{"id":1936631,"date":"2026-05-15T09:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1936631"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:56:31","slug":"subnautica-2-is-already-making-waves-selling-2-million-copies-in-just-12-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1936631","title":{"rendered":"Subnautica 2 Is Already Making Waves, Selling 2 Million Copies in Just 12 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Subnautica 2<\/a> has sold 2 million copies within 12 hours of its early access launch, developer Unknown Worlds has announced. It\u2019s a huge start for the underwater survival and crafting adventure game after a turbulent road to release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Peak concurrent players across all platforms Subnautica 2 launched on (PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, and Xbox Series X and S), exceeded 651,000, with Steam alone reaching a peak of more than 467,000 concurrent players. That\u2019s nearly nine times the all-time peak concurrent player count of the original Subnautica, which launched in 2018, Unknown Worlds said.<\/p>\n

Subnautica 2 was the most wishlisted game on Steam ahead of launch, and had enormous momentum off the back of 18.5 million sales across the series. This sequel, developed using Unreal Engine 5, has optional co-op for up to four players, fuelling multiplayer virality. IGN\u2019s Subnautica 2 early access review<\/a> returned a 7\/10. We said: \u201cIt\u2019s pretty impressive that wading in the shallow tides of Subnautica 2’s early access debut is as fun as it is already, and that should be a great sign of things to come, but I also wouldn\u2019t blame anyone for waiting for these waters to rise a bit before getting their feet wet.\u201d<\/p>\n