Subnautica 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-15
- Stunning visuals and graphics
- Minimal bugs, smooth performance
- Engaging and fun gameplay
- Immersive sound design
- Compelling storyline
- Poor optimization issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 18,576
- Positive
- 17,15892.4%
- Negative
- 1,4187.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,152,343
- Estimated revenue
- $34,558,767
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 7404.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 45,905
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,376,691
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 7434% Avg playtime 0.8h | 2,28412.3% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 6683.6% Avg playtime 5h | 14,80280% Avg playtime 5.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 27,765.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 616.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 0.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
18,497 total
Organic purchasers17,33293.7%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations1,1656.30%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
18,497 total
First impression0-2h5,61030.3%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h12,29966.5%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h5773.12%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+110.06%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.5%
Global baseline 92.4%
109 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 18,576 total.