Subnautica 2 is just days away from launching into Early Access, a day that, throughout many stages of its development, seemed in danger of never arriving. As Uncharted World prepares to celebrate hitting that milestone, it's just hit another one, revealing to the vast Subnautica community that the sequel has now been wishlisted five million times.
Subnautica 2 has been wishlisted five million times
After the highly anticipated sequel, the developers revealed good news on Steam. “As we get closer to Early Access, your enthusiasm blows us away every day. And now, thanks to all of you, Subnautica 2 has officially reached 5 million wishlists,” the post read.
The Subnautica 2 lead drop gives a big hint that the game might get a movie
It looks like the original creative director of the game is working hard to make it.
To mark the occasion, Unknown World has decided to give something back. “From the moment Early Access starts, every player on every platform will get it Reaper Leviathan Icon Template. Not just in the first week.” This means that whenever you play, and wherever you play, if you played Subnautica 2 during its Early Access period, you will receive the blueprint for the Reaper Leviathan Statue.
You don't have to be one of the 5 million people to wishlist a game on Steam.
With 5 million wishlists and counting, Subnautica 2 is not only Steam's most anticipated game right now, but it also makes it one of the most wishlisted games on the platform. Hollow Knight: Up there with the likes of Silksong and Deadlock. In two days, we'll find out if those wishlists translate into actual players, and there's no doubt in my mind that they will.
Subnautica 2's troubled development
Fans of the first game are really rooting for the sequel's dev team amid the chaos that led to its development. The studio is embroiled in a legal battle with its own publisher, Crafton, after the owners of Unknown Worlds were suddenly relieved of their duties last year.
The issues between the two are rooted in Crafton allegedly trying to avoid paying Subnautica Studios a $250 million bonus for hitting the agreed-upon release date for the sequel. It has been claimed that Unknown Worlds was going to achieve that goal, only for Krafton to stop it, seemingly for no other reason than to prevent the Subnautica developers from earning that bonus.
A judge ruled in favor of the unknown world earlier this year, giving Subnautica the all clear to launch in early access. Even then, it is claimed that Crafton then went ahead and advertised a May launch date without consulting the unknown worlds. It's confirmed that the sequel will be released with an unfinished story when it arrives this Thursday, May 14th, but I can't imagine that's going to stop fans from flocking to it as soon as possible, and possibly falling in love with it for fear that it might be a game they'll never get to play.
