Obsidian's Grounded officially launched into Early Access on Xbox One and PC yesterday, and even though the full game doesn't properly release until 2021, it's already got off to a fantastic start.
At one point yesterday, it was actually the second most popular game on livestream platform Twitch, racking up over 250k consecutive viewers - that actually put it above League of Legends for a time!
It's also made its way into the Steam best sellers list, with SteamDB suggesting it currently has an all-time peak of 12,543 players on the service, with many more likely to have been playing with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
And of course, the game was also made available via Xbox Game Pass for console yesterday, so we're assuming many thousands of players have been playing Grounded via Xbox One as well. That's what we call a big launch day!
Have you been playing Grounded? Let us know how you're getting on with it in the comments.
[source twitter.com, via steamdb.info]
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Tbh, this seems like a great Game Pass game. At this stage, I think it makes perfect sense to get it on GP.
i have to say, this is a really fun game, i put a couple hours into it last night, and i don't usually go for survival type games, but i had a really good time with this.
I can't wait to play it, I'm not home. I'm happy that it's being successful, it looks original and fun. Obsidian is one of the best Xbox Game Studios and I'm excited about Avowed, too.
As a side note, it seems that Microsoft's strategy is working very well, Xbox, Play Anywhere,. Steam, Game Pass...
I need to try this!
I have actually been playing Grounded for a while and I really enjoy it. I am intrigued by the story and the setting, unfortunately, at this stage, there isn't much to it.
At a certain point, the game kind of "ends" and you will spend most of your time just exploring and discovering new things - but that's the majority of the fun with these games, right?!
Also, those darn wolf spiders scare the crap out of me - I hate them as an adult, and I hate them as a shrunken kid!
Surprisingly, this game runs very well on a Surface Book 2 (w the 6GB 1060) at Epic settings. I run it at native 3240x2160 resolution at 50% scale (so basically 1080p). I probably could crank the resolution scale up a couple notches, but I like headroom to keep the framerate stable. Plus, Grounded supports Xbox Play Anywhere, so my save files are shared between my laptop and my XBX.
Honestly, I can't wait to play this on Series X.
@GamingFan4Lyf man I’m with you. The spiders in this game are freaky!!
I’m really enjoying it though. Got 2 bases at this point. One home base and one for hunting.
@GamingFan4Lyf What are your impressions about Surface Book 2? I want to get Book 2 or Book 3.
@BlueOcean I would never buy one - it's my work computer (but I can play games on it).
It's not that it's bad, but you can get something with more power for less - I believe the market price for my specific Surface Book 2 is like $3000.
I am super excited to play the finished version of Grounded!
Still haven't tried out the game.
Is it any good?
Does it have crossplay with steam?
@GamingFan4Lyf Thanks, I would prefer one with OLED screen anyway, I think...
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