Grounded

When my dad was still alive we would play this game day after day building base after base across the map and finding story piece after story piece, and falling in love with willow and hoops' entertaining banter with eachother as we played , and though we never got to finish the story together this game still created countless fond memories, would highly recommend for groups or familys <3

Day 1 made a base.
Day 3 spiders took it over.
Day 6 made new base spiders can have it (died 7 times)
Day 7 put game on easy
Day 11 new base one lab down.
Day 25 made 2nd base upper yard.
Day 37 love this game decided to 100% the game and go all the way.
Day 112 Beat new game plus and got all achievements..
I would totally recommend, if you need help add me..

wasps and mosquitos are horrid and satanic beasts just like in real life so A+ for a level of realism no other survival game has achieved

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.

Easily the best survival game I've played since Valheim. I regret sleeping on this title for so long even though the premise interested me when it first launched. A part of me is glad I waited because now I get to enjoy it as a complete package rather than waiting for content to release over time. I haven't been this excited to play a game in a while and I really can't wait to play Grounded 2 once I'm finished with this game completely.
I bought this game hoping for an open world survival game with a fairly linear story so I could choose whether or not I wanted to advance the plot and have some level of guidance or spend time exploring the world. This game nailed that balance perfectly. There's always some objective to do if that's what you want but otherwise the game often encourages you to sprawl out across the lawn and discover things organically. The exploration harkens back to the Obsidian days of old. If you are curious and care to explore the world you will be rewarded. Every. Damn. Time. The game has so much stuff to see and do. I could rave about all the various features and mechanics that make me surprised newer survival titles haven't borrowed from Grounded but I will say that the game is very thoughtful in making the boring elements of base building and resource management as painless as possible so you can spend more time in the world doing what you enjoy.
I will also say this is a game that does difficulty right which seems very rare nowadays. Our friend group started on Whoa (Hard) difficulty and it genuinely makes you fearful of some of the larger foes in the game. You learn to become avoidant and plan out your trek away from your base. You also learn when you're starting out as a new player where the safer spots are and where to avoid. It gives you a sense that you're actually surviving in the world and eventually you learn to adapt and conquer these challenges. That being said, the game also does a great job of never making you too comfortable. Just when you feel confident in your ability to fight something like Bombadier Beetles, Stinkbugs, and Orb Weaver Spiders, the story progression introduces new threats and challenges to humble you. Another nice touch is the game tends to scale enemy damage and health with the amount of players actively on the server so it's not just a complete cakewalk when you get your friends involved. If you are unprepared for a fight you walk into and you choose to aggro a large insect anyways there's a strong chance you will die even with a group. You still have to play smart and help each other out in fights and the emphasis on teamwork and planning makes the co-op that much more fun to me.
I bought this on sale but having played it I would say it's very easily worth the $40 asking price. Over 70+ hours into the game and there's still tons of content, places to explore, and things to do. It's a great game I would recommend to anyone.

10/10 Game. You can easily get 100+ hours out of this game and that is not including the new game+ 1, 2, and 3+ editions to the game.
The story is good. The combat is rewarding and great. Exploration is good. The building mechanics are solid. The progression feels right. OMFG PETS!
Let me put it this way, I played this with my wife. We beat it around 100 hours (taking our time and not researching anything). We enjoyed it so much that we decided this will be our first 100%'d game. It kicked off our, "games we enjoy we 100%." Even after 100% there is still more content through NG+!!! Each NG+ adds a twist, or item(s), or feature.
Just scroll the reviews, you'll see a lot of people with 100+ hours for a STORY game no less!
DO IT!

Step 1: Die
Step 2: Set the game to easiest difficulty
Step 3: Die
Game is surprisingly difficult which is a good thing imo, but I strongly recommend playing on easiest difficulty while you learn the ropes.
ALL the ropes. The crude ropes, the silk ropes, the lint ropes, you'll be doing a lot of crafting in this game. The survival aspects are trivial but this makes them more fun as you don't have to constantly worry about it.
Exploration is a huge plus, always something interesting with several hidden areas that often lead to great rewards, and unique locations or boss fights.
If you're not a fan of crafting games or survival, I honestly think this really is the one exception among that genre, speaking as someone who does not like this genre typically. This game has so much to see and do, lots of charm and that ever-escaping sense of child-like wonder that really makes this game special.
If you are looking for a relaxing, cozy, go at your own pace game, this could be it.
If you are looking for a challenging, intense action packed survival/crafting game, this could also be it.
Only thing I will say is that playing solo is likely to be a bit less fun because of the inevitable grind, so if you can, playing with friends not only lessens the resource burden but also just simply makes the game much more fun.
Last thing I will say is that it's an absolute marvel of game-development, how they can render so many objects and textures while letting you build effectively with no limit (?????? seriously how did they make this game??) it is simply unbelievable.
I ran this game on a 10 year old PC (**i7 4790k and gtx1060 6gb**) at a solid 60fps and it still looks amazing and plays amazing even on low/mid settings. Cannot emphasize enough how incredible this game is from a game-dev perspective! Huge kudos to the devs, you guys are wizards.
Final Score: 9/10