Grounded: Steam reviews, players & page score
View on Steam ↗Capsule 92Page copy 75Screenshots 85Setup 84checked 2026-11-08
Grounded at a glance
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?
- Price
- $39.99
- Release
- Sep 27, 2022
- Steam reviews
- 76,251 reviews, 86% positive recently
- Playing now
- 1,957 players
- Followers
- 332,576
- Demo
- No
- Developer
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Languages
- 16 (English, French, Italian, German…)
Games like Grounded
Similar games: screenshots 98/255 · 5 trailers · 12 languages
GroundedObsidian Entertainment · 20 tags · 18 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Survival & Crafting · Co-op · Open World & Sandbox
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Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 5 ISSUES
high1 of your first 5 screenshots is near-black+2 pts
Screenshots #3 (29) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #12 (131) and #4 (129).
highFirst sentence never names the genre+2 pts
It opens: "The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk …"
Name the genre in the first sentence, the part shoppers read on hover.
lowNo Discord link+2 pts
No Discord link found on the store page.
Add your Discord so interested players have somewhere to go.
lowNo section headers+1 pts
The description has no headers to scan.
Break it up with 3 to 5 headers.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 91/255, contrast 61, colorfulness 70, 22% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 70 · long 82
Short description · 214 / 300The 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?
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk …"
A rewritten draft built from your own words is in the full report.
Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- warnTop five tags include Multiplayer.
- ok7 trailers.
- ok86% positive recent reviews.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok16 languages.
- ok12 GIFs or clips in the long description.
- okX, website linked.
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ 16 languages
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 12 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 214 of 300 characters
- ✓ 7 trailers
- ✓ Capsule stands out at small size
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- ✓ Score + 9 sections
- ✓ Measured screenshots
- ✓ Funnel diagnosis
- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ Full report included
- ✓ Real wishlists + sales
- ✓ Daily rival tracking
- ✓ Pro dashboard
- ✓ All fixes, ranked
- ✓ Description draft
- ✓ Screenshot order
- ✓ No tracking
- ✓ 25 games
- ✓ White-label PDF
- ✓ Read-only API
- ✓ 8 jury tests a month
YouTubers & streamers who play Grounded
12 YouTube channels named Grounded in a video title in the last few months. Making a game like this? These creators already have an audience for it.
- Obsidian Entertainment YouTube · 189K subscribers“Grounded 2 - Rot and Ruin Update Trailer” · Oct 20, 2026
- Mediocre Milton YouTube · 81K subscribers“Grounded 2: History is Repeating Itself” · Oct 28, 2026
- F3RCHO 115 YouTube · 71K subscribers“¡Como convertir CUALQUIER ARMA en la MEJOR de GROUNDED 2! ⚔” · Nov 5, 2026
- Paraly5er YouTube · 69K subscribers“Grounded 2 UPDATED Roadmap Breakdown” · Oct 20, 2026
- CDiinky YouTube · 59K subscribers“The *ULTIMATE* Grounded 2 Weapon Tier List - Rot & Ruin!” · Nov 2, 2026
- Shai Space YouTube · 38K subscribers“Yasmin | Jazz, Bossa & Soul | Grounded 052” · Oct 27, 2026
- addie carter YouTube · 29K subscribers“SNEAKING OUT grwm #sneakingout #grounded #sneakout #fyp #grwm #shorts #viral #grwm #makeup #trend” · Nov 7, 2026
- The Partisan Spy YouTube · 23K subscribers“Grounded 2 Base Location: All 9 Outposts Ranked” · Nov 5, 2026
- Why tho? YouTube · 21K subscribers“When You’re Grounded, You’re Really Grounded 😳” · Nov 6, 2026
- Trav Is Gaming YouTube · 13K subscribers“Gimme Da Gold | Rot & Ruin Update | Grounded 2” · Nov 8, 2026
- ImCade YouTube · 1.2M subscribers“I fought the big papa toe biter in Grounded 2” · Aug 15, 2026
- ArmchairTuna YouTube · 7.3K subscribers“Return To Tully's House In Grounded 2? #groundedgame #grounded2 #grounded2earlyaccess #grounded” · Nov 7, 2026
From the YouTube Data API and Twitch API. Only videos whose title names the game, or streams filed under its Twitch category, are counted. StoreCheck isn't affiliated with YouTube, Twitch or Valve.
Grounded: common questions
Is Grounded on Steam?
Yes. Grounded is on Steam (app ID 962130) at store.steampowered.com/app/962130.
When did Grounded come out?
Grounded was released on Steam on Sep 27, 2022.
How much does Grounded cost on Steam?
Grounded costs $39.99 on Steam in the US. Regional prices differ.
Are Grounded's Steam reviews good?
Grounded has 76,251 Steam reviews and 86% of recent reviews are positive (Very Positive).
Does Grounded have a demo?
There was no demo on Grounded's Steam page when we last checked.
Who made Grounded?
Grounded is made by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios.
What kind of game is Grounded?
Steam players tag it Survival, Multiplayer, Co-op, Open World Survival Craft, Base Building. 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?
Which YouTubers and streamers play Grounded?
Recent Grounded videos and streams include Obsidian Entertainment (YouTube), Mediocre Milton (YouTube), F3RCHO 115 (YouTube), Paraly5er (YouTube), CDiinky (YouTube). StoreCheck lists 12 of them on this page, with subscriber counts and their latest Grounded video.
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.