Unknown Worlds has shared a first in-game look at Subnautica 2, as part of a new developer video charting the highly anticipated underwater survival sequel’s “road to early access”.
Subnautica 2 (actually the third game in the acclaimed series, following 2021’s standalone Subnautica expansion Below Zero) was confirmed to be in the works all the way back in 2022. A first trailer finally arrived last October, but it was purely a scene-setting cinematic – tipping a nod to the sequel’s new co-op mode – rather than offering any actual gameplay.
Skip ahead seven months, and we’ve now been given a first glimpse of how Subnautica 2 looks in-game. Unknown Worlds shared the early footage as part of its Road to Early Access developer video, in which Subnautica 2 design lead Anthony Gallegos offered a small taste of things to come across the update’s brief runtime.
During his chatter, we got a tease of some new environments – including what appears to be the Subnautica 2 equivalent of the first game’s Safe Shallows (the sequel is set on a brand-new world) and a bioluminescent underground area – plus a few new aquatic creatures. There’s a second or two of a strange waddling thing with a fan-like tail, for instance, and a large fish headbutting rocks. We also got a peek at co-operative swimming and base building.