Subnautica 2 shows multiplayer while assuring solo play remains optional

Subnautica 2 has been surrounded by drama, from the leadership of Unknown Worlds being axed by publisher Krafton because they'd allegedly caused a delay, to those developers claiming it was Krafton who had caused that delay, actually, so it wouldn't have to pay those devs a contractual multi-million dollar earnout.

A messy lawsuit over those conflicting claims is still ongoing. Mostly lost in these stormy seas has been talk about the game itself, but the development team behind Subnautica 2 recently took time to show off the sequel's multiplayer and repeatedly reassured players that solo play remains fully supported.

"Players really latched on to isolation, and that became so essential to Subnautica," says design lead Anthony Gallegos, adding the team saw this as a chance to deliver isolation while also offering multiplayer. The system looks pretty easy to use, a drop-in, drop-out affair with crossplatform support where you can invite friends into your singleplayer game or start a new multiplayer game together.

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