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Survive in this animated small world game. Default bugs and other foes with your friends!
Limited supply available at launch. Instant setup.
Grounded includes online gameplay for up to four players. The co-op gameplay supports four players per session using peer-to-peer connectivity rather than dedicated servers.
No, Grounded does not support traditional dedicated servers. The game uses peer-to-peer connectivity where one person acts as the host, preferably someone with the fastest upload connection and best computer hardware.
Instead of dedicated servers, Grounded uses a "shared world" function. When authorized players join, they host the world using peer-to-peer connection. Every player who has played in that world will have access to a synced save that any of them can use, allowing you to play regardless of whether the game originator is available.
Players have requested dedicated servers for Grounded 2, noting that in 2025, every multiplayer survival game should have this feature. Grounded 2 is still in Early Access, and dedicated server support has not been confirmed by the developers.
Since Grounded uses peer-to-peer hosting without dedicated server support, modifying player count beyond the 4-player limit is not officially supported. Some VPS hosting providers offer solutions that could potentially be used for custom setups with full root access for manual mod installation.