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Subnautica 2 is already having a huge launch on Steam

  • Jay Peters
  • May 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Subnautica 2 is already having a huge launch on Steam

Subnautica 2, the new underwater survival game from Unknown Worlds, took less than an hour to rocket up Steam's charts. The game has already sold more than 1 million copies, according to a press release, and as of this writing, Steam's charts show that Subnautica 2 is currently the fourth-most played game on the platform with more than 460,000 concurrent players. The only titles with more concurrent players right now are perennial heavy hitters Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG: Battlegrounds.

It's also worth noting that Steam's Subnautica 2 player count doesn't include players on the Epic Games Store or on Xbox, where the game is also now …

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Originally published at The Verge

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