Games like Grounded
Closest overall match: Subnautica: Below Zero (★ 4.0). Highest rated: What Remains of Edith Finch at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Kentucky Route Zero at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like Grounded? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Exploration, Horror and Full controller support. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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69%
1. Subnautica: Below Zero
Shares Base Building, Survival Horror, Early Access, Survival and Exploration and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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66%
2. Astroneer
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and Online Co-Op and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
3. Visage
Shares Experimental, Survival Horror, Violent, Early Access and Exploration and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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60%
4. Pathologic 2
Shares Survival Horror, Violent, Survival, Horror and First-Person and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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58%
5. Tacoma
Shares Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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58%
6. The Forest
Shares Survival Horror, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and Horror and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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58%
7. Sons of the Forest
Shares Base Building, Survival Horror, Early Access, Survival and Exploration and 6 more tags; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
57%
8. Subnautica
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and Horror and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
57%
9. We Happy Few
Shares Survival Horror, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and Horror and 3 more tags; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
10. Lethal Company
Shares PvE, Survival Horror, Early Access, Exploration and Online Co-Op and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
11. Signalis
Shares Survival Horror, Violent, Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
56%
12. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Shares PvE, Survival Horror, Violent, Early Access and Online Co-Op and 3 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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56%
13. Layers of Fear
Shares Survival Horror, Exploration, Horror, First-Person and Full controller support and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
55%
14. Return Of The Obra Dinn
Shares Violent, Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
55%
15. What Remains of Edith Finch
Shares Exploration, Horror, First-Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
55%
16. Carrion
Shares Violent, Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
54%
17. Yoku's Island Express
Shares Full controller support; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
54%
18. Mouthwashing
Shares Exploration, Horror, First-Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 94%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
54%
19. SOMA
Shares Survival Horror, Survival, Horror, First-Person and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
54%
20. Kentucky Route Zero
Shares Exploration, Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
54%
21. Firewatch
Shares Exploration and Horror; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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53%
22. Scorn
Shares Violent, Horror, Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
53%
23. The Invincible
Shares Exploration, First-Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 89%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
53%
24. Manual Samuel
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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53%
25. Supraland
Shares Early Access, Exploration, First-Person, cooperative and Full controller support and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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What is the best game like Grounded?
On our similarity model, Subnautica: Below Zero is the closest match to Grounded — shares Base Building, Survival Horror, Early Access, Survival and Exploration and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like Grounded is rated highest?
What Remains of Edith Finch holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,046 players.
Are there games like Grounded on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 15 games like Grounded on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Grounded on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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