Subnautica takes you below the waves of an alien planet as it's set to come to mobile
Get your Prawn Suit ready
- Subnautica is set to arrive on mobile on July 8th
- Explore the depths of an alien world and gather resources to get off-planet
- Beware of dangerous wildlife, crushing pressure, and alien influence
If you've been wanting to start a new life under the sea, then you're in luck. Because survival crafting, sealife simulator Subnautica is coming to mobile! Set to arrive on iOS and Android on July 8th, it offers the definitive underwater survival experience, as you contend with an alien world and all the horrors in its depths.
Subnautica sees you playing an anonymous colonist ejecting from a crashing spaceship over a watery alien world. Armed with your wits, an advanced 3D printer and AI to guide you, you'll need to go from surviving to gathering resources, building your own base and constructing a ship to get off-planet.
Between you and that, however, are leagues of watery depths to explore and a myriad of dangerous wildlife. Subnautica isn't as simple as other survival crafters, because while water and food are important, so is heat, darkness and crushing pressure. And if you want to explore the deepest depths, you'll need something a bit better than a snorkel.
Subnautica is one of those oddities in gaming that has managed to remain wholly distinct in a genre where riffing and twisting any concept is a given. Off the top of my head, I don't think I could name another underwater survival crafter like this. And now you'll be able to take all that watery challenge into the palm of your hand!
Remember, though, there's a lot more than just your own survival to think about. After all, nobody said that the only life on this planet was non-sapient...
Need something to tide you over ahead of the launch of Subnautica? Be sure to check out our list of the best survival games for iOS and Android. Be it something fun and arcadey, or grim and gritty fights for your very life.
