of energy sources. The planet was saved by divine intervention in the form of a tool known as “Tsuruhashi” by teaching the people to excavate an energy source known as “rare matter” from deep underground. Tsuruhashi then vanished afterwards. In the present, teams known as Ground Divers create “mining frames” to explore the underground and unearth rare matter. The player takes a role as a member of Studio Tsuruhashi and pilots the mining frame “Tsuruhashi”, named after the planet's savior, which operates using energy from “Cheer Crystals.” The player guides Tsuruhashi deep underground to find rare earth while also seeking to uncover the mystery behind the Cheer Crystals. Reception On Metacritic, Ground Divers! holds an aggregated score of 72/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Critics such as Orpheus Johnson of Noisy Pixel praised the game's character designs and cast while criticizing the gameplay loop as repetitious. Siliconera reviewer Jenni Lada noted that while the game suffered from intense difficulty spikes, the difficulty was ultimately manageable, and that the game had immense replay value its additional difficulty levels and optional challenges. References 2022 video games Arc System Works games Nintendo Switch games Nintendo Switch-only games Roguelike video games Strategy video games Video games developed in Japan Single-player video games