Subnautica

Subnautica
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Developer(s)	Unknown Worlds Entertainment[a]
Publisher(s)	Unknown Worlds Entertainment[b]
Director(s)	Charlie Cleveland
Producer(s)	Hugh Jeremy
Designer(s)	Charlie Cleveland
Programmer(s)	Charlie Cleveland Steven An Max McGuire Jonas Bötel
Artist(s)	Cory Strader Brian Cummings Scott MacDonald
Writer(s)	Tom Jubert
Composer(s)	Simon Chylinski
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	macOS Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
Release	macOS, Windows January 23, 2018 PS4, Xbox One December 4, 2018 NS, PS5, Series X/S May 14, 2021
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, survival
Mode(s)	Single-player

Subnautica is an action-adventure survival game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The player controls Ryley Robinson, the only 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.

Subnautica was released in early access for Windows in December 2014, macOS in June 2015, and Xbox One in May 2016. The game was released out of early access in January 2018 for macOS and Windows, with versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December 2018. The physical console versions were published by Gearbox Publishing. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in May 2021. It received generally positive reviews from critics and sold over 5 million units by January 2020. A spin-off, Subnautica: Below Zero, was released in May 2021. A third installment, Subnautica 2, is planned to release in early access sometime in 2025.
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