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Krafton Removed as Subnautica 2 Publisher on Steam and Epic

The switch follows a court order restoring the studio’s CEO to control platform access.

Overview

  • The Steam listing, which changed April 7 according to SteamDB, no longer shows Krafton as publisher, and the Epic Games Store reflects the same change.
  • Unknown Worlds is now listed as both developer and publisher on storefront pages for the upcoming survival sequel.
  • Krafton’s name still appears in the Steam “Franchise” field, signaling the company has not been fully removed from the game’s public metadata.
  • In March, a Delaware judge reinstated Ted Gill as Unknown Worlds’ CEO and ordered Krafton to restore his operational authority and Steam backend access for the Early Access launch.
  • It remains unclear whether the listing edits mark a formal change in publishing rights, and neither side has offered an explanation; Krafton had disclosed a May Early Access window that Gill’s lawyers criticized as a self-serving leak, with the case’s financial earnout now extended to September 15, 2026.