

It's even better with friends, with Grounded's 4-player online co-op elevating everything that makes the game great. While the ambitious survival-adventure game can be overtly challenging or unclear, especially for solo players, it's an incredible journey from start to finish exploring the vibrant, diverse, and often-terrifying Backyard.


Windows Central's Grounded review concludes that Grounded is an absolute must-play title for Xbox and PC players, and is a "stunning survival triumph teeming with secrets, stories, and surprises." With Grounded's final 1.0 update, Obsidian Entertainment has declared the game ready for a full release, complete with its entire narrative story. It'll likely be a while before the Grounded show is available to viewers, but it'll be interesting to see if it's able to capture what makes its video game source so special. Interestingly, Grounded has been confirmed as being adapted into an animated TV show, which will share the narrative and world of this survival game through another medium. Earlier in 2022, Grounded crossed over 10 million players, a major milestone for any game, let alone one that is still in early access. Windows Central's Grounded preview, now well over a year old, proved to us this is more than a passion project for Obsidian Entertainment, and that Xbox Game Studios could have another winner on its hands. It was released in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview on July 28, 2020, and has been growing exponentially with new features and content ever since. Grounded was initially revealed during XO19, alongside plenty of other Xbox games. Obsidian Entertainment is also working on games like The Outer Worlds 2, Avowed, and Pentiment. The studio is one of the more recent additions to the Xbox Game Studios family, and is known for legendary titles like Fallout: New Vegas. Grounded is developed by a small team at Obsidian Entertainment.
