the normal game sucks but they kinda cooked with stadium

grounded 1 is the best survival game on the market by far, and grounded 2 is building on top of that foundation with tons planned for the early access.

performance isn't great (4k high is pulling 40-50 fps on a 9800x3d and 7900xtx currently, 4k epic 30), but once that gets addressed with better optimization it's an easy buy.

fun game, good story and lots of creative ways to use unlocked abilities to solve the puzzles. Definitely worth a play.

ambitious game where aspects fall flat, but is still a fun (and large) souls-like / rpg metroidvania. Great presentation with full animated cutscenes and voice acting. Worth buying on sale for sure.

it's peak

Fun stealth puzzle platformer metroidvania that is reminiscent of mark of the ninja x prince of persia - looks great and sounds great with full voice narration.
Decently buggy so far - encountered the minimized game issue when I started it on desktop, but ran fine on steam deck.

For estimated 8-10 hours playtime it seems like a good sweetspot before it runs out of steam, worth playing so far.

not particularly innovative, but worth a play

Ui sucks ass but will improve (hopefully) or will get QoL modded to decent like civ 6 - rest is fun.

Would recommend waiting for an UI update or two.

Great and underrated game based off of a movie of the same name. fun bike riding, although I wish it was fleshed out with more abilities.

super fluid and stylized, movement and combat very fun - not super metroidvania but worth a buy on sale