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Subnautica

Unknown Worlds Entertainment · 2018-01-23

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Jun 2015 (Mac), May 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 04, 2018 (PlayStation 4), May 13, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jan 23, 2018 (SteamVR), May 2016 (Xbox One)

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.

Subnautica is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 380,382 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1,968
playing now
97%
positive of 382k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
183
twitch viewers (latest)
9.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
84/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (603 ratings)
2,248
Nexus mods (41M downloads)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (89,387 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 91% recommend · from 57 critics
51h
to beat · rushed 26h · completionist 49h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,968 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Subnautica is a 2018 action-adventure survival game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The player controls Ryley Robinson, a survivor of a spaceship crash on an alien oceanic planet, which they are free to explore. The main objectives are to find essential resources, survive the local flora and fauna, and find a way to escape the planet.

Trailer

Subnautica trailer thumbnail

Subnautica Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,968 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39,820 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4,978/week).
  • · Review velocity up 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.5M–23M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 381,771 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$7.49-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Epic Game Store (2019-05-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 43 of 66 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 2,950 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,686 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,306 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2,741 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,792 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,249 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6,695 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,668 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2,092 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,857 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,617 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,226 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3,525 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3,983 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,588 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,318 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,652 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,601 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,137 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,451 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,321 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,970 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,252 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,230 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,097 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,349 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,318 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,691 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,488 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,654 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,781 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,733 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3,096 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,967 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,535 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,530 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,203 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,752 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,087 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,157 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,626 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,497 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,922 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,419 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,436 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,852 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,449 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,329 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,696 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5,175 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,150 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,752 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,545 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,242 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,203 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5,727 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,156 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,353 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,204 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,185 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,186 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3,469 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,229 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,035 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,697 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,847 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,913 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,928 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,297 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,013 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,162 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5,097 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4,949 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,779 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,135 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,189 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,496 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,736 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4,687 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,415 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,507 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,146 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,401 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,605 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,385 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,132 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6,264 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14,070 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 457 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5,853 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,402 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,715 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,889 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 30 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.3k1.3k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,702 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,562 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,014 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,578 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,036 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,593 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,389 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,657 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,818 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,277 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,987 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,287 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,383 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,756 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 2,851 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 5,287 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,687 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 2,637 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 3,724 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 3,313 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 3,066 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 2,446 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 2,762 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,968 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20k0Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2014 — avg 3 · peak 16Mar 2015 — avg 318 · peak 1,191Jul 2015 — avg 368 · peak 900Nov 2015 — avg 354 · peak 971Mar 2016 — avg 2,378 · peak 6,371Jul 2016 — avg 2,558 · peak 6,988Nov 2016 — avg 1,444 · peak 3,958Mar 2017 — avg 2,408 · peak 6,242Jul 2017 — avg 3,283 · peak 7,016Nov 2017 — avg 1,770 · peak 3,600Mar 2018 — avg 7,391 · peak 16,615Jul 2018 — avg 3,841 · peak 6,579Nov 2018 — avg 2,475 · peak 5,664Mar 2019 — avg 3,157 · peak 7,248Jul 2019 — avg 2,569 · peak 4,231Nov 2019 — avg 1,836 · peak 3,639Mar 2020 — avg 3,492 · peak 7,918Jul 2020 — avg 3,178 · peak 5,472Nov 2020 — avg 2,762 · peak 4,950Mar 2021 — avg 2,571 · peak 4,388Jul 2021 — avg 3,387 · peak 6,612Nov 2021 — avg 2,358 · peak 4,972Mar 2022 — avg 2,073 · peak 3,552Jul 2022 — avg 3,095 · peak 5,323Nov 2022 — avg 2,571 · peak 5,814Mar 2023 — avg 4,481 · peak 9,923Jul 2023 — avg 6,219 · peak 10,713Nov 2023 — avg 3,285 · peak 8,368Mar 2024 — avg 3,589 · peak 7,598Jul 2024 — avg 5,126 · peak 8,220Nov 2024 — avg 5,349 · peak 11,871Mar 2025 — avg 3,725 · peak 6,912Jul 2025 — avg 3,826 · peak 6,211Nov 2025 — avg 2,964 · peak 5,547Mar 2026 — avg 4,551 · peak 9,907Jul 2026 — avg 4,249 · peak 9,202Aug 2026 — avg 2,346 · peak 3,948
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1281282026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 50 new positive2026-09-15: 4 new negative2026-09-16: 52 new positive2026-09-16: 2 new negative2026-09-17: 39 new positive2026-09-18: 34 new positive2026-09-19: 66 new positive2026-09-20: 55 new positive2026-09-22: 68 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 28 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 47 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 44 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 48 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 53 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 40 new positive2026-09-30: 43 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 53 new positive2026-10-02: 33 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 82 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 80 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 128 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 65 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 63 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 65 new positive2026-10-12: 53 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 56 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 62 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.12$7.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $17.992016-08-02 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $18.742019-06-14 — best price $24.992020-02-27 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $16.242021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-10-01 — best price $20.092021-11-11 — best price $17.992021-12-23 — best price $13.922022-03-01 — best price $30.122022-05-06 — best price $17.992022-07-01 — best price $29.992022-08-05 — best price $17.992022-10-08 — best price $26.362022-12-21 — best price $29.992023-02-08 — best price $13.842023-04-18 — best price $17.692023-05-26 — best price $14.992023-07-14 — best price $14.992023-08-28 — best price $23.982023-11-02 — best price $29.992024-01-18 — best price $17.992024-04-15 — best price $29.992024-07-14 — best price $29.992024-11-21 — best price $20.992025-04-18 — best price $23.392025-08-21 — best price $8.992026-01-08 — best price $23.392026-04-09 — best price $29.992026-07-12 — best price $15.002026-09-03 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.3k3202026-05-28 — 3,276 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,830 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,307 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,130 pageviews2026-06-13 — 938 pageviews2026-06-17 — 847 pageviews2026-06-21 — 739 pageviews2026-06-25 — 710 pageviews2026-06-29 — 616 pageviews2026-07-03 — 600 pageviews2026-07-07 — 674 pageviews2026-07-11 — 518 pageviews2026-07-15 — 498 pageviews2026-07-19 — 540 pageviews2026-07-23 — 534 pageviews2026-07-27 — 528 pageviews2026-07-31 — 376 pageviews2026-08-04 — 435 pageviews2026-08-08 — 429 pageviews2026-08-12 — 445 pageviews2026-08-16 — 487 pageviews2026-08-20 — 438 pageviews2026-08-24 — 472 pageviews2026-08-28 — 419 pageviews2026-09-01 — 484 pageviews2026-09-05 — 469 pageviews2026-09-09 — 413 pageviews2026-09-13 — 461 pageviews2026-09-17 — 429 pageviews2026-09-21 — 446 pageviews2026-09-25 — 408 pageviews2026-09-29 — 403 pageviews2026-10-03 — 371 pageviews2026-10-07 — 352 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

57882026-09-30 18:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 245 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 398 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 267 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 265 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 436 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 521 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 291 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 155 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 327 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 125 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 440 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 204 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 183 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
89.7%
earned "Getting Your Feet Wet"
32.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsVR SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

26 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Finnish, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)197,46816%18
Steam (Steam)97,85317%17
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)66,16718%17
PS5 (PlayStation)40,13824%18
PS4 (PlayStation)2,55856%18
Switch (Nintendo)8310%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

HorrorSci-fiSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldUnderwaterAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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