Grounded

But Why ThoQuinn Hiers

80/10

Grounded provides some great survival mechanics and challenging combat in a rather novel environment with an intriguing plotline. The game can be very tough but also very rewarding. However, it can take a while to really get the game going with the analysis mechanic and the lack of explanation revolving around many other ludemes.

GamingTrendCorvo Rohwer

90/100

Grounded provides a survival experience unlike any other within its genre. Carving out a place to survive within the tiny realm of the backyard is rewarding, and exploring the world from a new perspective is amusing. With the release of the full game, Grounded now feels like a complete experience worthy of its fans’ expectations.

Press StartJames Berich

8.5/10

In a genre that's markedly saturated, Grounded stands tall. Dripping with charm, its unique setting and premise give it ample space to impress players who think they've seen it all.

WCCFtechChris Wray

8.5/10

It was around two years ago when I first played Grounded. By then, I was already tired of survival games, waking up to a new world, smashing trees and rocks, and then rubbing them together to create an axe. The axe then being used to break even more giant stones, which you could turn into a Gatling gun that fired bullets made out of the excrement of a nearby caterpillar. There was very little a sandbox survival game could do to keep things interesting, bar sending you to the bottom of the sea or sending you to space. There's also that one where you're a Viking.

DestructoidJordan Devore

8.5/10

With its 1.0 release, Grounded has so much to discover, and enough of a hook to justify the dozens of hours you might invest. Whether you’re an exploration-minded player in search of landmarks and tucked-away treasures, or a castle-building fiend with a vision, you should ideally bring friends along for the ride. Still, playing alone, it was hard for me to walk away from Grounded, even in its slowest moments. I wasn’t satisfied with my end-of-game score, so I searched for secrets and kept going, boosting my grade in the process. Even now, there are still more bugs to catalog and, inevitably, s...

Worth PlayingAdam Pavlacka

8/10

Grounded is a first-person, co-op survival game. Shrunk to the size of an ant, how will you survive?

Impulse GamerGareth Newnham

Obsidian’s Grounded is basically Honey, I Shrunk The Kids crossed with Minecraft.

CGMagazineJordan Biordi

7/10

Grounded on the Nintendo Switch sacrifices a bit of visual fidelity for a really solid port of an incredibly quirky survival game.

Steam Deck HQNoah Kupetsky

7/10

Grounded has a bit too many compromises to recommend fully, but it is playable and can be quite enjoyable if this is your only way to play!

VGChartzLee Mehr

6.5/10

Grounded's quirky concept and adventurous personality will win over survival genre fans, but certain design and launch-window issues shrink my enthusiasm.Obsidian's latest game has loads of bugs.  Surprise, right?  It’s tough to keep track of them all, really.  You [...]

Nintendo LifePJ O'Reilly

6/10

Grounded is a fantastic survival game, a colourful, unique, and original slice of joyful adventuring that everyone should play if they have the opportunity. It nails the Honey, I Shrunk The Kids vibe, its core gameplay loops are moreish, and its setting and enemies are often breathtaking in how they reframe the mundane. However, and as usual for these big efforts on Switch, this port has plenty of issues. They've had to tank the visuals, the all-important online co-op is flaky, the frame rate is fine until you start going big on bases — just all the stuff we've come to expect at this stage, re...

Toms GuideMarshall Honorof

Grounded is an unusual take on the survival/crafting genre, with a clever premise and a decent sense of style. Tedious gameplay drags the experience down, though.