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Aground

Aground

As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep, varied gameplay systems” (33 of 82 reviews) and “Rich lore and multiple endings” (15); the most common complaint is “Quest, kitchen, and freeze bugs” (5). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Apr 17, 2020 Developer Fancy Fish Games, SnöBox Studio Publisher Fancy Fish Games, Whitethorn Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ExplorationOpen WorldSurvivalBase-BuildingStory Rich
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-22)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

93.9%positive2,038 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 82 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 82 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13

Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“One of the stupidest games I've ever played. I love it. The plot? Magic space aliens blew up earth! Blow them up in turn! How? Whatever! Wanna strip mine every planet in a 1200 light year radius to construct a fleet so vast it blots out the sky? Sure! Wanna learn magic and turn…”

— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This game was my first introduction to 2D mining/crafting games. I've tried many others since this one and they all fall flat in comparison. There's just so much going on in this game in terms of story that other games in the genre just don't have.”

— a player, Steam review · 54 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Played this game on a pirated platform when i was a kid, forgot its name but missed it a lot. Found this on steam years later. now my life is complete. 10/10 plot, 10/10 gameplay, 10/10 for the childhood memories. This game needs more appreciation, it's underrated. accidentally…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

376all-time peak
0 100 200 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 114 avg · Apr 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.

90achievements
24.0%median completion
3.3%rarest: Elemental Science
95.6% of players 94.4% of players 92.9% of players 89.5% of players 88.0% of players 84.2% of players 83.3% of players 79.9% of players 75.9% of players 74.9% of players 73.9% of players 71.6% of players 69.3% of players 67.4% of players 65.4% of players 65.3% of players 63.0% of players 62.9% of players 62.4% of players 61.4% of players 60.3% of players 59.8% of players 57.0% of players 56.2% of players 54.6% of players 50.8% of players 49.5% of players 48.3% of players 46.8% of players 45.8% of players 43.9% of players 43.2% of players 42.5% of players 40.9% of players 36.7% of players 35.9% of players 35.7% of players 35.1% of players 34.2% of players 32.8% of players 31.2% of players 30.3% of players 28.4% of players 27.4% of players 24.7% of players 24.0% of players 22.8% of players 22.7% of players 22.6% of players 21.7% of players 21.7% of players 21.6% of players 21.4% of players 21.0% of players 20.2% of players 19.1% of players 19.1% of players 19.0% of players 18.3% of players 17.7% of players 95.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
95.6%Shelter — Repair the Hut.
94.4%Infinite Space — Build the Storehouse.
92.9%Instant Meat — Defeat a Boar.
Rarest badges of honor
3.3%Elemental Science — Hidden achievement
3.6%Collector — Complete the Museum.
4.6%Dark Sorcery — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-10-22 11:56 UTC
$3.74lowest since tracking began2026-08-31
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-22). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-31 08-20 09-10 09-30 10-22

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 07, 2026
Witherspring Wilds Playtest now available!

There’s so much to do in Witherspring Wilds - Building, Farming, Mining, Crafting, Creature Taming, Fighting, Exploration and Magic… how will you shape the Wilds?It was the massive demo of Aground tha

Apr 04, 2025
Aground Zero Full Launch!

Aground Zero started with a simple idea: What if I made a 3D spinoff of Aground focusing on base building and automation? I teased this idea with an April Fool’s joke that turned out to be very real:

Nov 27, 2024
Added Spanish Translation + Edited Font

In our last update: https://steamcommunity.com/games/876650/announcements/detail/4681018173926286592 We had a lot of interest in a Spanish Translation as well, and today I'm pleased to announce it is

Oct 17, 2024
Crashing Patch

Fixed a bug that was causing frequent crashing, especially when playing in the Chinese language. This also has some stability improvements I made while trying to fix the actual crash - including backi

Sep 23, 2024
Now available in 5 languages + Whitethorn Anniversary Sale!

Many of you have been waiting for the Chinese translation of Aground - which was greatly delayed. But I'm pleased to announce it is now available for all players! Simply go to the options menu, and un

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsExploration · Open World · Survival · Base-Building · Story Rich · Building · Mining · Open World Survival Craft · City Builder · RPG · 2D · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements90
Official sitehttp://fancyfishgames.com/Aground/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 with ARB or EXT Framebuffer Objects Storage: 500 MB available space