What games are like Subnautica?

The best games like Subnautica on Steam right now include Subnautica: Below Zero, Subnautica 2, No Man's Sky. They share Subnautica's genre and gameplay (Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Horror) and are ranked using live Steam similarity and current follower momentum, updated daily.

How are these similar games chosen?

Each game is scored by how many Steam genres and gameplay modes it shares with Subnautica, plus a bonus for the same developer, then tie-broken by how fast it is gaining Steam followers right now.

Games Like Subnautica (2026)

The best similar games on Steam — matched by shared genre and gameplay, with a reason for every pick.

Updated daily · July 17, 2026

Looking for games like Subnautica? The closest matches on Steam right now are Subnautica: Below Zero, Subnautica 2, No Man's Sky — chosen by shared genre and gameplay (Open World Survival Craft, Survival, Horror) and ranked by how fast each is currently gaining followers. Full ranked list of 12 below, each with why it's a match.

Best games similar to Subnautica

#	Game	Genre	Shared with Subnautica
1	Subnautica: Below Zero	Adventure	Open World, Horror, Sandbox, Exploration
2	Subnautica 2 ▲	Action	Adventure, single-player
3	No Man's Sky	Action	Sci-fi, Atmospheric, Open World, Crafting
4	The Forest	Action	Atmospheric, Open World, Crafting, Horror
5	Sons Of The Forest	Action	Atmospheric, Open World, Crafting, Exploration
6	Green Hell	Action	Atmospheric, Open World, Crafting, Exploration
7	ARK: Survival Evolved ▲	Action	Sci-fi, Open World, Crafting, Survival
8	Satisfactory	Adventure	Sci-fi, Open World, Crafting, Exploration
9	Raft	Adventure	Open World, Crafting, Survival, First-Person
10	Don't Starve Together ▲	Action	Atmospheric, Open World, Crafting, Horror
11	Voidtrain	Action	Atmospheric, Open World, Crafting, Exploration
12	Grounded	Action	Open World, Crafting, Exploration, Horror

Why these are like Subnautica

1. Subnautica: Below Zero

From the same studio; both are tagged open world, horror, sandbox. Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet.

2. Subnautica 2

From the same studio; both are adventure games. Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds.

3. No Man's Sky

Both are tagged sci-fi, atmospheric, open world; both offer single-player. No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

4. The Forest

Both are tagged atmospheric, open world, crafting; both offer single-player. As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants.

5. Sons Of The Forest

Both are tagged atmospheric, open world, crafting; both offer single-player. Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape.

6. Green Hell

Both are tagged atmospheric, open world, crafting; both offer single-player. Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle.

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