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Play alone or with up to three friends as you explore a backyard after being shrunk to the size of an insect. Follow a story about how you became so small and how you might return home. Gather materials, craft equipment, and build bases among the yard’s distinct areas, from the pond to the sandbox. Explore labs, caves, and hidden spots while managing threats from the insects that roam nearby. Progress by analyzing items to unlock crafting options, upgrading weapons and armor, and choosing character bonuses such as mutations. Learn insect attack patterns and use blocks or well-timed parries in fights; your choices of equipment and bonuses shape how you tackle the yard.

Shrunk to insect size, explore a backyard, craft gear and bases, and fight giant bugs while uncovering how to get home.

Released 27 Sep 2022

90%positive of
96k player reviews
$39.99
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Explore a Giant Backyard

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Build Grass-Blade Bases

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Parry Giant Insects

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Developed by Obsidian Entertainment · Published by Xbox Game Studios

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Resource Farming
  2. Solo Difficulty
  3. Co-op Connection Drops
  4. Late-Game Difficulty
90%
positive of 96k player reviews
83/100
Metacritic

Themes from a helpfulness-selected sample of Steam reviews, not the aggregate Steam score.

Awards & Kudos

Grounded award

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Achievements 45
Age ratings
  • ESRB T — Blood Violence Mild Language
  • PEGI 12 — Violence Bad Language
  • USK 12
  • CERO C — Violence Criminal Activity
  • CRL 16 — Fear Language Violence
  • CSRR C15 — Inappropriate Language Violence
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Violência fantasiosa Medo Linguagem imprópria
  • FPB 13 — Competitive Intensity Horror Language Violence
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Horor Penggunaan bahasa Kekerasan
  • KGRB 12 — Violence
  • OFLC PG — Mild themes Violence and coarse language, online interactivity
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Derbe Sprache Ängstigende Inhalte
Players 1–4
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Co-op campaign
  • Persistent world
  • Drop-in/drop-out
Other modes
  • Single-player
  • Shared Worlds
  • Cross-platform play
  • In-game voice chat
Multiplayer Grounded supports solo play or online co-op. Official text states play alone or online with up to three friends, for a total of 4 players. Shared Worlds lets authorized players continue the same cloud-saved world even when the original host is offline. Reviews also mention cross-platform play and friend-based joining.
Multiplayer & mods No mod support or multiplayer-specific mod information is provided in the supplied text.
Controller support Xbox
Controller required No
DLC / extras 1 listed on Steam
Metacritic 83/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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