A couple of months but that is because I like to slap some other games in my playtime as not to burn myself out on a game, which can even happen on singleplayer games.

A year and counting bc I still need to go back and finish it.

It took me 150 hours over a course of 2 years

I haven’t yet ): But I do know exactly how

Haven't beat it yet still working (only 20 hours in, I'm slow)

It took me 10 hours start to finish. I did not build an elaborate base, just a normal base with a vehicle dock and two rooms for my storage or other stuff.

If its ur firsf time id say 1020 hours depending on your "skill" and dont getting lost and dieing, if its second or third etc time playing probrably 515 hours, speedrunning maybe 1~2 hours

Anywhere from 10 to 40 hours, if you want to be a completionist and know where everything is.

took me almost 2 days

Around 20 hours

About 4 years and counting. I've played to the end but never finished. :)

Took me a little over three days. I was very slow with exploring.

2 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes (according to the save slot).

i keep starting over :(

23 hours 17 minutes

But I was rushing it like I did with the forest so I could start just sitting down and playing it at a more relaxed pace with some game knowledge.

I did it in about 10 but I skipped a lot of stuff like watching the Sunbeam get destroyed and I found an entrance to the Lost River that was basically 500m or so from a Lava Zone hole. Also I got lucky with some of my fragment spawns and I already knew where some were.

Three and a half RL days for my first playthrough. I'm on my second one now and i focus much more on exploring, collecting and general not story related nonsense so I can play much longer this time.

Truly beating the game is building the Neptune rocket and then realising you are actually already home. And then staying. So... forever ��

normally takes me around 50 hours

I see everyone saying they did it in less then 10 hours and other times. I still haven’t beet the game and I’m 6 days in! ( If you are wondering what point I’m at, I’ve been to the lost river a couple times, but the last time I went, I lost my cyclops and died of dehydration. So now I have to rebuild a cyclops and get my prawn back.)

I checked my old saves, they sit at roughly 30 hours on average. But that's all with playing the game before (since early access), so knowing what to do. Oldest save I still have is from 2017 during early access, sitting at 2 days. It's notably longer since there was actually parts of the story still missing.

I recently played a Hardcore game in around 22 hours play time. And that's with visiting a ton of places, build one complete base and getting all tech and important story locations.
Before that I did a base-only challenge, so just extra O2 and seaglide and build bases everywhere (12+ bases). That took 38 hours. That was really fun actually.

My advice would be: Savor the experience, every moment only passes once. This game is re-playable, but it's never again like the first time.

Have fun, Adventurer.

It took me 48 hours and 36 minutes. And that was with me being a chicken and taking my time to explroe and find stuff and base build

As long as you want it to. There's really nothing that drives you forward other than curiosity

I did it in 20, but if you're more relaxed you can stretch it to 50 - 60 hours

With no tutorial it took about 35 hours for me to do it, but I was taking my time and enjoying exploring and unlocking everything first.

If you pretty thoroughly explore and discover most of the things, probably around 30 hours. The Sam and Marguerit storylines are optional, so you can miss any part of them and still beat the game.

There are three main plots in below zero. Two are optional and one is mandatory. Sam and Margaret’s storylines are optional and Alan’s has to happen in order to finish. Where are you at with Alan?

Without playing the game in EA you can expect it to take around 25 hours, possibly a bit longer if you have not played the original either.

I don’t have a fresh outlook since I played in EA before the story change, but without base building I took 13.5 hours to beat the game for the first time. The story isn’t a concrete progression past meeting the mysterious lady in My experience, so you may take 50 hours or may decide on some tutorials and take 30, or have fun building a giant base and take 100. Enjoy yourself, game is great!

I had like 3 days of progress when I was where you are and beat it a day later.

Just take your time. Seriously. The fun is in the journey. The game can be sped run in 1h,but it's not worth it

Each player takes a different time according to his playing style. Many enjoy focus on exploring, others prefer the mega-basebuilding style... I think there is not a correct amount of time. That's not unfocused, just enjoy it in your way :)

In my first game I spent a loooooot of time building, looking for materials and trying out each new feature instead hardcore exploring. My advice? NEVER throw away quartz.

Took me about 2 and a half days, and I didn’t do much crazy building

It took me about 40 hours the first time, and I basically speedrunned the lava zones because I hate the prawn movement so would just whip out my seaglide and book it to the places I needed to be in there. So basically about 38 hours to get to your point, and 2 hours for the rest of the game. But after I did that, I spent a lot of time basebuilding and exploring in that same file. Subnautica takes however long you want it to- the hardcore glitchless speedrun time is still less than 2 hours I believe.

Yes, if the original was a 10/10 then BZ is an 8/10. More linear and story driven than the first, but still a great game. The base building and decorating aspect is massively improved in BZ

I like it, at least. It has its quirks and annoyances, like the leviathan clipping into my base nonstop. But, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I feel like the people here saying 10/10 vs 8/10 have the right of it.

Definitely worth it!

It’s a great game, and I often jump between the two.

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yes, it's worth it.

Yes, It is worth it