Subnautica
Below Zero

Subnautica Below Zero (2019) is an open-world adventure game that follows the original game, Subnautica. You play a scientist on an alien planet searching for clues about the research team that vanished there. What develops is a light horror adventure where you must explore and survive the environments while completing objectives to advance the story.

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Like the first game, you play mainly underwater. Here though, there are more land-based areas to explore. You find large structures to investigate both above ground and underwater which reveal the story and characters. The day-night cycle affects visibility and dynamic weather such as wind, snow, fog, and hail also hinder progress. You have a range of tools like the first game, with the addition of a Flashlight Helmet, Mineral Detector and Booster Tank.

You can play in different modes:

• Survival: Dealing with depleting health, hunger, thirst and oxygen. You can respawn if you die but lose items.
• Freedom: Hunger and thirst disabled but otherwise like Survival.
• Hardcore: If you die you have to restart from the beginning.
• Creative: Health and thirst are disabled. You also have access to all crafting without the need for resources.
• VR: The game can be played in VR mode with headsets such as the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift, with the additional input of a keyboard and mouse or game controller.

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Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Subnautica Below Zero 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 5 weeks ago.