Grounded
Survive a backyard at ant size by crafting equipment and building a base, while choosing how to confront creatures that can retaliate against your home.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.4 / 10
About this game
Grounded turns a backyard into a survival expedition for characters reduced to the size of ants. Craft weapons, tools and armor, build a shelter, and explore places such as the pond, termite tunnels and sandbox. The story follows the mystery of your shrinking and the search for a way home. Equipment upgrades and mutations let you adjust your character's capabilities for the dangers ahead. Your base is not beyond those dangers: disturbing creatures increases the chance of retaliation. You can face the yard alone or cooperate online, while Shared Worlds let a group continue its shared save even when the original host is away. Cross-platform play and Shared Worlds on Switch require the relevant account and online subscription.
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AI review
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A compelling premise for builders who also want their home to matter in survival decisions.
Crafting and defensive building could turn each expedition into preparation for the next risk. Shared Worlds may help a cooperative group keep its project moving without always coordinating around the original host.
Strengths
- Equipment choices and base defense may give exploration a practical purpose.
- Shared saves can suit friends whose available play times do not always overlap.
Weaknesses
- Creature retaliation may frustrate players who mainly want undisturbed building.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy crafting, preparing defenses and gradually investigating a survival setting.
Play notes: Switch cross-play and Shared Worlds require a Microsoft/Xbox account and Nintendo Switch Online. Obsidian recommends a non-Switch host for mixed-platform groups.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Crafting progression and the shrinking mystery offer parallel goals for players who like practical preparation alongside a story objective. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The possibility of retaliation could make deciding how to engage creatures as important as preparing equipment. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Seeing a pond or sandbox from ant scale may make familiar household spaces feel like distinct expedition destinations. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Shared Worlds may reduce scheduling friction, provided the group accepts the account and subscription setup. | Reviewed | 5.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Release date
- Apr 16, 2024
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Survival · Primary genre
- Tags
- Linear LevelsMain Story 10–20 HoursInvestigationExplorationStory-driven3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyThird PersonSlow BurnPuzzle Solving
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Third personFirst person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideApr 16, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideApr 16, 2024
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Sources
- ec.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- ec.nintendo.com