Grounded

I absolutely love this game! Grounded helped me conquer my Arachnophobia - I kid you not. At first I screamed and panicked, but the more I played, the better it got. And then came the day when I fell into a cave with a Wolf Spider at the entrance. I had no choice but confrontatiin, and since then I learned to cope with spiders in real life. I owe you many thanks, dear devs.

This is the best video game I have ever played through. We played as Mom, Dad, Son (11) and daughter (9) and it was absolutely perfect.

The story was great, the adventure was great, the setting was spectacular.

The survival aspects were light enough that it wasn't a burden, the progression/gathering wasn't punishing, but also felt very rewarding when you came up with something clever to get resources faster.

The building was really fun and creative and we built multiple homes and multiple outposts throughout the yard.

The ending was great (there are two potential endings) and the Marc Rebillet loop daddy ending song during the credits was just a completely unexpected cherry on top!

I can't recommend this game enough to any and everyone.

I have like 1000 hrs on Xbox game pass. This is one of my top 10 games. Really excited for Grounded 2.
Not for everyone, but I really enjoy it.

I cannot begin to describe just how epic Grounded is.
It's probably one of my favorite games ever, and I own a lot of games.
While I adore the visual style, don't let the cartoony graphics fool you, this game is serious.
It has so much depth, so unbelievably complex yet so simple, it's rich at every corner, and oozes top quality in every department.
The main plot is fantastic and is loosely based off of the movie "Honey I shrunk the kids", where a group of teenagers, one of which you play, is miniaturized in the backyard and need to find their way back to regular size.
There is a gigantic amount of fantastic enemies, some of which you cook, others you fight and major ones representing bosses, all with different mechanics and weaknesses. All of which give you materials for a slew of things, ranging from upgrades to weapon and armor, decoration for your base, food and potion mats etc.
The world building is incredible, the base building is also incredible.
And best of all the exploration is impeccable. There is so much to discover, so many secrets to unravel, and each of those gives you great rewards in terms of developing the story, your base, and gear, so you can be ready for the what comes next.
It's all optimized and balanced to perfection. This is a gigantic feat by Obsidian.
This game does not waste a second of your time. In fact, It's a game where 5 hours feel like 20 minutes, you simply cannot get enough of it and there's always something exciting waiting to be done.
At the time of writing I'm at about 208 hours, and I haven't felt a second of fatigue which I usually do rather quickly. It's pure excitement every time I boot it up. I will be playing for many hours to come. I seriously cannot find one bad thing to say about it, and hope more than anything for a sequel to this gem.
It is infinitely playable, repayable while community as well as dev content flows at a constant rate.
It's the best survival-lite, crafting, combat, story based exploration game on the market, it's like no other.
And while it's really fun playing it solo, Coop is so much better.
As a matter of fact, it is the ultimate coop game to play with your friends, partner, son, or father.
This is it, it doesn't get any better.
As much as this game is praised already, it isn't praised nearly enough. Easiest 10/10 ever.

With Grounded 2 coming out, this game has genuinely become one of my top 10 games in the world as someone obsessed with base building. I play with a boyfriend who goes on killing sprees and harvesting rampages and he seems well entertained as well lol. Even with the next game coming I still say run through this game!!! The lore is amazing and there's so much to explore. Next game is 3X bigger so start with the shallows here then you can start the next with some experience. This game is legit a love letter to gamers.
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(Pls fix the tiny issue with Roof Interior Corner in the second game though pls, with love)

Great game filled with feel good 80's music and themes. the perfect honey i shrunk the kids adventure

Thank you Obsidian for this masterpiece. We played with my daughter (on one PC playing for one character) and had an amazing time together. She was a gatherer and a scout, I was a hunter and a fighter. Together we made a perfect team to beat the game. We loved the premise, graphics, mechanics, fights, everything. We won't be looking at spiders in the real world like before :-).
I was suprised only 6.9% of the players made it to the end. Probably a lot of people get an impression this is cute game for kids, but don't be fooled, it takes a lot of thinking, exploration and hard fighting to make it to the end.
And now I can't get rid of the ending music playing in my mind. :-)
One advice - start using ziplines as soon as you get them. It will save you a lot of time.