Subnautica: Below Zero
Last updated: 2025-12-19
- Stunning visuals and immersive atmosphere
- Expands Subnautica universe effectively
- Improved crafting and building mechanics
- Weak and unsatisfying story progression
- Smaller, less immersive world design
- Shorter gameplay with low replay value
Emotions
Frustration21%Disappointment19%Satisfaction9%Excitement8%Enjoyment5%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 100,052
- Positive
- 90,36390.3%
- Negative
- 9,6899.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,261,759
- Estimated revenue
- $217,780,152
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 881.01%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,387
- Estimated revenue lost
- $191,546
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 881% Avg playtime 0.9h | 790.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,11712.8% Avg playtime 33.1h | 7,41085.2% Avg playtime 41.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 15.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 186.5 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,514.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,694 total
Organic purchasers7,95291.5%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations7428.53%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,694 total
First impression0-2h2402.76%
Voted up: 57%
Mid game2-10h1,80420.7%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h1,86421.4%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+4,78655.0%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
71.4%
Global baseline 86.1%
49 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 100,052 total.