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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 a open world survival craft, survival and horror game
developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
Released on January 23rd 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 27 languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Finnish, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, Vietnamese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Latvian, Lithuanian and Slovak.
It has received 310,872 reviews of which 301,651 were positive and 9,221 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 21.02€ on Instant Gaming.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows Vista SP2 or newer, 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Haswell 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4600 or equivalent - This includes most GPUs scoring greater than 950 points in the 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR. Keyboard or gamepad required
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- Processor: Intel Haswell 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4600 or equivalent
- Storage: 20 GB available space
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Subnautica is a "crafting survival" kind of game done right. You won't be farming mobs for XP, punching trees for 10 minutes straight or otherwise grinding ridiculous amounts of materials for basic crafting and upgrades. What you will be doing instead is mostly exploring and uncovering the mysteries of this game's gorgeous depths, utilizing vehicles rarely seen in other games and improving your gear so you could go deeper. You of course could gather lots of materials and build giant bases should you want to but strictly speaking it is neither required nor really meaningfully rewarded by the game. You'll need a starter base and one, at most two more in deeper areas. Subnautica is about going on a journey, quite often in a literal sense, learning about its world and the story behind the player character's situation and ultimately - getting out of there. Resource gathering is simply means to an end and fortunately you don't need that much. Progress is gated by exploration and some gear upgrades as more advanced and rare resources are only found in biomes that are farther away from the starting area. The atmosphere, music, visuals, setting are all stellar. Story is... functional, I guess. It is there but it doesn't make too much sense. Good enough to not get in the way which is not necessarily bad on its own. Plenty of plot holes if you really care but definitely nothing bad enough to shatter your suspension of disbelief. I would like to make a separate point regarding the behaviour of other life forms seen in the game world. Most of them are quite simply animals and they behave like animals would. Won't delve into detail as not to spoil anything, but the majority of other living beings are as preoccupied with their own survival as the player is. It was refreshing to simply be done with this kind the game in 50 hours or so but really it could be finished in around 30. Instead of wasting the player's time in grind-build-upgrade cycles Subnautica logically wraps up and has a defined, meaningful ending. My two complaints would be performance and inventory management. Subnautica looks very pleasing and even cozy most of the time but also for the game of its age and graphical complexity it is very poorly optimised. I only had a good experience thanks to my system being much more potent than those that Subnautica was expected to be ran on release. As for inventory management, the game simply lacks even most basic QoL features but fortunately there are mods to fix that. One I would wholeheartedly recommend is EasyCraft. Others worthy of note would be Base Kits, Quick Slots Plus, Better Scanner Blips, Tweaks And Fixes and Defabricator. But overall Subnautica is an easiest recommendation ever, it is one of the best if not THE best game in the whole genre. I wish I played it sooner. Just remember - if you are feeling lost all you need to do is explore and go deeper.
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They told me it was a survival game. Nobody mentioned the survival part was sprint-swimming from a demon shrimp, fighting a sea cucumber with a pocket knife, and being stalked by things that shouldn’t have that many teeth—or that much rage. 11/10 would hyperventilate again
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Why Subnautica Stands Out Intro & Positives I played Subnautica for the first time in 2024, and the this game really impressed me. Normally, I am not the biggest fan of the crafting and survival game because all of them feel and look same to me. But Subnautica manages to be different from others in its genre. It's not just about gathering resources and building stuff; it's about exploring this beautiful, mystical underwater world that feels alive. It is a game full of atmosphere, and mystery. The one thing I most liked was the underwater environment: detailed, creative, with various biomes, it really feels like a place. You get this sense of wonder when you swim around, find new areas, and see strange creatures. The story was interesting too and gave me a reason to press onward. Negatives With that said, there were certainly a few things I did not quite enjoy as much. There were points when it seemed I spent more time grinding for materials than actually exploring or enjoying the story. Also, some of the survival mechanics-such as managing food and water-actually became quite frustrating at times. The negatives for me were still significantly outweighed by the positives. Conclusion Subnautica, for me, was one of those games that felt very different compared to most survival games and had me hooked from start to finish. Having played this game, I'm looking forward to Subnautica 2, even though it doesn't give great signals. SILVER MEDAL Follow My [URL=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40523765-Bearsonal/]Curator Page ⚜️[/URL]
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Great game to play in 2024. I played this game without mod. Very well done, nice story, game play, music, map, balance, unique charm. My suggestion to new players for best engagement: - Save every 10-15 minutes (just in case) - Stay relaxed, enjoy the game, take your time, be curious - Don't spoil the game by looking on the internet. Really, everything you need is in the game. Just read datalogs, visit places, build tools, experiment, explore. It will be very rewarding to survive by yourself. - Do not try to overcollect, overplan, overachieve (there are plenty of resources and blueprints) IIt's really all about discovering and surviving (more on the discovery side) When you feel stuck, just do the following: - read unread logs and databank - check if there is something new to build (experiment every tool and upgrade) - revisit important places - explore new area
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Subnautica is a template for what open-world survival games should strive to be. It’s fantastical, fresh, and frightening from surface to seabed, with a story that kept on surprising me and a cast of sea monsters that quite literally haunted my dreams.
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Subnautica is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
Subnautica is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Subnautica received 301,651 positive votes out of a total of 310,872 achieving an impressive rating of 9.60.
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Subnautica was developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
Subnautica is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Subnautica is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Subnautica is not playable on Linux.
Subnautica is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Subnautica. Explore additional content available for Subnautica on Steam.
Subnautica does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Subnautica supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Subnautica is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
2,589
Developer
Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Publisher
Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Release
23 Jan 2018
VR
VR Supported
Platforms
Remote Play
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