Subnautica: Below Zero
Worth it · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it 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
$29.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$9.8967% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.48/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 108,821
- Genre rank
- Top 6% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.89 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 20.2h
- To 100%
- 30.9h 1.5x the story
- Achievements
- 13
Price and sales
- Sales
- 38 on record
- Typical cut
- 58% off
- Steam low
- $7.49 August 2025
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 402 now
- Recent reviews
- 88% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 2% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
88% start to 20% 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 38 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 58 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Subnautica ($29.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Stranded Deep ($19.99, scores 34).
More about Subnautica: Below Zero
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2026 to October 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,628 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 930 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 3,471 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
108,821 people have reviewed it, which is a big enough crowd to settle the number.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 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
I really enjoyed Subnautica: Below Zero, even if I still prefer the first game! Below Zero is shorter and more focused on the story, but I liked discovering a different side of the planet. The snowy setting was a nice change, and I enjoyed finding all the little connections to the original Subnautica. One of my favorite surprises was learning more about Marguerit Maida. I loved finding out that she'd actually...
2 more reviews
Awesome game, moderately smaller than the first one with slightly nicer graphics and much better creature design. The story is a lot more integrated into the gameplay which in my opinion is bad. If you wanted a big open world you will be disappointed. Its juuust big and deep enough to get lost for less than a minute before running into a familiar landmark.
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Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Intel HD 530 or better, 15 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Subnautica: Below Zero scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/848450/subnautica-below-zeroReviews 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 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.