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 overtakes all-time peak of Grounded on Steam just 30 minutes after release (currently at 45k+).https://t.co/EtoMSPNesk pic.twitter.com/qFCuTkNKVX
— Klobrille (@klobrille) July 29, 2025
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.