Grounded Xbox early access review: Honey, I shrunk my free time

Grounded is in early access, available on Xbox Game Pass and Steam. Here's why it's awesome.

Grounded is now in early access for Steam and Xbox Game Pass, and has defied expectations to deliver over a million players in just a few days.

Grounded was built by just 13 people at Obsidian over the course of two years, and already captured the imagination of the industry for its unique setting and nostalgia-saturated survival gameplay.

While we don't score games that are still in an unfinished preview state, I thought I'd jot down some thoughts on the current state of the game, what I love, and where I hope to see it go in the future.

This is Grounded, a game about being tiny — with truly massive potential.



A huge tiny adventure

Grounded

$30 / Xbox Game Pass



Bottom line: Even at this early stage, Grounded is an incredibly fun adventure with exciting combat and creative survival gameplay.

Pros:


Great construction tools
Amazing, unique setting
Satisfying combat system
Raw u...