Grounded 2 launches to almost 50k concurrent players on Steam

As was the case with the first game, Microsoft released Grounded 2 into Early Access, giving fans of Obsidian Entertainment’s ‘Honey I Shrunk the Kids’ styled survival crafter a chance to get in on the sequel as it is being built. This strategy seems to be working, as Grounded 2 has already far surpassed the first game’s peak concurrent players on Steam.

With a peak CCU of 49,836 following its Early Access launch on Steam just a couple days ago, Grounded 2 is currently seeing far greater consolidated interest when compared to the first game – which managed just 32,012 concurrents at its peak.

More interestingly however, Grounded 1’s peak player count was actually achieved during one of the game’s many free weekend offerings, with figures outside of these periods maxing out at 27,478 around its 1.0 release.

Of course, it is worth noting that Grounded itself was a relatively modest game, which saw its popularity grow over time both in the lead-up to and following its 1.0 launch.

As a result it is not surprising to see that the sequel has managed to nearly double its peak player count. That said, it will be interesting to see whether Grounded 2 manages to pull in as many players in the long-run – be it through Steam or Game Pass.

KitGuru says: Have you checked out Grounded 2 yet? What do you think? Is it an improvement over the first game so far? Let us know down below.

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