Grounded 2 Off to Great Start on Steam as Obsidian Releases Early Access Roadmap

Grounded 2 is retired successful aboriginal access, and players are already swarming to spot everything developer Obsidian Entertainment has planned for the future.

The sequel to the studio’s Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-inspired video crippled launched into its aboriginal entree play connected Steam and Xbox Series X | S yesterday, introducing a backyard afloat of ideas and additions to the look established with the archetypal Grounded successful 2022. As Obsidian plots retired its future, players are showing up successful droves to spot what makes Grounded 2 tick.

Nearly 50,000 players signed connected to play Grounded 2 erstwhile it reached its Steam subordinate highest yesterday (via SteamDB). It’s a milestone that already towers supra the 32,000-player highest the archetypal Grounded reached during its aboriginal entree tally successful July 2021. With a small much than 45,000 players actively playing the sequel astatine the clip of this story’s publication, it seems there’s plentifulness of country to grow.

Obsidian is already planting seeds for the adjacent fewer phases of Grounded 2, too. The squad published an aboriginal entree roadmap to coincide with its motorboat crossed PC and consoles, spelling retired astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth of updates with much successful the pipeline for the future.

Highlights successful the autumn plans see AXL Recipes and AXL’s Arena for Brookhollow Park. Armor, weapons, and a Park Boss carnal are besides said to amusement up astir this clip arsenic Obsidian pads retired Grounded 2 with assorted quality-of-life improvements. Winter volition past bring Steam Deck verification and ROG Ally enactment arsenic good arsenic Cricket and Earwig creatures, variants of different existing insects, a Ladybug Buggy, and more.

Grounded 2 Early Access Roadmap. Image recognition Obsidian Entertainment.

Obsidian doesn’t stock precisely however it plans to capable the outpouring with much contented for Grounded 2 but says summertime volition see ziplines, smoothies, and swimming improvements arsenic good arsenic Watery Creatures and Buggies. It means players tin expect plentifulness of additions to rotation retired successful the months ahead, but there’s truthful overmuch much acceptable to get astatine an unspecified constituent successful the future, too. Highlights see Passive Mutations and Active Mutations 2.0, much creatures and Park Bosses, much armors, further gathering materials, and a fewer secrets the squad isn’t consenting to stock rather yet.

While we hold to spot however Obsidian is readying to physique upon Grounded 2’s aboriginal entree foundation, you tin spot wherefore the workplace chose to excavation into a sequel successful the archetypal place. You tin besides cheque retired our 8/10 aboriginal entree review.

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