The Grounding similar games & best alternatives

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The Grounding

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

If she catches you, she kills you. Smoke 6 times without getting killed.

What works

  • Effective jump scares
  • Unique thematic narrative
  • Short and replayable
  • Atmospheric graphics and sound
  • Free or low cost

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Teleporting mother ai issues
  • Limited gameplay depth
  • Lack of polish in enemy movement
  • Removed community features and memes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Designer's Curse

  • Dead Seater

  • The Beast Inside

  • Palmyra Orphanage

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • SCP: Ground Zero

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with The Grounding. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with The Grounding. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Grounding: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026