Subnautica - wikipedia Subnautica Subnautica Developer ( s ) Unknown Worlds Entertainment Publisher ( s ) Unknown Worlds Entertainment Designer ( s ) Charlie Cleveland Programmer ( s ) Charlie Cleveland Steve An Max McGuire Artist ( s ) Cory Strader Brian Cummings Scott MacDonald Writer ( s ) Tom Jubert Composer ( s ) Simon Chylinski Engine Unity Platform ( s ) Microsoft Windows MacOS Xbox One Release Microsoft Windows, MacOS WW : January 23, 2018 Xbox One WW : 2018 Genre ( s ) Adventure, survival Mode ( s ) Single - player Subnautica is a survival adventure game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. It allows the player to freely explore the ocean on an alien planet, known as planet 4546B, collecting resources to survive. Subnautica was first released in early access for Microsoft Windows in December 2014, Mac OS X in June 2015, and for Xbox One in May 2016. The full release out of early access was in January 2018 Exclusive for PC on Steam, with a version for the PlayStation 4 also planned for a later date. Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development 4 Reception 5 References 6 External links Gameplay Subnautica is a survival, adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a first - person perspective. The player controls the lone survivor of a crashed space ship, called the Aurora, on an aquatic planet. This ship blows up early in the game. Upon entry, the PDA warns that creatures around the Aurora contain traces of human tissue inside their digestive systems, and continues to advise you not to be there. The main objective of the player is to explore the game 's world and survive the dangers of the planet while at the same time following the story of the game. Subnautica allows the player to collect resources, construct tools, bases, and submersibles, and interact with the planet 's wildlife. In the basic difficulty `` Survival '', the player will have to maintain nutrition, hydration, and oxygen. The game includes a day and night cycle which affects the gameplay and surroundings. The game includes three other modes : `` Freedom mode '', in which hunger and thirst are disabled ; `` Hardcore mode '', which is the same as Survival, except that if the player dies, the player will no longer be able to respawn ; and `` Creative Mode '', in which the hunger, thirst, health, and oxygen features are all disabled, all the crafting blueprints are acquired, where no resources are needed to craft and the submersibles do not need energy and can not be damaged. The game is mainly set underwater, with two explorable islands. HTC Vive Support is not yet fully built into the game. As a result, using SteamVR will not work with the Vive Controllers. Plot Subnautica takes place in the late 22nd century, when humanity begins to colonize planets in space. An Alterra vessel known as the `` Aurora '' has been sent to the outer reaches of controlled space to construct a Phasegate and find a lost ship known as the `` Degasi ''. However, the Aurora is struck by an energy pulse of unknown origin, and crash lands onto an ocean planet known as 4546B. While the player crashing is still part of the plot, the Aurora 's nature has changed several times throughout the game 's development. For a period of time, it was instead a trade ship that was trying to take a shortcut by performing a gravitational slingshot maneuver around the planet when it got shot down, while in the launch version of the game, the Aurora has been built for the sole purpose of constructing a Phasegate in 4546B 's system. As time passes, a series of radio messages from other survivors begins to stream in, sending the player to other crashed escape pods containing information about some of the Aurora 's passengers, but no people. A few signals appear to be sent by unknown creatures, which are planning on hunting down the survivors of the crash. Eventually, a passing trade ship called the `` Sunbeam '' picks up the Aurora 's distress signal and comes to help. However, upon attempting landing to pick up the player, the Sunbeam is destroyed, along with its entire crew, by the Quarantine Enforcement Platform. Fortunately, soon afterwards the Alterra Corporation - the Aurora 's owner - manages to send through schematics of a rocket ship called the `` Neptune Escape Rocket '' that will allow the player to escape the planet. Unfortunately, it will not be possible for the rocket to take off while the Quarantine Enforcement Platform is still active. As the player discovers later in the game, 4546B used to be a research outpost of an ancient alien race referred to as the `` Precursors ''. The Precursors placed the planet under quarantine after an outbreak of an infectious bacteria known as `` Kharaa '', which, due to a containment breach caused by an attack by a highly defensive mother `` Sea Dragon '', has by now infected most of the entire planet. They made several attempts of finding a cure, including dissection of babies of the Sea Emperor Leviathan - the game 's largest creature and the being that has been telepathically communicating with the player throughout the game. This 1,600 year old creature produces an enzyme called `` Enzyme 42 '' which can cure Kharaa. However, the Empress was too old to produce the enzyme anymore and the babies always died when they studied them. Because of so many failed experiments, the Precursors declared quarantine on the planet before either leaving, dying or downloading their minds into a computer. Quarantine measures include the activation of the Quarantine Enforcement Platform ( massive atmospheric defence gun ), which shot down the Aurora, Degasi, and Sunbeam, as well as a group of cyborg creatures known as `` Warpers '' who attempt to hunt down all Kharaa bearers. The player must then find the Precursors ' Primary Containment Facility, where the research to cure Kharaa was being conducted. There, you meet the Sea Emperor and she explains why the Precursors could n't obtain the Enzyme. The Empress could n't speak to them telepathically due to their biology, and told them that forcing the babies out of their eggs will kill them, they need a hatching enzyme to wake them from the