Grounded 2 is scurrying onto Xbox Game Preview and Steam Early Access on July 29, 2025. That announcement was a bit of a shock to the system, with developer Obsidian Entertainment having already released Avowed this year and with plans to launch The Outer Worlds 2 in October. But perhaps the biggest surprise here was the absence of PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 logos on the Grounded 2 reveal trailer.
Grounded was one of the first titles from Xbox Game Studios to go multiplatform, part of a new initiative at Microsoft Gaming to make its output more widely accessible to players. Grounded made its way to PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch last April following four years of console exclusivity on Xbox, spurring the survival-adventure on to reach more than 25 million players worldwide. A big achievement, one I expected Obsidian would want to repeat should the studio ever break ground on a sequel.
