Released Jan 23, 2018 $26.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Subnautica

By Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Open World Survival Craft Survival Horror Underwater Open World Exploration Crafting Singleplayer Base BuildingAdventureFirst-PersonMultiplayer

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Reviews 343k Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 2,719 at the busiest moment

Owners 5M–10M estimated

Subnautica is a game tagged Open World Survival Craft, Survival and Horror by Unknown Worlds Entertainment, released Jan 23, 2018. It has 343,075 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 5M–10M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Subnautica: Below Zero, Unshallow and Subnautica 2.

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.

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Subnautica: Below Zero 99% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Horror
Unshallow 93% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Horror
Subnautica 2 85% match · Survival, Horror, Underwater
Stranded Deep 85% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Underwater
Under A New Sun 84% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Underwater
Sunkenland 84% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Underwater
Seaforge: Shores of Atlantis 83% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Underwater
Project AlbatrOS 82% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Underwater
Breathedge 82% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Open World
Project Canopy 80% match · Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Open World

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Subnautica · record updated 2 minutes ago

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Overview

App ID264710

Release dateJan 23, 2018Early Access Jan 23, 2018

Last change number39672520

Last record update2 minutes ago

App type: Game
Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Publisher: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Subnautica, KRAFTON, Inc.
Metacritic: 87
Website: unknownworlds.com/subnautica
Links: Facebook Twitch X YouTube Discord Website

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes
Turkish	Yes		Yes
Finnish	Yes		Yes

All 24 languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles
Italian	Yes	Yes
Czech	Yes	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Danish	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes
Bulgarian	Yes	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes	Yes
Dutch	Yes	Yes
Swedish	Yes	Yes
Vietnamese	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS 64-bit

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsVR supportedSteam Trading CardsVR supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller supportPlayStation controllers

Prices

Price · US$29.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$29.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked14 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
20241558	experimental	Oct 3, 2025
20241558	public	Oct 3, 2025

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
10076 Bundle	Subnautica Deep Ocean Bundle	1	$26.99
575971	Subnautica	1	$29.99
594136	Subnautica - Commercial License	1	$29.99
21459 Bundle	Subnautica Sub-Sonic Edition	1	$35.98

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228985	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
264711	—	All	—	—	—
264712	—	Windows	6.55 GB	2.95 GB	4495119477327785570
264713	—	macOS	6.54 GB	2.95 GB	6303477024342771846

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	20241558	Oct 3, 2025	Open
experimental Automatic daily updates. Lots of bugs!	20241558	Oct 3, 2025	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Subnautica

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Subnautica.exe	-silent-crashes -vrmode none	Windows · 64-bit	Launch
Subnautica.app		macOS	Launch
Subnautica32.exe		Windows · 32-bit	Launch
Subnautica.exe		Windows · 64-bit