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Grounded

Obsidian Entertainment · Xbox Game Studios · 2022-09-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 16, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 27, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 16, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

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?

3,437
playing now
90%
positive of 96k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
161
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (121 ratings)
49h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 100h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

3,437 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Grounded is a 2022 survival game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It was released for Windows and Xbox One in early access on July 28, 2020 and was fully released on September 27, 2022. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions were released on April 16, 2024.

Trailer

Grounded trailer thumbnail

Grounded - Official Story Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,437 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,620 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~578/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.9M–4.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 95,533 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 17 of 32 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.1k5.1k20202026Week of 2020-07-01: 1,610 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5,080 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 591 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,304 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,973 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,035 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,899 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 563 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,221 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,079 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,125 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,412 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,915 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,066 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,213 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,018 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 728 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 974 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 868 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,262 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,457 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,056 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.4k1.4k2026-08-06 21:00 — 2,146 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,404 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,399 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,373 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,938 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,876 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,681 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,178 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3,131 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,999 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,513 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,643 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,119 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,478 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,520 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,865 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,428 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,407 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3,383 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,688 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,676 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2,553 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,244 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,407 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 2,499 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,119 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,419 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,474 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,406 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 3,437 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002020-07-282026-08-272020-07-28 — best price $29.992022-09-27 — best price $39.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-01-03 — best price $39.992023-04-21 — best price $39.992023-06-19 — best price $39.992023-07-13 — best price $23.992023-09-19 — best price $39.992023-11-13 — best price $0.002023-12-01 — best price $39.992023-12-14 — best price $23.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-14 — best price $23.992024-04-25 — best price $23.992024-05-21 — best price $39.992024-06-18 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-11-14 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $39.992025-04-16 — best price $19.992025-05-08 — best price $39.992025-06-10 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-08-19 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-12-02 — best price $39.992025-12-18 — best price $19.992026-01-27 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-05-09 — best price $39.992026-06-11 — best price $35.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k2072026-05-29 — 457 pageviews2026-06-01 — 368 pageviews2026-06-04 — 789 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,036 pageviews2026-06-10 — 713 pageviews2026-06-13 — 724 pageviews2026-06-16 — 769 pageviews2026-06-19 — 568 pageviews2026-06-22 — 506 pageviews2026-06-25 — 504 pageviews2026-06-28 — 520 pageviews2026-07-01 — 464 pageviews2026-07-04 — 487 pageviews2026-07-07 — 626 pageviews2026-07-10 — 625 pageviews2026-07-13 — 789 pageviews2026-07-16 — 444 pageviews2026-07-19 — 436 pageviews2026-07-22 — 313 pageviews2026-07-25 — 342 pageviews2026-07-28 — 280 pageviews2026-07-31 — 265 pageviews2026-08-03 — 290 pageviews2026-08-06 — 233 pageviews2026-08-09 — 207 pageviews2026-08-12 — 371 pageviews2026-08-15 — 392 pageviews2026-08-18 — 343 pageviews2026-08-21 — 293 pageviews2026-08-24 — 311 pageviews2026-08-26 — 281 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

203422026-08-27 10:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 118 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 139 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 139 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 152 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 143 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 191 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 179 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 170 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 203 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 105 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 161 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "Resourceful"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Thai…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)69,1063%45
PS5 (PlayStation)28,3225%46
Steam (Steam)28,0304%45
PS4 (PlayStation)6,4735%46
Switch (Nintendo)1300%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionHorrorSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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