Genre SurvivalReleased Jan 23, 2018
Subnautica
Developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment
$29.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$56.69M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$42.35M
After Steam's 25% cut
Units sold
3.83M
≈ 10 sales per review
Reviews
381,844
Overwhelmingly Positive97% positive
Playing now
1,806
14-day peak 4,363 · low 1,806
New reviews, last 14 days
+918
≈ 66 a day since Oct 2
History
Oct 2 – Oct 16
381.9K381.6K381.2K380.9K
Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Survival →Against the 120 most-reviewed Survival games on Steam
Outearns 73% of them — above the group's median.
Median
$25.21M
127,953 reviews
Top 10% start at
$103.35M
This game
$56.69M
81st pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
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.
- Developer
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Publisher
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Genre
- Survival
- Released
- Jan 23, 2018
- Steam app ID
- 264710
- Data updated
- Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.