It's been just shy of two months since Subnautica 2 splashed into early access, and developer Unknown Worlds is celebrating its success on X by sharing some official statistics on what players have achieved during their over 58,000,000 hours of combined playtime.
According to the studio's data, those achievements include a spectacular number of drownings. I'm talking about truly impressive metrics regarding millions of people forgetting they need to breathe.
Since our Early Access launch, you've collectively traveled 86% of the distance from Earth to Jupiter! 🚀 Here are some other incredible things you've achieved as a community while playing Subnautica 2 👏 pic.twitter.com/8mEh8Errw3July 9, 2026
Tallying the top causes of reprint (read: death), Unknown Worlds says running out of oxygen is by far the most common source of Subnautica 2 mortality: Players have drowned a total of 15,636,881 times, accounting for 42.6% of a...
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