Subnautica 2, the brand new underwater survival sport from Unknown Worlds, took lower than an hour to rocket up Steam’s charts. The sport has already bought multiple million copies, in line with a press release, and as of this writing, Steam’s charts present that Subnautica 2 is presently the fourth-most performed sport on the platform with greater than 460,000 concurrent gamers. The one titles with extra concurrent gamers proper now are perennial heavy hitters Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG: Battlegrounds.
It’s additionally value noting that Steam’s Subnautica 2 participant depend doesn’t embody gamers on the Epic Video games Retailer or on Xbox, the place the sport can be now out there in early entry, so the overall variety of concurrent gamers might be even larger.
The large launch isn’t a complete shock. Earlier than launch, Subnautica 2 acquired five million wishlists and was the most-wishlisted game on Steam. It’s a follow-up to the well-received Subnautica and Subnautica: Beneath Zero. And it was additionally on the middle of a prolonged authorized dispute between Unknown Worlds executives and the Unknown Worlds’ proprietor, Krafton — and round when that occurred, the sport was delayed from a deliberate 2025 early entry launch, ostensibly attributable to suggestions from playtests.
After a decide’s ruling in March that reinstated the studio’s CEO and prolonged the eligibility window for a probably important bonus for Unknown Worlds’ builders, the sport acquired its new early access launch date. The studio expects that the early entry interval will final for “about” two to 3 years.