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Subnautica
An underwater survival game on an ocean planet where the player manages oxygen, food, and water while crafting tools, submersibles, and bases to explore deeper and escape.
parts
9 mechanics, as Subnautica does themcore · 2
Hand crafting
Gathered resources are crafted into tools, base parts, and submersibles from blueprints the player has recovered.
Survival meters
Health, hunger, thirst, and oxygen deplete in Survival mode; oxygen limits each dive's depth and duration, Freedom mode removes hunger and thirst, and Creative removes all depleting stats.
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Building placement
Bases are assembled from placed modules.
Day-night cycle
A day-night cycle and frequent eclipses change visibility.
Direct avatar control
Modding API
No official API; mods load through de facto loaders such as BepInEx.
Permadeath
Optional in Hardcore mode.
Power grid
Bases and vehicles need energy sources.
Spoilage
Cooked fish spoils over time; cured fish does not.
core loop
dive from the lifepod -> gather resources and recover blueprints -> craft tools, vehicles, and base modules -> manage oxygen, food, and water -> dive deeper into new biomes and story sites -> build the means to escape the planet
design notes
Included as a boundary case: the map, story, and progression are hand-authored, and the simulated layer is a set of survival meters plus base power and fauna behavior. Oxygen is the distinctive meter because it ties survival to depth and distance from air, making range a resource. Mode settings remove meters to change genre: Freedom drops hunger and thirst, Creative drops all depleting stats, and Hardcore adds permanent death without low-oxygen warnings.