Subnautica 2 Experimental

According to Xbox Wire, Subnautica 2 Experimental is now available through the XBOX Insider Program, giving players the opportunity to experience upcoming updates early and help shape the future of the game alongside the team at Unknown Worlds. This Experimental preview provides access to in-development content before it's released to all players.

Xbox Wire notes that these Experimental builds allow the development team to gather valuable feedback, identify issues, and refine upcoming features with the help of the community. However, players can expect to encounter bugs, unfinished features, balance changes, and other rough edges, as these are pre-release builds.

To participate in the Experimental program, players must own Subnautica 2 or have access through an active Game Pass subscription, as stated by Xbox Wire. Additionally, Experimental builds contain content still under development and may be less stable than the regular version, and Experimental players can only play multiplayer with other Experimental players.

Xbox Wire also provides information on save data, stating that saves are version-specific, and Experimental saves cannot be used in the Stable version, and Stable saves cannot be used in Experimental. However, players' save data is not deleted, as Experimental and Stable saves are kept separate, and each version can only access its own saves.