Subnautica
BANGER · Narrative · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
A BANGER today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$29.99BANGER
Typical seasonal cut
$9.8967% offBANGER
- Cost per hourS
- $1.01/hr
- ReviewsS
- 97% of 382,925
- Critics
- 87 players 10 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Narrative
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.89 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 29.6h
- To 100%
- 51.6h 1.7x the story
- Achievements
- 17
Price and sales
- Sales
- 78 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $7.49 August 2025
- Sale every
- 41d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 4,105 now
- Recent reviews
- 97% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 2% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
90% start to 12% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 78 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Satisfactory ($39.99, scores 98) beats it on value, while it beats Subnautica: Below Zero ($29.99, scores 71).
The math says it holds its tier up to $44.33, and you are being asked for $29.99.
More about Subnautica
The press gave it 87; the people who bought it give it 97 percent. A 10-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 798 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 17 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 9,562 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
The rating rests on 382,925 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Great concept, good execution, fun game. The atmosphere, unique environments and gameplay as well as diverse, beautiful and at times terrifying sea life made for an unforgettable experience.
2 more reviews
Honestly I enjoyed it more than I thought, am fairly new to survival games but I enjoy them. The world is full of beauty and color, and the base building can be creative, however, the game is really slow, the world is massive compared to your top speed, and some mobs are just annoying, the intention was to create spooky/dangerous world, but some creatures are just annoying. Overall i enjoyed Subnautica, its a must...
this is easily the best survival game i have ever played amazing atmosphere and gameplay
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 20 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
Subnautica scores 93/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/264710/subnauticaReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 3, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.