Hi Subnauts, 

We’re thrilled to release an update today for Subnautica on Steam to improve compatibility with the Steam Deck.

You’ll notice that Subnautica is now marked as ‘Verified’ on the Steam Store, which means that the game should work seamlessly when you play it on the Steam Deck.

Here are some of the improvements the team made to bring the Steam Deck compatibility update to life!

Patch Notes

• Steam SDK upgrade
• Steamworks .NET upgraded to 20.1.0
• Virtual Keyboard support for Steam Big Picture mode
• Fixed wrong controller stick dead zones handling (now should be easier to aim using controller)
• Fixed occasional black screen on game start
• Refactoring, other fixes and UX improvements (mostly related to controllers)
• Fixed

Hello Subnauts,

We’re delighted to bring you the long-awaited 2.0 update to Subnautica across all platforms.

This update has been a labor of love for the entire Subnautica team. As you might have seen in some of our previous blog posts, a lot of time has been spent addressing a ton of tech debt and bringing across some improved code from Below Zero.

Our goal was always to bring both Subnautica and Below Zero onto unified versions of Unity, and with today’s update, that goal has been achieved. By doing this, we’ve been able to implement several quality of life features, fix many outstanding bugs, and introduce some performance improvements that were already available in Below Zero.

We’ve also added …

A new update has arrived for Subnautica: Below Zero. Tailor your game experience with Custom Game modes, utilize an all-new Seatruck Dock base piece, enjoy the most stable version of the game to date with tons of bugs smashed, and an unstuck button for more sticky situations. Check out the What the Dock trailer and read on for more details!

Custom Game Mode

Tailor your Below Zero experience to the finest of details with a new Custom Game Mode option. Toggle everything from Player Damage, to Day and Night Length, to Creature Hostility, to implementing a Vegetarian Diet, and much, much more. The challenges are endless and yours to create!

Seatruck Dock

Looking for a way to dock your Seatruck …