Subnautica: Below Zero Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-03
- Stunning visuals and environments
- Diverse and unique creatures
- Engaging and fun gameplay
- Smaller and less detailed map
- Weak and uninteresting storyline
- Seatruck vehicle criticisms
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 106,313
- Positive
- 95,83390.1%
- Negative
- 10,4809.9%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,129,902
- Estimated revenue
- $213,825,761
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1071.00%
- Estimated copies lost
- 7,176
- Estimated revenue lost
- $215,208
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1071% Avg playtime 0.8h | 910.9% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,36712.8% Avg playtime 30.1h | 9,12685.4% Avg playtime 38.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 93.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 137.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,680.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
10,691 total
Organic purchasers9,69390.7%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations9989.33%
Voted up: 87%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
10,691 total
First impression0-2h3042.84%
Voted up: 58%
Mid game2-10h2,35522.0%
Voted up: 87%
Late game10-20h2,50123.4%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+5,53151.7%
Voted up: 88%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
77.9%
Global baseline 86.2%
68 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 106,313 total.