Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Subnautica

2014 survival game · adventure video game · action-adventure game +4^*

At a glance

Genres

survival game
adventure video game
action-adventure game
action game^*
adventure game^*
horror game^*
sandbox game^*

Play modes

single-player video game

Series

Subnautica

Game facts

Developers

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Publishers

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

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Platforms

Players by platform

Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Verified^*
Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27^*
Community-reported frame rate
55 fps^*
Reports
1^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Verified^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Platinum^*
Reports
643^*
Community confidence
strong^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Windows Vista SP2 or newer, 64-bit^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Haswell 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent^*
Memory
4 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
Intel HD 4600 or equivalent - This includes most GPUs scoring greater than 950 points in the 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark^*
Graphics API
Version 11^*
Storage
20 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Keyboard or gamepad required^*
Conditions
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*
macOS · Minimum^*
Operating system
OS X 10.9 Mavericks^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Haswell 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent^*
Memory
4 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
Intel HD 4600 or equivalent^*
Storage
20 GB available space^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Graphics alternatives
Nvidia GTX 550 Ti or equivalent, 2GB VRAM^*
Memory
8 GB^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Haswell 4 cores / 4 threads @ 3.2Ghz or equivalent^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
8 GB^*
Video memory
2 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
German^*
Polish^*
Russian^*
Simplified Chinese^*
Turkish^*
Finnish^*
Italian^*
Czech^*
Hungarian^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Danish^*
Japanese^*
Korean^*
Portuguese - Brazil^*
Bulgarian^*
Ukrainian^*
Dutch^*
Swedish^*
Vietnamese^*
Spanish - Latin America^*
Traditional Chinese^*
Portuguese - Portugal^*
Latvian^*
Lithuanian^*
Slovak^*

Audio languages

English^*
Slovak^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
VR Supported^*
Steam Trading Cards^*
VR Support^*
Steam Cloud^*
Remote Play on TV^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Adventure^*
Indie^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Subnautica

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Screenshot 3 from Subnautica

* Provisional data