Subnautica
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You crash-land on an ocean planet and must survive by diving deeper, scanning wreckage and building bases and submarines. It's a survival game with a real mystery and pure fear of the deep.
Kit's verdict · 9.0/10
The best survival game ever made, and the ocean has never felt this beautiful or this terrifying.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Stunning, hand-crafted world
- Gripping mystery that rewards exploration
- Genuine thalassophobia scares
Not so much
- Fragment hunting can drag
- Some bugs and pop-in on older machines
Play it if explorers who love a sense of wonder and dread.
Skip it if anyone terrified of deep water, and that's not a joke.
Cheats & codes
Every Subnautica cheat we know
Building and crafting cost nothing.PC · Press F3, press F8 for the mouse, untick Disable Console, then press Enter to open the console and type it.
You take no damage.PC · Type it in the console.
Makes building and crafting instant.PC · Type it in the console.
Adds 10 titanium to your inventory (swap in any item name).PC · Type it in the console.
Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.
Tips
Play it better
- Build a Seaglide early; it's the fastest way to explore before you have a sub.
- Scan every fragment you find, since blueprints are the main way to unlock gear.
- Bladderfish give you water as well as food, so they cover two needs at once.
- Drop beacons at wrecks and points of interest so you can find your way back.
- Upgrade your oxygen tank before going deep; running out of air is the top killer.
- Watch for the radio in your escape pod, since messages point you to new areas.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Did you know?
Trivia
- It spent more than three years in early access before launching in January 2018.
- Designer Charlie Cleveland chose to leave guns out of the game after the Sandy Hook shooting.
- Krafton, the PUBG publisher, bought Unknown Worlds in 2021.
- A follow-up, Subnautica: Below Zero, arrived in 2021 set on the same planet.
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