Subnautica

 Switch
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 41
  3. Negative: 3 out of 41

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  1. notinept
    Nov 7, 2021
    4
    My rating is primarily influenced by the game randomly crashing. If you're lucky like me it won't crash at all early on, but with the switch that is especially you can leave the game open for a long time without ever needing to save. Despite patches earlier in the year to address serious crashing/save corrupting issues, you still can't trust Subnautica on the switch. If you do try to riskMy rating is primarily influenced by the game randomly crashing. If you're lucky like me it won't crash at all early on, but with the switch that is especially you can leave the game open for a long time without ever needing to save. Despite patches earlier in the year to address serious crashing/save corrupting issues, you still can't trust Subnautica on the switch. If you do try to risk it, stay on the save button as the game still crashes randomly without any mechanism for recovery. That said, this is an impressive port. The graphics do take a hit when compared to my PC copy, however it is tolerable for a more convenient way to play-- maybe when the steam deck comes out it'll be the way to go, but for now the switch port is passible (if you can get over randomly losing everything). The frame rate is occasionally headache inducing, particularly near certain important structures, while moving quickly (in a ship), and in rather large areas with lots of creatures. It isn't perfect, but the performance alone doesn't take away from how great the base game is. However it looks, it is still a fun formula and having it available to play anywhere seems really nice. But I'd strongly recommend avoiding it because of the instability. If you search for. 'subnautica crashing' you'll find plenty of other switch users that have also lost everything in the game due to some bug. The last patch was months ago, but folks keep losing everything they put into this game. For that reason, I'd steer clear of the switch port.

    What can they do to fix this? Auto saving on entering a habitat or on a timer could go a long way without having to figure out the various problems that make the game unstable, I'd imagine at this point that would be a far greater engineering effort.    … Expand
  2. Chocholasticot
    Aug 13, 2023
    0
    The game crashed after 25 hours of gameplay. When I started it again, there was no trace of a single save. I won't play 25 hours again just to come back where I was. Extremely disappointed.
  3. hsearwge
    Jun 17, 2021
    3
    Don't recommend buying this game on Switch. It's infested with bugs, very low performance and—as a bonus—there's a high chance of your save data getting corrupted trashing your XX hours invested in the play-through.

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  1. 4P.de
    May 18, 2021
    82
    While the spin-off “Below Zero” feels more modern, this survival adventure classic is still fascinating - and is mostly well executed on Switch.
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  2. Nintendo Life
    May 13, 2021
    90
    When Unknown Worlds announced they were bringing this one to Switch we were hugely excited, this is one of our all-time favourite games after all, but it was excitement tempered with a degree of scepticism as to how on earth they'd manage to cram the entire experience onto Switch in a properly playable manner. As it turns out, we needn't have worried as this is a super solid port that - besides a few loading stutters here and there and some scenery pop-in that's present in every other version of the game - successfully delivers one of the very best survival experiences on any platform to Nintendo's hybrid console.
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  3. NintendoWorldReport
    May 11, 2021
    80
    Subnautica is a survival and narrative experience that stands as a benchmark for the genre. The Switch version itself certainly has its drawbacks, but not enough to weigh down the experience too much. Some of them do admittedly affect gameplay mildly, but the strength of Subnautica still pushes through.
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