In survival mode, the player manages their depleting health, hunger, thirst and oxygen.Upon beginning a new game, players must select a difficulty mode from the following four:

The majority of the game is set underwater, with two explorable islands, and a simulated day-and-night cycle that affects visibility. Players can collect resources, construct tools, bases, and submersibles, and interact with the planet's wildlife. The main objective is to explore the ocean and survive its dangers, while completing tasks to advance the plot.

The player controls the lone survivor of the Aurora, Ryley Robinson, as he is stranded on a remote ocean planet named 4546B. Subnautica is a survival action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a first-person perspective. A sequel, Subnautica: Below Zero, was released May 14, 2021. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in May 2021.īy January 2020, more than five million copies had been sold.

The physical console versions were published by Gearbox Publishing. It was released out of early access in January 2018 for Microsoft Windows and macOS, with versions for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in December 2018. Subnautica was released in early access for Microsoft Windows in December 2014, macOS in June 2015, and for Xbox One in May 2016.

The player must collect resources and face creatures to survive the alien planet. Players are free to explore the ocean on the alien planet 4546B, after their spaceship, the Aurora, crashes on the planet's surface. Subnautica is an open-world survival action-adventure video game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

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