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AdventureIndieOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalHorrorUnderwaterOpen World

Subnautica

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Developer
Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Publisher
Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Franchise
Subnautica, KRAFTON, Inc.
Release date
Jan 23, 2018
Store page updated
Apr 29, 2026
Price
$29.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

94.6/ 100

Based on 409 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 1,929
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 380,326
“marked 10/10 with beautiful graphics, very good gameplay, eargasm audio”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+2.88
Freedom +4.03 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
“exploration encouraged, player investigates and pieces clues together, hand not held too tightly” (15)

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Story & World
+4.14
World +4.51 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
“incredible atmosphere and terrifying sea monsters create immersive exploration” (188)

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Content Volume
+2.82
Volume +3.34 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound
+4.13
Visuals +4.19 · Graphics, art style, and animation
“精致 gives unique feeling of polish and craftsmanship” (27)
五年了，终于靠打折拿下拿下这款同年佳作，从小学就看博主玩这款游戏，到现在大一，我也是圆了自己在4546B的梦 首先，作为一款18年的游戏，这款游戏除了题材新颖之外，给我一种独有的感觉: 精致 玩过森林后趁热拿下续作---森林之子 ，没有心里想的那么惊艳，主要是刚出的时候是 半成品吧 这款游戏则在剧情玩法设定无处不透着精致二字，玩多了就能发现这游戏实际地图很小，却真的好像给你一个外星世界一样 很值得玩的经典沙盒游戏，与RAFT和森林可以并称为三大经典沙盒游戏了 最后 致敬伟大的汉化 吃喝不愁的live 致敬 愿天堂再无病魔

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Multiplayer
+1.20

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +1.09 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness
+0.79

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +1.33 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support
-0.57
Stability -1.77 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
“lost progress twice due to no auto-save feature” (22)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
80%85%90%95%100%
Mar 2014Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 1,917 reviews, peak 109/day
0100200
Aug 21Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 407 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English26%
  • Russian19%
  • Chinese15%
  • Spanish10%
  • Portuguese8%
  • Turkish5%
  • Other16%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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