Today's the day that Subnautica: Below Zero makes a splash in freezing temperatures, but developer Panic Button has not forgotten about the original game that earned it all this merit. The PlayStation 5 version of Subnautica is also out now, and there's a very good chance you already own it thanks to Play At Home. Since the game was very recently given away without charge, you can take that PS4 edition and freely upgrade it to the PS5 version. You've effectively just been given a free title twice over at this point.
UK and EU users can head on through here to trigger a download while US readers should use this link. Or simply head on over to the PS Store and claim the PS5 version yourself. We don't believe the enhancements this current-gen edition actually contains have been detailed just yet, but an improved frame rate and better visuals are probably a given.
Are you going to try Subnautica on PS5? Swim under the sea in the comments below.
[source store.playstation.com]
Comments 36
Wow I’ll be sure to give it a try
If it's as piss poor as the Terminator PS5 upgrade then I might give it a miss.
I'm downloading game as we speak. It is only 3.8gb in size, compared to 4.3gb on PS4. However, what I have seen so far from other footages online, the performance is not so great even when you do high framerates it just dips well below that.
Edit: still better than what it used to run on base PS4 with drops to 14 FPS and constant freezes
I gotta keep this game on my backlog radar. Have heard far too many good things of it. Never been into survival games but I'm always open for a game to change my mind.
Hope they'll still give the upgrade by the time I get a 5. Out of all the play at home initiatives giveaways, I think this game is my favorite. Honestly, if they're giving away a free PS5 upgrade for Subnautica, it actually puts buying the new one on the back burner for me, as it sounds like it's just more of the same.
I have a disc of this, any idea how to update it?
Added it to my PS5 library, but I just couldn't get into it.
@Bamila How was your PS4 Subnautica only 4GB, mine was 12GB. PS5 version is 3.8GB though.
I tried to love this game, I did.
Unfortunately, having no sense of direction at all, I just kept getting lost! 😂
My fault, not the games. It does have a great atmosphere to it.
@Angelus3K I have never played it on PS4, but when I claimed my free upgrade for ps5 and went to download window it said it's only 4.3 or so GB on PS4 to download.
So, Whats the difference?
@Ambassador_Kong pop the disc in and it should give the option to download the ps5 version when it tries to install if I remember right. Thats how it worked with immortals fenyx rising
I want a Journey PS5 update.
@JapaneseSonic It's because it goes against the argument that these upgrades are so expensive to make, they have to charge us £15 more per game, when others are giving them away for free.
@LordSteev i think the upgrades will stick around. You can just add it your library using the PS app though and it will be there for you when you pick one up.
It's already added to library automatically, no need to add anything
There was a trick where you could open the game console and unlock the framerate, amongst other things.
Bit of a pain to do every time but made the game much more playable. Hoping this official PS5 version is like that with a few more fancies.
@Weebleman
Thanks, that seems to be the solution. I don't have the app, but I guess I should look into getting it. I understand I can claim PS5 games that way, too, even though I don't have one yet.
@Bamila Ah right, that probably doesn’t include the patches etc. My installed PS4 Subnautica shows at 12GB.
Makes sense for everyone's copy to get a free upgrade since it's essentially owned by everyone.
@JapaneseSonic Just wait for the PS Plus price hike
Apparently on Youtube, people are saying that Plus in going up in price. Not sure how true it is though, but it wouldn't surprise me with all these awesome free PS5 games we're getting.
That might just be their reason for doing it.
What's a Playstation 5? I've never seen one before.
@GoodGame oh god, not again, it's expensive as it is @ £50 a year, now they are taking the mick
@LordSteev yep, just add them to your library and they will be there when you get one.
Just finished it and got my first ever platinum trophy.
@Bamila I lost my save mid game when it crashed. What a stupid game and lazy devs.
Is it possible to transfer your save!?
@Cheems Having just the one save slot is terrible!
@GoodGame You need to stop listening to what YouTube says. The amount of fake information there (and twitter for matter fact) is out of the roof.
@hypnotoad Difference is Terminator: Resistance was kind of piss-poor to begin with on the PS4, at best, it was underwhelming. On the other hand, Subnautica has had a pretty positive critical reception from both media outlets and consumers.
The PS4 version always crashed at the same place on the PS5, new PS5 version doesn’t crash now, bonus
Though I have massive screen tearing, may need to tweak the options
@rpg2000 That's why I said 'apparently'
This version is pretty bad lol, the framerate is kind choppy and there's some really ugly screen tearing when your character turns
Is this supposed to be free? It’s £30 on the store. Maybe I missed it being free?
great game looking forward to playing it all over again! once this game clicked I could not stop playing it.
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