Subnautica — Latest Updates & Patch Notes
Subnautica is currently the #97 most-played game on Steam, with a 24-hour peak of 14K concurrent players — ▲ climbing (was #150 last week).
Last official update May 26, 2026 (57 days ago) · 3 updates in the last 90 days · 12 tracked here.
- Steam rank
- #97 ▲
- Peak (24h)
- 14K
- Genre
- Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Released
- Jan 23, 2018
- Price
- $29.99
- Metacritic
- 87
- Steam reviews
- 339K
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.
Latest updates & patch notes
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News
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 19 May — 26 May 2026
* Forza Horizon 6 ; * Subnautica 2 ; * LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight ; * Paralives ; * Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core ; * 007 First Light ; * Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ; * Subnautica ; * Total War: WARHAMMER III ; * Red Dead Redemption 2 ; * excluding free to…
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News
Subnautica peaks at 51k players
Subnautica has peaked at 51,446 concurrent players on 24 May 2026 which is 8 years after release. View charts and more statistics on our website.
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News
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 12 May — 19 May 2026
* Subnautica 2 ; * Forza Horizon 6 ; * Subnautica ; * Diablo® IV ; * LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight ; * Battlefield™ 6 ; * Red Dead Redemption 2 ; * Subnautica: Below Zero ; * NBA 2K26 ; * Gamble With Your Friends ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB
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News
Subnautica is free to play this weekend, and the subaquatic survival all-timer has a hefty discount to boot
I have ridiculously fond memories of Subnautica. Mark 'Markiplier' Fishbach and Seán 'Jacksepticeye' McLoughlin's playthroughs remain some of my all-time favorite pieces of gaming content, enhanced by the fact developer-publisher Unknown Worlds Entertainment cooked with the gas…
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Event
Subnautica Free Weekend & Series Sale
Hello Subnauts, With Subnautica 2's Early Access launch on the horizon, we're hosting a Free Weekend for Subnautica, the game that started it all. From April 2nd at 10:00 AM PT through April 6th at 9:59 AM PT, you can play Subnautica for free. If you haven't explored the vast…
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Patch
Subnautica Security Hotfix
We have released a hotfix that addresses a security-related concern raised to us by Unity. You can read more about the specific issue here: the update patches out the flaw, Unity has said that, to their knowledge, no one has exploited the issue to date, and no players have been…
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News
Get Subnautica in space and eight other survival games for just $12
Not many of the experiences on the best survival games list capture the spirit of Subnautica , but some give it a good shot. Breathedge is like the series' wackier, less serious cousin, where instead of exploring an ocean, you're trapped in space and have limited oxygen. If…
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News
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 12 Aug — 19 August 2025
* PEAK ; * Steam Deck ; * Battlefield™ 6 ; * Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition ; * Cyberpunk 2077 ; * Rust ; * Dead by Daylight ; * Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced ; * Subnautica ; * Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on…
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Patch
As the legal debate between Subnautica 2's publisher and former studio execs rages, the original game and its spinoff quietly receive small patches and big discounts
Subnautica 2 has become one of the year's most talked-about games, albeit for reasons I don't think anybody wanted. A big legal brouhaha has developed in the wake of publisher Krafton abruptly dismissing the entire leadership team of Subnautica 2's developer Unknown Worlds…
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Patch
Subnautica 2025 Patch
We’re excited today to release a new patch for Subnautica! Thanks to some of the incredible development done on the mobile version of Subnautica, we were able to port that work across to other versions of the game. This update will roll out worldwide and might take some time to…
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News
Players are loving Subnautica 2's first terrifying trailer thanks to a crustacean cameo: 'More big ol crabs hype'
We've known that Subnautica 2 was in the works for some time now, with the official announcement actually being made via PowerPoint . And now, almost a year later, we've finally got to see the first trailer for the upcoming sequel... Read more.
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News
Subnautica 2 Early Access Coming 2025
We’re thrilled today to unveil the first teaser trailer for Subnautica 2 and announce that we’ll be heading to Early Access in 2025! 🥳 Store pages are now live and you can wishlist Subnautica 2 on Steam. Our goal has always been to bring Early Access to as many of our community…
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Screenshots
About Subnautica
Subnautica is an underwater adventure game set on an alien ocean planet. A massive, open world full of wonder and peril awaits you! Dive Into a Vast Underwater World You have crash-landed on an alien ocean world, and the only way to go is down. Subnautica's oceans range from sun drenched shallow coral reefs to treacherous deep-sea trenches, lava fields, and bio-luminescent underwater rivers. Manage your oxygen supply as you explore kelp forests, plateaus, reefs, and winding cave systems. The water teems with life: Some of it helpful, much of it harmful. Scavenge, Craft, and Survive After crash landing in your Life Pod, the clock is ticking…
Game details
- System requirements (minimum)
- Minimum: 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
- Languages
- English * , French, German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Finnish, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish…
- Controller
- Full controller support
- DLC
- 1 available on Steam
- Official site
- unknownworlds.com/subnautica
Frequently asked questions
- Is Subnautica free to play?
- Subnautica is a paid game ($29.99) on Steam.
- What is the latest Subnautica update?
- The most recent official update is "Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 19 May — 26 May 2026" (May 26, 2026), categorized as News. * Forza Horizon 6 ; * Subnautica 2 ; * LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight ; * Paralives ; * Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core ; * 007 First Light ; * Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 ; * Subnautica ; * Total War: WARHAMMER III ; * Red Dead Redemption 2 ; * excluding free to…
- How many people play Subnautica?
- Subnautica peaked at 14K concurrent players in the last 24 hours, ranking #97 on Steam's most-played chart (it was #150 the previous week).
- When was Subnautica released?
- Subnautica was released on Jan 23, 2018 by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.
- What kind of game is Subnautica?
- Subnautica is a Adventure, Indie game, featuring single-player, steam achievements, full controller support.
Live player counts and update notes are pulled from Steam's public data and refreshed daily (last refresh: Jul 22, 2026). Excerpts are from official announcements; follow the source links for full notes. Subnautica and all related assets are trademarks of their respective owners.