Genre SurvivalReleased May 13, 2021

Subnautica: Below Zero

Developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Estimated lifetime revenue
$18.59M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$13.44M
After Steam's 28% cut
Units sold
1.26M
≈ 12 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 108,673 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
108,673
Very Positive90% positive
Playing now
404
13-day peak 749 · low 350
New reviews, last 13 days
+142
≈ 11 a day since Oct 1

History

Oct 1 – Oct 14

108.7K108.6K108.6K108.5K
Oct 1Oct 7Oct 14

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 41% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$25.21M
127,953 reviews
Top 10% start at
$103.35M
This game
$18.59M
36th 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

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Developer
Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Publisher
Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Genre
Survival
Released
May 13, 2021
Steam app ID
848450
Data updated
Oct 14, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.