eggs. The player then gathers materials to make the Hatching Enzyme. After hatching the Sea Emperor 's eggs and receiving the cure in return, the player can disable the Quarantine Enforcement Platform. Once this is accomplished, they can launch the Neptune - 1 rocket to escape the planet. In a scene after the credits the computer confirms you have arrived back at Alterra, but permission to land will only be granted after you pay your outstanding balance of one trillion credits, for the value of the minerals used during the game. Development Subnautica was announced by Unknown Worlds Entertainment on December 17, 2013, with Charlie Cleveland as the game director and lead gameplay programmer, and Hugh Jeremy as the producer. The development team opted to use the Unity engine rather than Spark, the engine used for the company 's previous game, Natural Selection 2. Subnautica producer Hugh Jeremy justified this decision because of the different demands that the game places on the engine, and `` because ( the team ) does not include people working on Spark, it 's not appropriate for Subnautica to use Spark. By using Unity for Subnautica, Spark can continue to develop in certain directions, while Subnautica develops in others. To use Spark for Subnautica would be like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. '' The development team opted against the inclusion of lethal weapons in the game. Charlie Cleveland, the game 's director, described Subnautica as `` one vote towards a world with less guns, '' and had felt inspired by real life gun violence, including the Sandy Hook shooting, to encourage players to think about `` non-violent and more creative solutions to solve our problems. '' Subnautica was released on Steam Early Access on December 16, 2014, and was in early access development until January 23, 2018. It was released on Xbox One Preview on May 17, 2016. The complete version of Subnautica was released on January 23, 2018 for Steam. Reception Reception Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 87 / 100 The game received a positive pre-release reception. Ian Birnbaum of PC Gamer described Subnautica as an `` underwater Minecraft '', remarking that `` with an experienced developer at the helm and a limitless variety of the oceans to play with, it 's going to take a lot for Subnautica to go badly wrong. As the toolbox gets deeper and the shape of the end - game gets set, Subnautica will be a unique example of the ways survival can be tense, rewarding, and fun. '' Marsh Davies of Rock, Paper, Shotgun praised the rewarding nature of exploring the world of Subnautica, but criticized the `` arbitrariness '' and lack of intuition in some of the in - game recipes. At launch, the game received generally positive reviews. Metacritic calculated an average score of 87 out of 100 based on 27 reviews for the Windows version. References ^ Jump up to : Jeremy, Hugh ( December 17, 2013 ). `` The Crew of Subnautica ''. Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Retrieved April 9, 2016. Jump up ^ `` About Unknown Worlds ''. Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Retrieved April 11, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Carlson, Patrick ( December 17, 2013 ). `` Natural Selection isaac Edwards announces ocean - based Subnautica ''. PC Gamer. Retrieved January 20, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Birnbaum, Ian ( January 9, 2015 ). `` Subnautica : Early impressions of Minecraft under the sea ''. PC Gamer. Retrieved January 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Subnautica Xbox Preview Releases on 17 May - Subnautica ''. Subnautica. May 16, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Matulef, Jeffrey ( December 17, 2014 ). `` Natural Selection 2 dev 's Subnautica is out now on Steam Early Access ''. Eurogamer. Retrieved January 20, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Santangelo, Nick ( December 23, 2015 ). `` Subnautica is now in development for Xbox One ''. XBLA Fans. Retrieved March 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Subnautica ( Xbox Game Preview ) Is Now Available For Xbox One ''. Xbox Live 's Major Nelson. 2016 - 05 - 16. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 07. Jump up ^ Chalk, Andy. `` Subnautica will finally leave Early Access later this month ''. PC Gamer. Retrieved January 10, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Start PS4 port ''. trello.com. Jump up ^ `` Aurora ''. Subnautica Wiki. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 07. Jump up ^ Jeremy, Hugh ( December 2013 ). `` Subnautica : Descend into the Depths ''. Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Retrieved March 31, 2016. Jump up ^ Jeremy, Hugh ( December 18, 2013 ). `` Why is Subnautica using Unity, and not the Spark Engine ? ''. Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ MacLeod, Riley ( April 4, 2016 ). `` Subnautica Developer Explains Why He Wo n't Add Guns To The Game ''. Kotaku. Retrieved April 11, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Subnautica for PC review ''. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Davies, Marsh ( January 5, 2015 ). `` Premature Evaluation : Subnautica ''. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved March 31, 2016. External links Official website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Subnautica&oldid=828073339 '' Categories : MacOS games 2018 video games Adventure games Windows games Early access video games Survival video games Scuba diving video games Open world video games Video games developed in the United States Unity ( game engine ) games Xbox One games Ocean planets in fiction Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from January 2018 Articles using Infobox video game using locally defined parameters Articles using Wikidata infoboxes with locally defined images Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Čeština Deutsch Français Italiano Русский Simple English Slovenčina Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 28 February 2018, at 11 : 53. About Wikipedia

Question: when does subnautica come out of early access
Answer: January 2018