Grounded
Worth it · Action · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 50% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$39.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$19.9950% offWorth it
- Cost per hourA
- $1.18/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 96,349
- Critics
- 83 players 7 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Action
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $19.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 34h
- To 100%
- 109h 3.2x the story
- Achievements
- 45
Price and sales
- Sales
- 29 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $19.99 June 2024
- Sale every
- 44d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,450 now
- Recent reviews
- 86% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 96% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
61% start to 1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 29 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Valheim ($29.99, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats Green Hell ($24.99, scores 60).
More about Grounded
14 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 3,406 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 34 hours; clearing it takes 109, which is 3.2 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I've been playing since early access on xbox. it was a no brainer to rebuy when i made the switch to PC as i love this game and everything it has to offer. Beautiful scenery, amazing combat, (indepth weapon classes, weapon "flavours" and bug attacks) and building. I also want to add that all the bosses are really cool and actually made me wanna get a pet Orchid Mantis! Because of how pretty they are. The story isn't...
2 more reviews
This game feels like Rick and Morty: Pickle Rick (S03E03), except you're trapped in a backyard instead of a sewer. 10/10 concept. But the soundtrack is trash.
This is one of the highest quality survival games out there. From the story, to the base building, to the tightness of combat, the exploration, and the depth of game mechanics. Everything fits right and the overall experience just leaves you with the feeling that these devs knew what they wanted to make, and handcrafted it to perfection. I wont spoil too much about the game, if you're looking for a super polished...
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About the game
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?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 650 Ti, 8 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Grounded scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/962130/groundedReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.