Grounded Finally Leaving Early Access, Releasing In September

Grounded has been in early access for some time now, but Obsidian is finally preparing to roll out its 1.0 update, it was announced during the Xbox/Bethesda Showcase. The full game, complete with its entire campaign story, is coming in September.

The montage trailer showed the kind of action we've come to expect from Grounded, complete with a comedic robot narrator. A news report gave some story detail on a wave of teenager disappearances from apparently hapless parents who do not realize their kids are just shrunk down in the backyard.

In the announcement, Obsidian said the game has gotten roughly 10 million players in early access. The 1.0 launch will include all 12 updates that came during that period, along with the entire story that unravels the mystery of why tweens around town are getting srunk down to bite-sized. The update will also include an entirely new area called the upper yard, which includes more armor and weapon recipes as well as threats like the new mantis insect. And you can play the entire campaign in co-op too.

Our early access review of Grounded concluded that it was a great foundation for a full-fledged survival game, and Obsidian has been regularly supporting it with new content as well as quality-of-life updates. The full game will cost $40 on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, and will also be available as part of your Game Pass subscription.