Grindstone is a puzzle-adventure game originally released for MacOS and iOS through Apple Arcade on September 16, 2019. A switch port came the following year on December 15 with an Epic Games exclusive Windows release following that year. As of May 3, 2023, you can find Grindstone on every modern console. The game arrived with generally favorable reception from critics but players have considered it average. It currently sits at 87 on Metacritic.
The Premise Of Grindstone
Grindstone takes place on a grid and you move the main character, Jorj, by attacking monsters with his sword. You can move in all four cardinal directions and diagonally. You have three ability slots that can be filled by powers. These powers affect how you interact with enemies such as the bow which gives you increased range. You can only attack one color of monsters at a time but if you smash through 10 monsters a grindstone will spawn. The grindstone allows Jorj to change the color of the monster he is targeting, allowing for larger combos.
The Main Characters Of Grindstone
Grindstone doesn’t have any characters outside of the protagonist Jorj and Jorja another playable character that arrived with the Monsters and Mamas update.
Other Titles In The Series
Grindstone is the only game in its series but if you like Grindstone you might like Capybara Games’ other games.
- Critter Crunch – An award-winning, arcade-style puzzle game.
- Below – An action-adventure roguelike, which presents a vast underworld of ever-shifting labyrinths where deadly monstrosities, cunning traps, and a shadowy presence lurk in every passage.
- OK K.O. Let’s Play Heroes – A story-driven adventure game based on the hit Cartoon Network show, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes.
- Super Time Force Ultra – An action-packed platformer where you’re in control of time.
- Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked – A single-player expansion of the popular indie survival game Don’t Starve.
- Sword & Sworcery EP – An exploratory action adventure with an emphasis on audiovisual style.
- Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes – Set in the Might and Magic universe, this is Capy’s color-matching strategy game.
Grindstone Cheat Codes
While Grindstone doesn’t have traditional cheat codes, there is still a way to activate cheats using a third-party software known as a trainer. Trainers usually only work on Windows releases of games and the following trainers are specific to the EPIC Games, and Steam version of Grindstone. Trainers are not supported by the official developers and come with many risks. Use at your own risk.
CheatHappens Trainer
The CheatHappens Trainer provides access to the following 6 cheats:
- Mega Mission Grindstones
- Unlimited Mission Health
- Can Attack Any Cell
- Mega Base Resources and Grindstones
- Game Speed
- Edit: Max Health
Fearless Cheat Engine
Fearless Cheat Engine provides a simple cheat table. This cheat table allows access to the following cheats:
- Freeze equipment (weapon, potion, etc)
- No materials used in shop when refilling or unlocking stuff
- Freeze meat
- Freeze HP
These cheats only work on the Epic Games Version.
Grindstone Unlockables
Grindstone Achievements
There are 49 Grindstone achievements.
Achievement Name | Achievement Description |
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The Journey Begins | Complete Level 1 |
Slaughterhouse 5 (200 times) | Kill 1000 Creeps |
If It Bleeds, You Can Kill It | Kill 10000 Creeps |
Employee of the Month | Collect 1000 grindstones |
Survive the Bombsequences | Survived your first boss |
Humerus Achievement | Defeat SkjellyKjing |
Shrub it Off | Defeat Creepzïlla |
It’s Been a Blast | Defeat MekkaMortie |
You’re In a Cult, Call Your Dad | Defeat Jjurk-Creepethuth |
Survived The Slaughter | Defeat MjeatBöll |
Eternal Frenemies | Survived Jjary, again (and again and again) |
Off the Beaten Path | Complete 3 Creep hideouts |
Quinceañera Time | Create a 15-Chain Grindstone |
Fun, Flirty, and Thirty | Create a 30-Chain Grindstone |
Top of the Food Chain | Create a 45-Chain Grindstone |
Don’t Get Too Greedy | Complete a Greed Grind without dying |
That Was Quick | Complete a Quick Grind without dying |
Fortunate Soul | Complete a Fortune Grind without dying |
Royal Flush | Kill 5 Slobs |
Royal Flush, Again | Kill 50 Slobs |
Killed 20 Jerks | Kill 20 Jerks |
Ultimate Jerk | Kill 200 Jerks |
Death Defied | Start a level with only 1 heart |
There is No Escape | Wake up in the Inn |
Yummy! | Eat 3 of Helgä’s snack items |
Pardon my Slob | Spare a Royal Slob |
Jerk-Slayer | Collect 50 guts |
Timber! | Collect 50 wood |
Fe-Festival | Collect 50 iron |
I Believe I Can Fly | Collect 50 batwings |
Bone Collector | Collect 50 bones |
Ghost Facers! | Collect 50 ectoplasm |
Best Party Guest | Collect 50 ice |
Hot Potato | Collect 50 magma rock |
Forager | Collect 50 poison mushrooms |
Budding Gardener | Collect 50 Vine Hjeart seeds |
Trying To Get Into That 1%, Huh? | Collect 50 crowns |
Goldrush Glory Days | Collect 50 gold |
OK Boomer | Use the OK Boomerang over lava |
The Poison You Just Drank | Cause a Jerk to die from poison |
Can’t Touch This | Dodge 3 attacks with the Gladiator Outfit |
Stop Hitting Each Other | Make a Jerk melee another Jerk |
For Rock and Stone! | Mine gold using the Goldrush Garb and Pickaxe |
The Fellowship | Complete a level with the Spinny Sword, Arrow, and Pickaxe |
The Midas Touch | Complete a level with any 3 pieces of gold gear and the Grindstone Garb |
Are We Good Guys Or Bad Guys? | Complete a level with any 3 arrows and the Ranger Outfit |
Biohazard | Complete a level with all poison-related gear equipped. |
Backdraft | Complete a level with the Detonator Suit, Fireball Sword, Fire Arrow, and Firewalker Potion |
Completionist | Unlock all other achievements |