Unknown Worlds·Released Jan 23, 2018·Single player
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.
When Unknown Worlds announced they were bringing this one to Switch we were hugely excited, this is one of our all-time favourite games after all, but it was excitement tempered with a degree of scepticism as to how on earth they'd manage to cram the entire experience onto Switch in a properly playable manner. As it turns out, we needn't have worried as this is a super solid port that - besides a few loading stutters here and there and some scenery pop-in that's present in every other version of the game - successfully delivers one of the very best survival experiences on any platform to Nintendo's hybrid console.
Subnautica sees you submerged in a vast and utterly breathtaking underwater world, teeming with secrets and polished off with an unsettling atmosphere that instigates a real sense of thrill as you play.
Subnautica will rekindle your faith in the overcrowded survival genre, and scare you senseless
Subnautica is a gorgeous and exhilarating underwater survival game with a robust crafting system.
Subnautica is a terrifying, mystifying, massive, and brilliant survival game.
Taking you to beautiful and terrifying depths.
This aquatic survival game is an underwater wonder.
"Never get out of the boat," says Captain Marlowe in Apocalypse Now. "Not unless you're going all the way." It turns ou…
So much of this world is best experienced via first-hand discovery.
