{"id":443479,"date":"2026-05-15T18:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/443479\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:15:12","slug":"how-to-play-subnautica-2-in-vr-although-you-may-want-to-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/443479\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play ‘Subnautica 2’ in VR, Although You May Want to Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subnautica 2 launched into early access yesterday, already having sold over two million copies<\/a>\u00a0in the first 12 hours. While it doesn\u2019t include native VR support, that hasn\u2019t stopped the most intrepid of us, who are already swimming around the depths in VR.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that many\u00a0Subnautica 2\u00a0owners have quite literally already popped their heads into the non-VR game. Like many games built in Unreal Engine, Subnautica 2\u00a0can be played in VR already thanks to PrayDog\u2019s UEVR mod suite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One such user was YouTuber \u2018LunchAndVR\u2019, who showed off some of the first footage of playing the game in immersive VR. Here\u2019s the quick, spoiler-free video:<\/p>\n

LunchAndVR notes that for now, they\u2019re only able to play in VR with 3DOF and head aiming, which is admittedly less than ideal when it comes to user comfort and immersion, since most VR gamers expect 6DOF and immersive hand controls.<\/p>\n

Some pitfalls to avoid include disabling autosave in the game\u2019s accessibility settings, LunchAndVR says, otherwise the game crashes repeatedly. To do that, simply go to Subnautica 2 settings > Debug Settings > Disable Auto Save. At least for now, that means you\u2019ll need to\u00a0disable VR mode, save whilst in flatscreen, and then re-enable VR.<\/p>\n

LunchAndVR also warns that the game isn\u2019t \u201cso good performance wise,\u201d forcing them to lower settings for better stability.<\/p>\n

While UEVR isn\u2019t a plug-and-play solution\u2014i.e. you can\u2019t expect perfect results right out of the box\u2014the modding community is currently hard at work generating more immersive mod profiles, which we expect to see in the coming days.<\/p>\n

To boot, the Flat2VR modding team even teased a more advanced UEVR profile on the official Discord (invite link<\/a>), showing Subnautica 2 in action with what appears to be basic motion controls.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, as tantalizing as it may seem, you may be better off waiting if you\u2019re hoping to play from start to finish in VR\u2014and that goes beyond the ad hoc\u00a0VR implementations we\u2019re seeing today.<\/p>\n

Although the game is impressively polished at this early date, it\u2019s going to be in Early Access over the course of the next two to three years, developer Unknown Worlds says, which means we\u2019re sure to get plenty more content between now and then.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Image courtesy Unknown Worlds Entertainment<\/p>\n

That said, there\u2019s nothing holding you back from doing it right now, or actively contributing to the modding community to make it better for everyone else. Just be warned that updates are likely coming down the pipeline quickly, which could throw UEVR profiles out of whack.<\/p>\n

As it is, the studio says official VR support\u00a0\u201cseems unlikely\u201d<\/a> and that they\u2019re not currently working on it\u2014something that also seems to be even more clear in the early access roadmap released today.<\/p>\n

How to Play Subnautica 2 in VR<\/p>\n

From what we\u2019ve heard so far, you\u2019ll need to download the nightly build of UEVR<\/a>\u00a0to mess around in Subnautica 2\u2014mess around\u00a0being the operative words. Of course, you\u2019ll need the PC version of Subnautica 2\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n

Extract the UEVR.zip to a folder of your choice, then:<\/p>\n

Launch the frontend GUI (UEVRInjector.exe)
\nLaunch Subnautica 2
\nLocate Subnautica 2 in the process dropdown list
\nSelect your desired runtime (OpenVR\/OpenXR)
\nToggle existing VR plugin nullification (if necessary)
\nConfigure pre-injection settings
\nInject<\/p>\n

PrayDog advises that more information and troubleshooting can be found on the\u00a0Documentation<\/a>\u00a0page. In any case, we\u2019ll be keeping our eyes peeled for some of the quick and dirty fixes the modding community will come up with, and add them here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subnautica 2 launched into early access yesterday, already having sold over two million copies\u00a0in the first 12 hours.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[85,46,125,340,341,342],"class_list":["post-443479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}