It might be called Grounded 2, but the new game is flying high so far on launch day. That’s because the sequel has already topped the all-time peak of Steam concurrent players for the original. In fact, it didn’t even take a full hour to break the record.
On X, Xbox commentator Klobrille pointed out Grounded 2’s strong start on Steam. The open-world survival game has over 49,500 concurrent players on Valve’s platform at the time of publication, per SteamDB. That easily clears the all-time peak of 32,012 concurrent players in 2021 for Grounded, according to SteamDB. Keep in mind that Grounded 2 is also available on Game Pass Ultimate for Xbox Series X|S and PC Game Pass–as well as available to buy for $30.
Grounded 2 was announced not even two months ago during the Xbox Games Showcase in June. The survival game basically mixes the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids movie with the Rust video game. Developer Obsidian is once again behind the sequel, though this time Eidos-Montreal is assisting with the title.
One of the biggest new features with Grounded 2 is buggies–basically vehicles to utilize. While buggies were considered for the original game, starting fresh with a sequel was the only way to actually introduce them.
For more, check out GameSpot’s Grounded 2 guides hub.
