Unable to play multiplayer. Steam or Xbox Game pass

[bleastman27]

Hello,

I bought Grounded 2 on steam, on launch day, but when I try to host or join a multiplayer game, I end up in an endless loading screen. After the update 1.2 was released, I tried hosting and joining a game again, and this time it asked me to choose steam or crossplay, and when I pick crossplay, it tells me to install gameservices.. Which is already installed, and I have already tried reinstalling, and repairing and nothing changes.. trying to play through Steam only continues to give me a never ending load screen. So, I tried launching on xbox game pass with a free trial, and the game immediately crashes on startup with this message

LoginId:432a25474c98775f01100a9f55807ddf
EpicAccountId:71c0c097cc23463fb077685530fa3826

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\Projects\Augusta\Engine\Platforms\WinGDK\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\WinGDKPlatformMisc.cpp] [Line: 14] GDK runtime is not available

Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
Grounded2_WinGDK_Shipping
kernel32
ntdll

 

Not sure if it's of any note, but where it says File:D:\ I do not have any drive installed other than a C drive.. Not sure if that's a problem or not..

Also I can play Grounded 1 crossplay no problem, so it seems strange Grounded 2 would have an issue...

Would love any help I can get!

[thegrepins]

I have the same exact issue. Not sure what's going on... The D:\ thing seems to be just the debug symbols where they built the game. Have you ever found a solution?

[kleinTanne]

Hello everyone,

Last Tuesday (August 12, 2025), I had an update for Grounded 2, and since then, I can't find my girlfriend's game score or my friends. I updated XBOX Games Pass and the app and tried everything I could think of. I can't find the game we played together before, nor the friends who are also in the game score. My friends have no problem finding the game.

Do you have any tips?