Over 700+ hours of play time in Grounded and I have to say that this is by far my favorite Survival Game out there. I have been playing Grounded since closed beta and have not stopped since. I have been creating Help Content for Grounded since it came out of closed beta back in 2020.
Grounded is still in Early Access in only 20% of the story has been released to date as well as work being done to complete the entire backyard. New updates bring new challenges but also break some things that may have been working prior. That is part of the process of being in an early access build. Many may complain about playing an early access game....but here is what I say....There is no secret it's early access game and like ALL games in BETA, they are known to have issues. No one forced you to buy the game for $30 or play it with Xbox Gamepass.
The very small ground of developers at Obsidian are very close with the Grounded community. They listen to ideas, complaints, suggestions, and are very responsive to issues.
I have been through all of the games ups and downs with each update and still stand by this being my #1 go-to survival game.