Subnautica 2 has already been released on Steam

Subnautica 2the new underwater survival game from Unknown Worlds, took less than an hour to top the Steam charts. The game has already sold more than a million copies, according to press releaseAs of this writing, Steam charts show that Subnautica 2 It is currently the fourth most played game on the platform with over 460,000 concurrent players. The only titles with more concurrent players at the moment are the permanent heavy hitters Counter Strike 2, Dota 2and PUBG: Battlegrounds.

It is also worth noting that Steam Subnautica 2 The player count does not include players on the Epic Games Store or Xbox, where the game is also now in Early Access, so the total number of concurrent players is likely higher.

The huge launch isn’t a complete surprise. Before release, Subnautica 2 He owns 5 million wishlists And it was The most requested game on Steam. It’s a follow-up to what was well received Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero. It was also at the center of a long legal dispute between Unknown Worlds executives and Unknown Worlds’ owner, Krafton – and when that happened, the game was revealed He was late From a planned Early Access launch in 2025, ostensibly due to feedback from playtests.

After a judge’s ruling in March reinstated the studio’s CEO and expanded the eligibility window for a potentially big bonus for Unknown Worlds developers, the game has gotten its due. New early access launch date. The studio expects the early access period to last for “about” two to three years.