Grounded 2 Is Off To An Impressive Start On Steam & Xbox Game Pass

Early sales & players numbers are in

by Ben Kerry Fri, 5pm

Microsoft’s latest first-party release, Grounded 2, launched at the back end of July on Xbox and PC — including Game Pass — and the early signs are suggesting that it’s been a successful Early Access launch for Obsidian & co.

First off, as pointed out by Klobrille, the game has infiltrated the top 10 most-played games list on Xbox – currently sitting at number 9 in the US and number 10 here in the UK. Of course, Game Pass will have contributed heavily to this early success for Grounded 2 on Xbox.

Heading over to Alinea Analytics, the firm has provided some extra context and statistics on how Grounded 2 is doing so far. First off, it also cracked the top 10 downloads across Xbox, PlayStation and Steam (it isn’t even out on PS5, either) – coming in at number 10 with 1.9m downloads in the first three days, according to Alinea figures. In the case of Steam specifically, the firm also says that Grounded 2 has sold 600,000 copies over there to date – which is said to be 1.25x more than the first Grounded in the same time frame.

All of this points towards a pretty successful Early Access launch for Grounded 2, which is great news for the folks over at Obsidian. The game’s announcement and subsequent release felt like a fairly low-key affair for Xbox, but this one should grow steadily over time – as the team brings in new features and eventually builds towards its full 1.0 launch further down the line.

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[source alineaanalytics.substack.com]

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

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