Grounded

Obsidian Entertainment • Microsoft • •

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Grounded Early Access Review

Okay

Grounded has a lot of potential as a great survival RPG, but its early-access offering comes up a little short.

By Jon Ryan

Summary

Grounded is a fantastic survival game with a killer premise, rewarding progression, and boundless creativity that even a host of bugs can’t spoil.

Developers

Obsidian Entertainment

Publishers

Microsoft

Release Date

Platforms

8 months, 1 week

Grounded 2 Exists Because Obsidian Was ‘Running Out of Room’ in Grounded 1

8 months, 1 week - Go big, or go home.

1 year, 9 months

After Rare's Sea of Thieves Tops the PS5 Sales Chart, What's the Next Xbox Game to Go Multiplatform?

1 year, 9 months - The Gears are in motion.

1 year, 11 months

Xbox Games Pentiment and Grounded Confirmed for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation

1 year, 11 months - Obsidian games get the new era started.

3 years, 8 months

Grounded Is Exiting Early Access With 1.0 Release After Two Years

3 years, 8 months - Escape the backyard at last.

4 years, 4 months

Grounded: Hot and Hazy Update Preview: Obsidian Gets Back to its RPG Roots

4 years, 4 months - We played the upcoming Grounded content update, Hot and Hazy, and found that it does exactly what fans of developer Obsidian want: adds more core RPG mechanics. Hot and Hazy will be released as an update for Grounded later this month.

4 years, 4 months

Grounded: Obsidian Gets Back to its Roots with Hot and Hazy Update

4 years, 4 months - Stats and sand for Obsidian stans.

4 years, 4 months

Grounded: Hot and Hazy Screenshots

4 years, 4 months - In Grounded, players are shrunken to the size of an ant and tasked with surviving in the unique micro-world of a suburban backyard. With a team of four players, 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 be navigated solo or in four-person co-operative multiplayer, where players work together to complete missions or explore the intricately detailed world.