Publisher Krafton teases another nightmarish dip in the ocean
Unknown Worlds had previouslyteased a new Subnautica gamein job listings, but this seems like the most concrete reference to the threequel so far. That can only be good news, since the original Subnautica is both one of thebest open world gamesand arguably the verybest survival gameout there, so any follow-ups have big flippers to fill.
Details on the new game are near non-existent, though the job listings were looking for someone to define “the history and lore of a new science fiction world and its alien inhabitants.” So we can guess that it will probably move to another oceanic planet, or just a difference era/part of the same planet, just as Below Zero did.
Nothing can quite replicate Subnautica’s brand of horror, which usually entails frantically looking over your shoulder whenever distant, deep-bellied groans bubble through the water. You’ll sometimes be greeted by a colossal leviathan ready to swallow you whole or a creepy alien that stares up at you with advance sentience in its eyes. I’m not sure which is scarier in the depths of the ocean, but I’m just happy to be getting more craft-to-survive games in this universe.
