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Aground

Fancy Fish Games · 2020-04-17

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 08, 2018 (Linux), Aug 08, 2018 (Mac), Feb 10, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 11, 2021 (Xbox One)

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

27
playing now
94%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 40k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,021 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.39-64%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.39-64%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2024-05-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 32 of 55 observed days · $1.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

30102026-08-11 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 24 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 18 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742018-08-092026-08-302018-08-09 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $13.492020-09-07 — best price $9.892021-03-16 — best price $14.992021-08-10 — best price $11.242021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $9.892022-06-01 — best price $8.992022-08-01 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-01-02 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $7.492023-06-07 — best price $8.992023-08-18 — best price $8.992023-09-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $7.492024-04-10 — best price $7.492024-06-17 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-12 — best price $5.092025-02-17 — best price $5.092025-04-17 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $5.092025-08-12 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $5.092026-05-19 — best price $5.392026-08-12 — best price $5.392026-08-30 — best price $5.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Shelter"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,4241%56
Steam (Steam)2,1073%90
PS4 (PlayStation)32611%57
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGCasualMiningDragonsBuildingSurvivalOpen WorldStory RichExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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