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Subnautica: Below Zero

Unknown Worlds Entertainment · 2021-05-13

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 2021 (Xbox One), May 14, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), May 14, 2021 (Mac), May 14, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Subnautica: Below Zero is a 2021 Adventure and Indie game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 108,358 reviews).

377
playing now
90%
positive of 109k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
21
twitch viewers (latest)
5.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (140 ratings)
446
Nexus mods (5.3M downloads)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (18,691 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 90% recommend · from 61 critics
30h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 32h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Subnautica: Below Zero is an open-world survival action-adventure video game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The game is a spin-off to Subnautica.

Trailer

Subnautica: Below Zero trailer thumbnail

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 377 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,572 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~947/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.2M–4.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108,681 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.39 at IndieGala Store (2025-08-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 37 of 59 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.6k9.6k20192026Week of 2019-01-01: 1,216 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,720 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,923 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,814 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,640 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,188 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,473 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,681 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,334 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,633 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,530 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,484 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9,566 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,322 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,185 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,398 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,165 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,854 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,175 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 895 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,008 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 903 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 995 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 941 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,332 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k2842026-09-15 11:00 — 474 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 603 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 331 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 629 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 815 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 353 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 317 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 542 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 398 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 490 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 541 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 378 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 300 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 629 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 664 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 431 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 720 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 596 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 399 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 776 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 861 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 378 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 377 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k465Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 1,478 · peak 7,468May 2019 — avg 465 · peak 1,159Aug 2019 — avg 595 · peak 1,165Nov 2019 — avg 673 · peak 2,738Feb 2020 — avg 1,748 · peak 4,656May 2020 — avg 1,949 · peak 5,226Aug 2020 — avg 1,232 · peak 2,491Nov 2020 — avg 2,420 · peak 6,216Feb 2021 — avg 1,653 · peak 4,886May 2021 — avg 11,033 · peak 42,057Aug 2021 — avg 1,494 · peak 2,558Nov 2021 — avg 1,307 · peak 2,409Feb 2022 — avg 1,330 · peak 2,560May 2022 — avg 1,760 · peak 5,225Aug 2022 — avg 1,308 · peak 2,762Nov 2022 — avg 1,163 · peak 2,488Feb 2023 — avg 1,423 · peak 3,079May 2023 — avg 1,356 · peak 3,420Aug 2023 — avg 1,155 · peak 2,123Nov 2023 — avg 1,082 · peak 2,634Feb 2024 — avg 921 · peak 1,683May 2024 — avg 1,019 · peak 2,029Aug 2024 — avg 966 · peak 1,731Nov 2024 — avg 1,348 · peak 2,811Feb 2025 — avg 1,296 · peak 3,071May 2025 — avg 826 · peak 1,582Aug 2025 — avg 1,593 · peak 4,205Nov 2025 — avg 769 · peak 1,431Feb 2026 — avg 961 · peak 1,802May 2026 — avg 4,273 · peak 10,188Aug 2026 — avg 543 · peak 998
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
35352026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 9 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 8 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 12 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 23 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-30: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 13 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 8 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 35 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.18$7.492019-01-302026-10-082019-01-30 — best price $19.992021-08-16 — best price $29.992021-10-11 — best price $26.992021-11-24 — best price $18.892021-12-29 — best price $16.982022-02-08 — best price $22.982022-04-05 — best price $23.982022-05-19 — best price $17.992022-06-29 — best price $17.992022-07-26 — best price $25.132022-08-19 — best price $17.992022-09-28 — best price $26.962022-12-08 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $17.982023-02-15 — best price $23.982023-04-19 — best price $13.972023-05-08 — best price $26.992023-06-15 — best price $29.992023-07-20 — best price $14.992023-08-23 — best price $14.992023-09-18 — best price $14.992023-11-18 — best price $15.832024-01-16 — best price $29.992024-04-06 — best price $27.562024-06-27 — best price $9.892024-08-27 — best price $29.992024-11-14 — best price $9.892025-03-04 — best price $9.892025-06-12 — best price $20.092025-09-02 — best price $29.992026-01-07 — best price $29.992026-03-25 — best price $29.692026-05-14 — best price $7.492026-07-13 — best price $23.392026-08-27 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $29.992026-10-08 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

770742026-05-30 — 770 pageviews2026-06-03 — 512 pageviews2026-06-07 — 422 pageviews2026-06-11 — 335 pageviews2026-06-15 — 303 pageviews2026-06-19 — 235 pageviews2026-06-23 — 238 pageviews2026-06-27 — 252 pageviews2026-07-01 — 217 pageviews2026-07-05 — 255 pageviews2026-07-09 — 150 pageviews2026-07-13 — 192 pageviews2026-07-17 — 155 pageviews2026-07-21 — 120 pageviews2026-07-25 — 118 pageviews2026-07-29 — 126 pageviews2026-08-02 — 136 pageviews2026-08-06 — 118 pageviews2026-08-10 — 123 pageviews2026-08-14 — 124 pageviews2026-08-18 — 97 pageviews2026-08-22 — 138 pageviews2026-08-26 — 131 pageviews2026-08-30 — 133 pageviews2026-09-03 — 110 pageviews2026-09-07 — 108 pageviews2026-09-11 — 126 pageviews2026-09-15 — 115 pageviews2026-09-19 — 103 pageviews2026-09-23 — 126 pageviews2026-09-27 — 132 pageviews2026-10-01 — 91 pageviews2026-10-05 — 78 pageviews2026-10-08 — 92 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

25002026-09-30 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 250 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 21 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Drop in the Ocean"
37.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31,96026%13
PS5 (PlayStation)24,24623%14
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)22,49520%13
PS4 (PlayStation)16,50331%14
Switch (Nintendo)2200%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

IndieHorrorSci-fiCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldUnderwaterExplorationMultiplayer

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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