Considering the length of its tenure as Steam's most-wishlisted game, it was safe to suspect that Subnautica 2 would draw a crowd. Now that its early access launch day is here, those suspicions have been thoroughly validated: Less than an hour after launch, its oceans are already packed with eager explorers.
Within moments of Subnautica 2's launch time at 11 am Eastern, there were over 100,000 players in-game according to SteamDB data. 30 minutes later, that number had more than tripled to over 370,000 concurrent players.
