For starters, unsurprisingly, the developer has confirmed that upon its initial release, Subnautica 3 (or whatever they end up calling it) will be available in early acess, just as the original Subnautica and Subnautica: Below Zero were. Unknown Worlds has also said that though it isn’t ready to share details on the game itself just yet, it’ll have more to say about its early access release plans sometime in 2024.

“While we’re not quite ready to surface more info, keep watching this space,” the developer wrote. “We’ll share more about our early access plans in 2024.”

The next Subnautica game is currently targeting release sometime in the first half of 2025. There’s no word yet on how long it’ll remain in early access, or what platforms it will be available on.

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Not much is known, except for the unnamed title being a survival/adventure game like its predecessors. It’s a “major pipeline” title for the publisher, alongside PUBG Black Budget, an extraction shooter from PUBG Games that aims to launch in the second half of 2024, and Project Gold Rush, an action-adventure sandbox that’s also targeting release in the first half of 2025.

After launching in 2018 out of Steam Early Access, Unknown Worlds’ Subnautica sold over five million copies by January 2020. It’s garnered extensive acclaim as one of the best survival titles ever. The developer followed up with Subnautica: Below Zero, which also earned praise from critics. Check out our review for the first game here and its follow-up here.