Subnautica Reviews

Subnautica is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.5 / 10.0
Feb 3, 2018

Subnautica is one of the best survival games released in recent years, and one of the best indie games released in the beginning of 2018. With an interesting story, a variety of play modes that can tone down and completely remove survival elements and plenty of freedom in how to proceed, Subnautica is a game that can also be enjoyed by those who aren't particularly fond of the genre.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
7 / 10
Mar 2, 2019

Subnautica is able to grab your attention and draw into the depths of the alien world, but many errors, lack of a map and often incomprehensible tasks, along with a failed final part of the game, cause disappointment.

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Dec 22, 2018

If you're into resource gathering, crafting and exploring, then Subnautica is simply a title that you have to play.

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9 / 10.0
Jan 9, 2019

Aside from a few technical issues, Subnautica is one of the best survival games out there. Not only is the world to explore beautiful but the narrative will keep pulling you along,

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8.5 / 10.0
Dec 6, 2018

A survival game that manages to balance a driving plot without sacrificing player agency. Constantly balanced on the knife edge of life and watery death. Subnautica is a game with hidden depths, both literally and figuratively.

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8 / 10
Dec 17, 2018

Subnautica sees you submerged in a vast and utterly breathtaking underwater world, teeming with secrets and polished off with an unsettling atmosphere that instigates a real sense of thrill as you play.

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8.5 / 10.0
Dec 4, 2018

Subnautica is a survival game worthy of competing with the most noble titles of the same genre. The PS4 version has a bunch of technical issues (loading times and frame rate above all), but nothing that can undermine the gaming experience.

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8 / 10
Feb 2, 2018

Probably one of the best survival open world so far. A beautiful adventure with a true scenario and a very original game's mechanics. Diving into Subnautica ocean is a true pleasure and the only problem of the game is the lack of explanation in the scenario, which can be annoying because we sometimes go around in circles without finding a solution.

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8 / 10.0
Jan 24, 2018

Subnautica harnesses feelings and fears we experience in reality and uses them to drive us to want to survive in this alien world and find our way back home. It is simply you versus the vast, unknown expanse of the ocean.

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8.2 / 10.0
Dec 24, 2018

Subnautica is a very solid example of the best survival games in recent years.

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Dec 14, 2018

Subnautica is something different in the survival genre, with a well-crafted underwater world providing some variety to its hunter-gatherer gameplay.

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87 / 100
Dec 5, 2018

Subnautica turns out to be a true hit, only the occasional grind cuts the groud under its feet a little bit.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2018

Subnautica is an underwater survival game with a compelling narrative, although some design choices, oversights, and bugs hampered my enjoyment of the title.

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9 / 10.0
May 17, 2018

Subnautica is a beautiful game, only occasionally marred by sluggishness and the odd, errant bug.

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9 / 10.0
Jan 29, 2018

The best survival game ever released, and an indie game that goes toe to toe with AAA titles out there.

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Fandom
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4.5 / 5.0
Jan 27, 2018

If you’re after a unique and atmospheric challenge, you won’t regret diving into Subnautica.

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8.5 / 10.0
Dec 20, 2018

Subnautica is one of the better and relatively unique takes on the open-world survival genre that not only executes its expected features well but also provides new ones that help it stand out among its competitors.

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9.2 / 10.0
Dec 7, 2018

I honestly hope this becomes a longstanding series, it's simply that good.

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8.5 / 10.0
Feb 1, 2018

In the end, Subnautica manages to succeed where many others have tried and failed miserably. It proves, to me at least, that there are exceptions to the seemingly all-encompassing 'four horsemen' meme. It's a thoroughly enjoyable experience, where crafting and exploration are complimented perfectly by the simultaneously beautiful and chilling atmosphere on display.

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8 / 10.0
May 11, 2021

Subnautica is a survival and narrative experience that stands as a benchmark for the genre. The Switch version itself certainly has its drawbacks, but not enough to weigh down the experience too much. Some of them do admittedly affect gameplay mildly, but the strength of Subnautica still pushes through.

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