In creative mode, all depleting characteristics, such as health and thirst, are removed, all blueprints are unlocked, and the player can craft without needing resources.the player dies, they do not respawn, and their save file is instead permanently deleted. In hardcore mode, gameplay includes permanent death.In freedom mode, gameplay is near-identical to that of Survival mode, but without hunger and thirst.If the player dies, they respawn, but certain items are removed from their inventory. In survival mode, the player manages their depleting health, hunger, thirst and oxygen.Upon beginning a new game, players are given an option between four difficulty modes: The majority of the game is set underwater, with two explorable islands hidden across the map, and a simulated day-and-night cycle that affects visibility. Some of the most extreme dangers to the player include dangerous fauna like Crabsquids, Stalkers, Crashfish, and Leviathan-class lifeforms like the Reaper, Sea Dragon and Ghost Leviathans. Players can collect resources, construct tools, build bases, submersibles, and interact with the planet's wildlife. The main objective is to explore the ocean and survive its dangers, while completing tasks to advance the plot. The player controls the lone survivor of the Aurora, Ryley Robinson, as he is stranded on a remote ocean planet known as 4546B. Subnautica is a survival action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a first-person perspective. A standalone expansion, Subnautica: Below Zero, was released May 14, 2021. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in May 2021.īy January 2020, more than five million copies had been sold.

The physical console versions were published by Gearbox Publishing.

It was released out of early access in January 2018 for macOS and Windows, with versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December 2018. Subnautica was released in early access for Windows in December 2014, macOS in June 2015, and for Xbox One in May 2016. They are free to explore the oceanic planet, the main objectives being to find essential resources, survive the local flora and fauna, and find a way to escape the planet. The game has the player as a non-essential systems maintenance chief who is the only survivor of a spaceship crash on the alien planet 4546B. Subnautica is an open-world action-adventure game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

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