Grounded 2 announced by Obsidian Entertainment at Xbox Games Showcase 2025, and it's launching this year

Prolific Xbox Games Studios developer Obsidian Entertainment showed up in force for the Xbox Games Showcase 2025.

Ahead of the team's Direct presentation focused on science-fiction role-playing game The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian Entertainment also revealed Grounded 2, a sequel to the studio's hit survival game that places players at eye-level with backyard bugs.

Best of all? Players won't be waiting long. Grounded 2 is launching THIS YEAR on July 29, 2025! Grounded 2 is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC (Steam and Xbox PC). Like all Xbox first-party games, it's also coming day one to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

Like the first game, Grounded 2 is launching as a part of the Xbox Game Preview program, which is meant to allow "early access" games as the developers take player feedback.

The same is true on Steam, with Grounded 2 launching at the same time into early access there. According to Steam, the price for those buying rather than using Game Pass will be $29.99.

Obsidian Entertainment is on something of a legendary roll, with the studio launching fantasy role-playing game Avowed back in February 2025. Looking ahead, the studio is also set to release The Outer Worlds 2

In Grounded, a group of kids is shrunk down to the size of an ant, meaning a humble Wolf Spider is suddenly a towering monstrosity. The kids are forced to survive using anything they can scavenge, like sticks and pebbles or spilled sugary drinks.

The original Grounded was developed by a small team of around a dozen staff at Obsidian Entertainment. The game was an extraordinary success, reaching over 15 million players as of December 2022.

While the first Grounded initially launched on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows PC, it was brought to PlayStation consoles and Nintendo Switch in 2024 as part of Microsoft's broadening multiplatform initiative.

Additional details on Grounded 2 at The Outer Worlds 2 Direct

After the showcase, Obsidian Entertainment also shared a bit on Grounded 2 during The Outer Worlds 2 Direct.

We learned that the team is working with Eidos Montreal, with the latter studio providing support in order to help make Grounded 2 a bigger game than its predecessor.

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