Grounded 2 has opened up an underwater half of its map in Into the Abyss, which the team describes as the survival game's biggest content update so far. The same update marks the game's arrival on PlayStation 5, adding a third platform during its early access period.
The new content sits beneath Skunk Pond in Brookhollow Park. What looks like an ordinary pond opens into a sprawling underwater area of caverns and hidden points of interest, with the deepest section, the Abyss, sitting at the bottom. Three further above-ground locations, the Bridge, Gnarly Bark and the Pergola, expand the park at the same time.
Getting down there requires preparation. Players craft new diving gear that extends how long they can stay submerged and opens up areas that were previously unreachable, with further progression unlocking access to deeper parts of the pond. Underwater base building is also new, letting players place submerged outposts in spaces that could not be inhabited before.
The pond brings its own threats. New encounters include the amphibious Toe Biter and mechanical Catch 'N Kill robots, alongside the returning Diving Bell Spider, and combat now has to be handled underwater as well as on land. A vehicle, the amphibious Toe Biter Buggy, moves across both surfaces. Exploration is rewarded with new resources and collectibles scattered through the caverns, forgotten landmarks and points of interest hidden across the pond.
The PlayStation 5 launch is the more structural change. Grounded 2 has been available in Game Preview on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC, and in early access on Steam, with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass access and Xbox Play Anywhere support across the two Xbox versions. Bringing it to PS5 mid-development widens the pool of players feeding back before the game leaves early access.
The series has drawn more than 30 million players to date across both games, a figure the studio cited in announcing the expansion of the player base to PlayStation.
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