📚 Grounded guide: Repair the mysterious device and uncover a mystery

Something strange is going on in the backyard, and it's up to you to figure it out. Foggy headed and groggy, you awake in a small, dark tunnel with no memory of how you got there. Walking over large clumps of dirt and rocks, you head towards the end of the tunnel and emerge, only to find that something is wrong. Something is very wrong. Everything around you is huge — no, wait, you are actually just tiny. And so begins Grounded, the latest co-op survival game from Obsidian Entertainment for Windows 10, Xbox, and Steam. Grounded has you take control of one of four teenagers that have been shrunk down to the size of an ant. The sandbox of Grounded allows players to play in different ways, and every playthrough feels unique. It's quite the adventure full of mysteries, but one head-scratcher players encounter is the "mysterious device." It's not just a matter of what it does; you also have to fix it. It's the only objective in the game. So if you want to uncover the plot of Ground... ...