Subnautica 2 has surpassed 2 million sales in 12 hours

Subnautica 2(*12*)(*12*) has bought 2 million copies worldwide inside 12 hours of launching into early entry. (*12*)

That is in keeping with a press launch despatched out by developer Unknown Worlds ((*12*)thanks, IGN(*12*)), which famous that concurrent gamers throughout all platforms (Steam, Xbox Collection X | S, and the Epic Video games Retailer) exceeded 651,000—with Steam alone delivering a peak of greater than 467,000 concurrent gamers.(*12*)

It is a exceptional debut that is all of the extra notable given the commotion surrounding the long-awaited sequel. Final 12 months, Unknown Worlds dad or mum firm Krafton was accused of delaying (*12*)Subnautica 2 (*12*)(*12*)to (*12*)keep away from paying its improvement staff a $250 million earnout(*12*) tied to income targets.(*12*)

The transfer (*12*)sparked a really public authorized battle(*12*) between Unknown Worlds’ govt staff and Krafton, which ousted studio co-founders Charlie Cleveland, Max McGuire, and Ted Gill for (*12*)allegedly downing instruments(*12*).(*12*)

The trio refuted these claims and (*12*)finally emerged victorious(*12*) after a Delaware courtroom discovered that Krafton had intentionally schemed to take away all three leaders from their roles. Gill was subsequently reinstated as CEO of Unknown Worlds and handed “full operational authority” over the studio and the discharge of (*12*)Subnautica 2,(*12*)(*12*) paving the best way for this week’s launch. (*12*)

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The dispute additionally had the facet impact of pulling Krafton CEO CH Kim into the highlight for all of the improper causes.(*12*)

Based on a pre-trial transient filed in November 2025(*12*), Kim fashioned a job drive referred to as ‘Venture X’ to grab management of Unknown Worlds and likewise purportedly requested ChatGPT for recommendation on how one can keep away from paying the mammoth earnout. Based on the submitting, the generative AI device advised Kim it might be ‘troublesome to cancel’ the payout. (*12*)

It is unclear what particular circumstances have to be met in order to set off the earnout, however (*12*)Subnautica 2(*12*)(*12*) has evidently flown out of the traps.(*12*)