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Subterranauts
Subterranauts is a 1-6 player multiplayer horror game with proximity voice chat and terrifying creatures. Your job is to complete assignments by gathering scrap for the Association of Scrap Allocation. Work together with your team to complete assignments, earn company Bucks, and survive!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“here from spiff's vid, i honestly really like this game so far and can see myself playing it a ton as long as some balancing changes are made. really frustrating in its current state but so fixable that i'm gonna stand by it anyway”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Honestly i really like this game, but holy ♥♥♥♥ is it difficult. Without a scanner or light source it is INSANELY hard to find loot and a bunch of the enemies that i came across seemingly love to just instakill you without much counterplay. Kinda feels like a Temu version of…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Played this with a friend and got my moneys worth out of it. I think it has potential. Biggest change I would like to see are monster balancing. Going into a map with 4-6 Mannequins is almost impossible to navigate. Having two different types with little distinction just…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.0.31
Hi everyone! I have made some balance tweaks and changes to hopefully help newer players have a good time. Ward is no longer the most common facility type, should be a good even spread now. Decreased
Version 1.0.09 - The Ward
Hey everyone! I took some time off work to finally get a good 1.0 update out, it has a new spooky facility layout, a new entity, and a bunch of balance tweaks to make the early game more challenging.
Version 0.3.50 - It's Time
It's time for the Holidays! Spread Company cheer to new winter stations! - Added new Arctic surface biome with 5 new maps - Added Arctic Checkpoint - Added Blizzard weather event - Entities are now ex
Version 0.3.31 - Controller Support
You ask I deliver! All actions are now bound to controller inputs. You still have to type in terminal commands, but all normal gameplay can now be enjoyed on any gamepad of your choosing. One thing to
Version 0.3.25 - Say Cheese
The largest update since launch! Added the Snatcher and Observer to keep things interesting (or terrifying). You can also try out the new bodycam equipment. The shopkeeper might be rocking a new hat,
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Early Access · Multiplayer · Horror · Procedural Generation · Online Co-Op · Team-Based · Exploration · Post-apocalyptic · Action-Adventure · FPS · First-Person · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 4GB VRAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space