Games

Grounded

Obsidian Entertainment

2022•RPG•PEGI 12•About 49 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefasttried & testedunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a wide-ranging, pacy RPG, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

76 / 100

128 ratings

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About This Game

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 you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Summary: IGDB

Story

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...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

BugsSpiderTiny protagonist

Where to play

Details

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Released: 27 September 2022
Series: Grounded
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 25h rushed, 49h normally, 100h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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