Case of the Golden Idol. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Return to Monkey Island, The Case of the Golden Idol.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Grounded yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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