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Grounded 2

Obsidian Entertainment · Xbox Game Studios · 2025-07-29

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jul 29, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 29, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 11, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.

Grounded 2 is an Action, Adventure, and Early Access game released in 2025, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 24413 reviews).

81%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
178
Nexus mods (347k downloads)
4.79★
PlayStation Store rating (4,605 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 14 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)
Grounded 2 is a survival action-adventure video game developed by Eidos-Montréal and Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. A sequel to Grounded, it was announced during the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2025 and was released in early access on July 29, 2025, for Windows and Xbox Series X/S through Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview. The game will be released in early access on August 11, 2026, for PlayStation 5.

Trailer

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Grounded 2 - Official Early Access Story Trailer

≈917,763 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 918 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~115/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,262 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 488k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,413 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $29.99 at Microsoft Store (2025-07-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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5.5k5.5k20252026Week of 2025-07-29: 5,541 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1,721 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 2,027 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 469 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 820 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 208 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 563 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 381 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 698 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 237 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

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Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam Input API SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-07-29 (Steam store data)

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