Dev Vlogs

0:05 Unknown Worlds' Subnautica 2 Dev Vlogs are developer videos posted on YouTube and announced on Steam, from Road to Early Access on Apr 24, 2025 to the latest, From Creatures to Chassis on Nov 3, 2026, the second episode of the Voyage to Early Access 2 series. Seven Dev Vlogs led up to the May 14, 2026 launch, each on one subject (the world, the Collector Leviathan, the Tadpole, multiplayer, base building), with a Waterside Q&A in 2025 and a two-hour Pre-Launch Showcase on May 9, 2026. Since launch the studio has posted Dev Vlog Swimming Forward, an Update Vlog the day before each numbered update, and from Oct 15 the Voyage to Early Access 2 run building up to Early Access 2 in December. Anthony Gallegos, Design Lead and later Creative Director, hosts most of them. This page lists every one in order with what Unknown Worlds says it covered.

Quick facts

Every vlog and broadcast

Names are spelled as each Steam post spells them; the Collector post writes "Stefaan Sorensen" and the multiplayer post "Stefan Sorensen". The descriptions are Unknown Worlds' own summaries. Dates are those of the Steam posts; a YouTube upload can come earlier (the Waterside Q&A went up on Jun 3, 2025).

Before Early Access (2025 and early 2026)

1:01 The series opened with Road to Early Access when the game was still due in 2025. After the Jul 9, 2025 delay to 2026, the studio said its next vlog would come "a little later than intended", and the Collector Leviathan vlog followed in September. The pre-launch vlogs then took one system each: the world, a leviathan, the Tadpole, multiplayer and Base Building. Alongside them ran the audio drama Voices from Beyond (Nov 2025 to Mar 2026) and, in April 2026, Dive into the Legacy, four community stories about players of the earlier games rather than new lore.

1:13 In Welcome Aboard, Captains (May 5, 2026), the last vlog before launch, Gallegos said Early Access would run "for at least two years" with three kinds of update: hotfixes when needed, smaller updates on balance and polish, and larger ones that add biomes, story and progression. See Roadmap and 1.0 Release.

The Pre-Launch Showcase (May 9, 2026)

30:26 The Pre-Launch Showcase aired at 08:00 PDT on May 9, 2026 on the official YouTube, Twitch and Bilibili channels, running about 120 minutes. It debuted the Early Access Gameplay Trailer with talks and demos from the team. In the broadcast Community Manager Donya hosted with the creator PointCrow as co-host, and they opened the program by playing the new trailer. Viewers who watched at least 20 minutes on Twitch earned an in-game Seamoth Statue, claimable in Settings under "Link Twitch Account" until Jun 30, 2026.

After launch: Swimming Forward and the Update Vlogs

0:07 Swimming Forward (Jun 4, 2026) was the first vlog after launch. Gallegos thanked players and announced the end of rapid hotfixes. PCGamesN reported that he also teased the new region, home of the Collector Leviathan, and a chassis that "brings back one of the most-requested player experiences", with the line "get ready to get stompy". That chassis is the Frog, now due with Early Access 2. Each numbered update since has had an Update Vlog the day before: 1.1 on Jul 7 and 1.2 on Aug 18.

Voyage to Early Access 2 (since Oct 15, 2026)

0:21 The Voyage to Early Access 2 series builds up to the "next big content update". In its first video Gallegos called the update the "most substantial" since launch, GamingBolt reported: a new region with several biomes, more of the colonists' story, many new creatures, a scarier Collector Leviathan, new Biomods, Dash moving to the Fins, and the Frog chassis, which gives the Tadpole limbs.

0:39 Steam calls Beyond the Surface (Oct 22) "the first episode", with narrative designers Seth Dickinson and Tim Partlett on "the growing history of the Axum" and letting players piece the story together. In the video the team says the update tells more of both the colonists' story and the Axum's, mostly through environmental storytelling: fragments of narrative in points of interest that players assemble in any order.

