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Grounded

Action

Survival

Role-playing (RPG)

Adventure

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?

3.8

External Ratings

122 ratings
Release Date:

27 Sep, 2022

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

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?

Storyline

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 player...

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platform

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

release date

Release Date:

27 Sep, 2022

mode

Modes:

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

theme

Themes:

Action, Survival

genre

Genres:

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

perspective

Player Perspectives:

First person, Third person

IGDB

IGDB Website:

Grounded

IGDB Rating

3.7 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.7

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

117

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

74%

Rating %

Critics Rating

3.8 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.8

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

122

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

76%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Obsidian Entertainment

Supporting Developers

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Publishers

Xbox Game Studios

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