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Games like Grounded 2

If Grounded 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grounded, Wildsite and Whisper of the Swallows — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Grounded 2: 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.

2025ActionAdventureEarly Access29.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Obsidian Entertainment, Eidos-Montréal
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Players who liked Grounded 2 also play

Steam players who put hours into Grounded 2 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Grounded

    WHY THIS

    Shares mutation system, base building and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Top pick for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    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?

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Wildsite

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Crash-landed on an unknown planet filled with plasma and toxic weather. Your only hope? Bob, a sarcastic-genius AI who will question your every survival decision. Explore, build your mobile base and try to avoid death alongside up to 3 friends in Co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Whisper of the Swallows

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival management, resource gathering, adventure and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Third-strongest match for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. StarRupture

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival management, base building and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Ranked #4 for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Nested Lands

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival management, resource gathering, survival and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Ranked #5 for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Windrose

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival mode, resource gathering, adventure and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Ranked #6 for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss fights and an immersive mood with Grounded 2.

    Ranked #7 for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dune: Awakening

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Grounded 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

    2025ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Grounded 2

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Kingdom Under Fire 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Create your hero and lead your troops on the battlefields of Bersia! Kingdom Under Fire 2 is an action-packed MMORPG/RTS hybrid. Choose one of five heroes, explore a fantasy world and hone your skills until you and your troops are ready for the epic-scale battles of this colossal war!

    2019ActionStrategyMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  2. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss fights, character progression and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    This adventure is set in the lands of the Forgotten Realms, where perilous evil and great heroes are enveloped by magic, prophecy and mystery. You control a party of three - Fighter, Sorcerer and Rogue - on a quest to right a great wrong and change the path of the future.

    2025ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Nine Nights

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    《Nine Nights》is an indie hardcore action-adventure game. You will become the killer Ci Lang, escape and fight back in the crisis-ridden world of Nine Nights. You have to rely on the high martial arts skills tenacious fighting, struggling to lead to the road to revenge.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fate/Samurai Remnant

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    “Your wish shall perish...” A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.

    2023ActionRPG27.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™

    WHY THIS

    Shares survival mode, resource gathering, adventure and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. MADNESS: Project Nexus

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Grounded 2.

    Reviewers of Grounded 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    MADNESS: Project Nexus is a third-person Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up filled with arcade-style action and button-mashing brutality. Gun your way through droves of bad guys in the Story Campaign, or build your perfect killing machine in the neverending onslaught of Arena Mode.

    2021ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Grounded 2 at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss fights and an immersive mood with Grounded 2.

    Priced ~67% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Priced ~67% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Grounded 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

    2014Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Grounded 2.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Obsidian Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Obsidian Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grounded

    WHY THIS

    Shares mutation system, base building and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    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?

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Grounded 2.

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.

    2014ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Outer Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2.

    The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

    2020RPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2.

    5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?

    2012RPG2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Pillars of Eternity

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2.

    Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2.

    Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

    2018RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind Grounded 2. Shares Action with Grounded 2.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPGSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Grounded

    WHY THIS

    Shares mutation system, base building and an atmospheric mood with Grounded 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    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?

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss fights and an immersive mood with Grounded 2.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dune: Awakening

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Grounded 2.

    Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

    2025ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Grounded 2

Is Grounded 2 verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Grounded 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Grounded 2 cost?
Grounded 2 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Grounded 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Grounded 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Grounded 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grounded 2 are Grounded, Wildsite, Whisper of the Swallows.
Who developed Grounded 2?
Grounded 2 was developed by Obsidian Entertainment, Eidos-Montréal and published by Xbox Game Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Grounded 2.

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