1:01 From Creatures to Chassis (Nov 3), "the second episode", gave the month: December. In it animators, designers and programmers describe the Tar Eel, which lies low in flowing tar to challenge players on the ground; the Descender, a fish that looks toward the Collector and hides from it; the Collector's four tentacles, now physically simulated so it can grab surfaces and pull itself along; and the Frog Chassis, "like an exosuit" set of arms and legs for the Tadpole with a strong jump, a dash and climbing, compared with the first game's Prawn Suit. Whether more episodes come before the update, and when, is not announced as of Nov 4, 2026. See Early Access 2, Story and Lore and The Axum.

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest Subnautica 2 dev vlog? As of Nov 4, 2026 the latest Subnautica 2 vlog is From Creatures to Chassis, posted Nov 3, 2026, the second episode of Voyage to Early Access 2.

What is Voyage to Early Access 2? Voyage to Early Access 2 is Unknown Worlds' Subnautica 2 vlog series, begun Oct 15, 2026, that previews the Early Access 2 update due in December 2026.

Who hosts the Subnautica 2 dev vlogs? Most Subnautica 2 vlogs are hosted by Anthony Gallegos, the game's Design Lead and, in posts since Jul 7, 2026, Creative Director, joined by team members on each subject.

Where can you watch the Subnautica 2 dev vlogs? Subnautica 2's vlogs are on the official Subnautica YouTube channel, and each is posted in the game's Steam announcements.

What did the Subnautica 2 Pre-Launch Showcase show? Subnautica 2's Pre-Launch Showcase on May 9, 2026 ran about two hours and debuted the Early Access Gameplay Trailer, with talks and demos from the team.

Sources

• Dev Vlog - Road to Early Access, Unknown Worlds, Apr 24, 2025
• Subnautica 2 | Dev Vlog - Road to Early Access, Subnautica, Apr 23, 2025 (video)
• Subnautica 2 - Waterside Q&A, Unknown Worlds, Jun 11, 2025
• Dev Vlog - Building Unknown Worlds, Unknown Worlds, Jun 19, 2025
• An Update on Subnautica 2 Early Access, Unknown Worlds, Jul 9, 2025
• Dev Vlog - Creating the Collector Leviathan, Unknown Worlds, Sep 16, 2025
• Dev Vlog - Crafting the Tadpole, Unknown Worlds, Dec 9, 2025
• Dev Vlog - Diving Together in Multiplayer, Unknown Worlds, Feb 10, 2026
• Dev Vlog - Building Bases, Unknown Worlds, Mar 12, 2026
• Watch the Subnautica 2 Pre-Launch Showcase on May 9!, Unknown Worlds, May 2, 2026
• Dev Vlog - Welcome Aboard, Captains, Unknown Worlds, May 5, 2026
• Subnautica 2 Early Access Gameplay Trailer Released!, Unknown Worlds, May 9, 2026
• Dev Vlog - Swimming Forward, Unknown Worlds, Jun 4, 2026
• Subnautica 2's next region will be its "scariest" yet, PCGamesN (Ken Allsop), Jun 4, 2026
• Update Vlog - Early Access 1.1 (Adaptive Measures), Unknown Worlds, Jul 7, 2026
• Update Vlog - Early Access 1.2 (Buddy System), Unknown Worlds, Aug 18, 2026
• Voyage to Early Access 2 Begins, Unknown Worlds, Oct 15, 2026
• Subnautica 2's Next Update is Its "Most Substantial Yet", GamingBolt (Ravi Sinha), Oct 15, 2026
• Beyond the Surface - Voyage to Early Access 2, Unknown Worlds, Oct 22, 2026
• From Creatures to Chassis - Voyage to Early Access 2, Unknown Worlds, Nov 3, 2026
• Subnautica 2 | Dev Vlog - Welcome Aboard, Captains, Subnautica, May 5, 2026 (video)
• Subnautica 2 | Early Access: First Dive Showcase, Subnautica, May 9, 2026 (video)
• Subnautica 2 | Dev Vlog - Swimming Forward, Subnautica, Jun 4, 2026 (video)
• Subnautica 2 | The Voyage to Early Access 2 Begins, Subnautica, Oct 15, 2026 (video)
• Subnautica 2 | Voyage to Early Access 2 - Beyond the Surface, Subnautica, Oct 22, 2026 (video)
• Subnautica 2 | Voyage to Early Access 2 - From Creatures to Chassis, Subnautica, Nov 3, 2026 (video)