Subnautica Reviews

Subnautica is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Jan 24, 2018

Vast biomes to explore? Check. Mysteries to uncover? Check. Monsters in the deep? Check. Subnautica for PC is one helluva ride.

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Unscored
Jan 24, 2018

So much of this world is best experienced via first-hand discovery.

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8 / 10.0
Jan 17, 2019

Subnautica is not without its issues, but it successfully manages to combine a strong sense of exploration and discovery with an interesting story hook and an exceptional soundtrack to make it one of the very best examples of the genre.

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8.5 / 10.0
Jan 30, 2018

Subnautica is a fresh new scope on the survival genre. Unknow Worlds Entertainment has created an intense, extreme and rich in possibilities adventure. Subnautica knows what to tell to the player and knows how to do it despite the characteristics of the genre.

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9 / 10
Dec 4, 2018

Subnautica is a perfect example an open world survival game that doesn't rely on action, horror or combat elements to excite. Whilst these classic gaming features are involved to an extent, they take a back seat compared to the story, crafting and surviving elements. And this is what sets Subnautica apart from other survival experiences out there. Don't let this be the one that got away.

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9.5 / 10.0
Jan 23, 2018

Subnautica works brilliantly as a serene, lonely, contemplative adventure. It's one of those rare games I'd take to a desert island.

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Jan 24, 2018

So far Subnautica has been the outstanding title of 2018 for me. We're only a month in, but the time I've had with this game has been incredible, and I'm sure it will be a game I remember in December when the year is wrapping up.

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GameSpot
Top Critic
9 / 10
Jan 29, 2018

Subnautica is a terrifying, mystifying, massive, and brilliant survival game.

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8.8 / 10.0
Feb 6, 2018

With a robust crafting system and several amazing secrets to find, Subnautica never ceases to entertain

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
8 / 10
Dec 5, 2018

A survival game that isn't out just to punish its players, but to entertain; with an impressive mix of exploration, crafting, and survival horror.

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Dec 4, 2018

Performance problems aside, Subnautica will rekindle your faith in the overcrowded survival genre, and scare you senseless.

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89 / 100
Jan 29, 2018

A smattering of technical issues keep Subnautica from true legendary status, but only just.

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Recommended
Jan 24, 2018

An oppressively beautiful portrayal of an undersea environment, and a well-wrought survival game with a vaguely eco-friendly message.

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T.J. Hafer
Top Critic
9.1 / 10.0
Jan 26, 2018

Subnautica is a template for what open-world survival games should strive to be. It’s fantastical, fresh, and frightening from surface to seabed, with a story that kept on surprising me and a cast of sea monsters that quite literally haunted my dreams.

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