Great co-op with friends and family
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This very well might be one of the best co-op survival games I've ever played.”
Steam review · 111.7 h played ↗
Grounded
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Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Obsidian Entertainment2022Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Base Building
The verdict
A charming, content-rich shrunk-in-the-backyard survival craft game that shines in co-op. Skip it if you want stable multiplayer or hate grinding and parry-heavy combat.
Great for
Friends or families who want co-op survival crafting, exploration and base building with a unique tiny-world twist
Main risk
Constant co-op disconnects and join errors, plus a grindy late game
What players love
Charming visuals, story and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The attention to detail is astonishing.”
Steam review · 33.6 h played ↗
Deep crafting, building and combat variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The combat and build variety is awesome. The base-building is so much better than what I initially thought it would be.”
Steam review · 43.4 h played ↗
Unique shrunken-backyard concept
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Everything feels huge when you're the size of an ant, and even a small trip across the yard feels like a real adventure.”
Steam review · 135.7 h played ↗
Huge content and strong replayability with NG+
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You can easily get 100+ hours out of this game and that is not including the new game+ 1, 2, and 3+ editions to the game.”
Steam review · 142.2 h played ↗
Rewarding exploration and hidden secrets
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Secrets everywhere. Every place you go to, no matter how small or random, you feel the creators put thought into it.”
Steam review · 64.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Co-op disconnects and join errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“If you aren't hosting the game you will be constantly disconnecting every 10-15 minutes.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Heavy grind and tedious late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“As you play the game, you become bogged down in the near constant need to grind.”
Steam review · 637 h played ↗
Frustrating parry-based combat and difficulty spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the combat system is pretty centered on perfect parrys to avoid taking damage, but one mis step causes a quarter to a third of your hp to be lost”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Vague guidance, wiki needed
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Me and my friends had to look up stuff to find the bosses, to find the recipes we needed, where to use the keycards we found”
Steam review · 70.3 h played ↗
Forced Xbox/Microsoft account for multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Refuses to work without Xbox account, buggy.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Janky building system and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“game has the worst ui/ux of any game i played, building takes much too long making it not fun”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3225
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 650 Ti
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700K or Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 470
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3225
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 650 Ti
Storage8 GB available space
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