Grounded 2 is coming to Game Preview on July 29, 2025
Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.
My review after 50 (60?)+ hours (and 2-3 restarts in that time due to new friends joining so they get it from the start).
TLDR: ARK Lite. ARK...like...for best comparison of all the survival games I can think of.
But more linear due to story progression. Many upgrades, items, whatever locked behind storyline.
One (well two, but one is late game) mounts and you cannot tame all things like ark (can't tame anything, you hatch your mount), and base building roughly the same concept.
Maybe like Valheim, but not quite. More like ARK 'backyard mini edition'.
Gameplay is fun, gear is 'meh' it has roles for gear types (ranged, melee, tank) but after trying them we just wear whatever we can make highest tier we have. Doesn't seem to affect enough to care.
Combat is...ok. left click spamfest with basic blocking or holding left click to charge an attack. It has dodge mechanics, never needed it. Block when they show they are about to attack -> beat the hell out of them otherwise.
Runs fine for me, 120 locked and stays there (7800x3D and 4080). Can't run it on epic setting and "all the things" but turning off the minor things runs fine and looks the same to me unless I stare and look for it.
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