Subnautica
Ocean planet exploration
Subnautica is a survival video game set on an alien ocean planet, where players explore underwater environments, gather resources, and uncover a narrative about the crashed spacecraft that stranded them.
The game is known for its immersive deep-sea atmosphere and the tension of managing oxygen while descending into increasingly hostile depths: I spent hours in Subnautica just building my underwater base.
Below the surface
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- craftingSkillful manual creation
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- base-buildingEstablishing core structures
oxygen · resources · scanning · blueprints · fabricator · vehicles · inventory · hunger
Name from Latin dawn
- crashSudden violent impact
- alienNon-native being
- precursorSomething that comes first
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
cure · survival · mystery · PDA · logs · rescue · distress · quarantine
Massive saltwater body
- coralMarine skeletal formation
- kelpLarge brown marine algae
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- cavesNatural underground chambers
depths · bioluminescence · trench · volcanic · thermal · mushroom · crater · shallows
underwater
Below the surface
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- craftingSkillful manual creation
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
base-building · oxygen · resources · scanning · blueprints · fabricator · vehicles · inventory · hunger · thirst
Aurora
Name from Latin dawn
disease · cure · survival · mystery · PDA · logs · rescue · distress · quarantine · emperor
ocean
Massive saltwater body
caves · depths · bioluminescence · trench · volcanic · thermal · mushroom · crater · shallows · grassy
thalassophobia
Dread of open water
- fearEmotional response to threat
- isolationComplete separation from others
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
wonder · awe · dread · atmosphere · immersion · tension · anxiety · beauty · terror · suspense
reaper
One who gathers crops
boomerang · warper · sandshark · fauna · predator · leviathan