Obsidian will release a Grounded demo next month

Obsidian will release a demo for its Xbox and PC survival game Grounded, it’s announced.

Starting June 9 and extending through June 14, a single-player demo will be available via both the Xbox Insider program and Steam’s Game Festival.

For those wishing to participate in the Xbox Insider flight, you need to register to be an Xbox Insider.

Participation through the Xbox Insider Program is the only way to play Grounded on an Xbox One during this time period, and participation will be on a first-come-first-serve basis, Obsidian said.

First revealed at X019 in November, Grounded has players “shrunken to the size of an ant” and tasked with surviving in the micro-world of a suburban backyard.

Players must gather, craft and build bases with everyday objects found within the yard, searching for life-saving resources and living alongside giant, peaceful insects while fighting to survive hostile inhabitants.

Grounded is described as the “passion projection” of a small development team at Obsidian, which it says is “one of many” teams working on new projects internally.

“This title has given the team the creative outlet to bring their years of developing highly regarded games to bear on the survival genre,” said communications director Mikey Dowling in a prepared statement last year.

“RPGs like The Outer Worlds will always be in Obsidian’s DNA, but from time to time we want to stretch our creative muscles and try things that might be a little different.”