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Subnautica

Unknown Worlds Entertainment · 2018-01-23

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive reviewLabel (97% of 378195 reviews).

2,002
playing now
97%
positive of 379k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,611
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (603 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 91% recommend
51h
to beat · rushed 26h · completionist 49h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2,002 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 2,002 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44,296 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5,537/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.5M–23M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 379,056 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 35 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14k14k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8,175 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6,649 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 873 negativeWeek 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: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.6k1.7k2026-08-06 16:00 — 2,859 players2026-08-06 22:00 — 2,235 players2026-08-07 04:00 — 1,733 players2026-08-07 10:00 — 2,159 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 3,026 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2,412 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 2,052 players2026-08-08 10:00 — 2,483 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 3,338 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 2,555 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 2,237 players2026-08-09 10:00 — 2,814 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 3,509 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2,723 players2026-08-10 04:00 — 1,814 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 2,192 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 2,896 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2,197 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 1,775 players2026-08-11 10:00 — 2,105 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 2,901 players2026-08-11 22:00 — 2,218 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 2,435 players2026-08-17 12:00 — 2,295 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 2,032 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 1,795 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 2,121 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 2,002 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#97#972026-08-062026-08-122026-08-06 — #972026-08-07 — #972026-08-08 — #972026-08-09 — #972026-08-10 — #972026-08-11 — #972026-08-12 — #97
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
69692026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 39 new positive2026-08-07: 2 new negative2026-08-08: 41 new positive2026-08-08: 6 new negative2026-08-10: 53 new positive2026-08-10: 3 new negative2026-08-11: 47 new positive2026-08-11: 2 new negative2026-08-12: 51 new positive2026-08-14: 50 new positive2026-08-14: 2 new negative2026-08-15: 47 new positive2026-08-15: 4 new negative2026-08-16: 69 new positive2026-08-16: 3 new negative2026-08-17: 66 new positive2026-08-18: 54 new positive2026-08-18: 4 new negative2026-08-22: 40 new positive2026-08-23: 66 new positive2026-08-23: 2 new negative2026-08-24: 43 new positive2026-08-24: 5 new negative2026-08-25: 45 new positive2026-08-25: 3 new negative2026-08-26: 51 new positive2026-08-27: 32 new positive2026-08-27: 3 new negative2026-08-28: 42 new positive2026-08-28: 1 new negative2026-08-29: 45 new positive2026-08-29: 2 new negative2026-08-30: 41 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.12$7.492015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — 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 $15.002026-08-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.3k3552026-05-28 — 3,276 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,881 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,415 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,202 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,130 pageviews2026-06-12 — 945 pageviews2026-06-15 — 934 pageviews2026-06-18 — 701 pageviews2026-06-21 — 739 pageviews2026-06-24 — 793 pageviews2026-06-27 — 773 pageviews2026-06-30 — 571 pageviews2026-07-03 — 600 pageviews2026-07-06 — 724 pageviews2026-07-09 — 618 pageviews2026-07-12 — 607 pageviews2026-07-15 — 498 pageviews2026-07-18 — 489 pageviews2026-07-21 — 468 pageviews2026-07-24 — 458 pageviews2026-07-27 — 528 pageviews2026-07-30 — 428 pageviews2026-08-02 — 425 pageviews2026-08-05 — 355 pageviews2026-08-08 — 429 pageviews2026-08-11 — 409 pageviews2026-08-14 — 405 pageviews2026-08-17 — 462 pageviews2026-08-20 — 438 pageviews2026-08-23 — 509 pageviews2026-08-25 — 449 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.7k122026-08-26 19:15 — 148 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 197 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 173 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 182 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 541 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 179 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 224 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1,700 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,459 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 152 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 231 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 235 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 254 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 142 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1,435 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1,566 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,611 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…

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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