Grounded
- Developer
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Released
- 27 September 2022
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- UK price
- £34.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: role playing rpg , adventure
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Explore, build and survive together in this first person, multiplayer, survival-adventure. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Best gaming PC for Grounded in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Grounded today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Xbox Game Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64bit | Windows 11 64bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-3225 | Intel Core i7-7700K or Ryzen 5 1600 |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 650 Ti | GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 470 |
| Storage | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| DirectX | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Grounded?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-7700K and your GPU is at or above GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.