naiwa 2026-05-25

Early access to the sequel unexpectedly raised the popularity of the first part to a historic high.



In May, Unknown Worlds launched early access for Subnautica 2, which sold over four million copies in the first five days and gathered 467 thousand players simultaneously on Steam. The hype around the sequel turned into an unexpected bonus for the original game.The first Subnautica updated its own online record, set back at its release in January 2018: then the peak was 51.1 thousand players, and now — 51.4 thousand. The number is modest compared to the sequel, but very telling: in recent years the game barely reached 17 thousand concurrent players.All this indicates that the release of Subnautica 2 attracted a completely new audience to the franchise. Many, hearing about the game for the first time, obviously decided to get acquainted with the universe from the very beginning.
Subnautica 2 became the best-selling game on Steam — naiwa | UniversumForza Horizon 6 took second place. universum.ink