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Somewhere beyond the sea lies Subnautica Below Zero, the sequel to Unknown Worlds Entertainment's open-world survival title. If you lot're an Xbox Game Pass subscriber and like underwater games, you've likely played Subnautica earlier, just we have some bad news if y'all desire to play its sequel on the service.

Is Subnautica Below Zero available for Game Pass subscribers?

To put it simply, no. The showtime game is indeed playable on Microsoft's service, but unfortunately, Subnautica Beneath Zero is not on Xbox Game Pass.

When should nosotros expect information technology to release on Xbox Game Pass?

While there are no guarantees, we'd look to see Subnautica: Below Zip to come up in around two years' time, unless Microsoft makes a deal much sooner. The first game Subnautica originally released on Xbox and PC platforms on January 23, 2022, and its Xbox Game Pass debut began on December thirteen, 2022.

Based on speculation, we typically run into indie games offset to go on sale a few months after their release. With Subnautica: Below Zero, Unknown Worlds Entertainment likely wants to maximize its profits before shifting to subscription services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now.

However, in that location could be various factors at play for why a game would bring together Xbox Game Pass. The biggest reason is that information technology'due south a great marketing tool for indie developers who take trouble branching out in Steam'southward competitive marketplace.

"It's been amazing especially since [Hyperdot'south] been on Game Pass," said the founder of Hyperdot publisher Tribe Games Charles McGregor to Seasoned Gaming. "It's been smashing to hear floods of people coming in and giving feedback, telling me I actually like this or enjoy this, or this brought me back to playing so and and so game."