Developer Unknown Worlds has confirmed that its deep sea survival game Subnautica will finally leave Steam Early Access this month on January 23rd.
Subnautica first launched in Steam Early Access nearly three years ago, back in 2014, and SteamSpy estimates that it's already been bought by over 1,850,000 people.
Its success shouldn't really be much of a surprise though; even in unfinished form, Subnautica's tightly structured blend of base building, exploration, and survival beneath the waves of a mysterious, alien ocean planet is wonderfully engaging - and the constant procession of development updates, introducing the likes of farming, underwater mech suits, and deeper narrative elements, has only made it more so.
