Subnautica Reviews

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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Fandom
Top Critic
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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89 / 100
Jan 29, 2018

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

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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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GameSpot
Top Critic
9 / 10
Jan 29, 2018

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

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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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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
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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8.5 / 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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84 / 100
Feb 5, 2018

Subnautica links progression to dive depth and it pays dividends. It also provides useful tools and varied submersibles that facilitate the steady exploration of wondrous biomes far below the waves.

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9 / 10.0
Feb 5, 2018

Without any doubt, Subnautica is one the best existing games in survival genre; a game whose developers leave you alone in the center of an endless ocean to struggle for surviving, uncovering secrets, and finally finding a way to escape. After releasing of Subnautica, the survival genre lovers do not need any other game for a long time.

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9.5 / 10.0
Feb 5, 2018

In terms of settings, gameplay dynamics and sheer fascination, Subnautica is the best single-player survival game out there. It's full of bright discoveries, a great sci-fi experience, and at the same time a cruel and unforgiving survival horror. James Cameron would absolutely love it.

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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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90%
Feb 9, 2018

Subnautica is one of the original Early Access triumphs, and in my view, the best of them all.

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