Subnautica 2 is the best critique of big tech in gaming so far

Polygon says Subnautica 2 is this year’s clearest game about the risks of big tech and corporate AI.

The game frames Alterra as an exploitative company, with a controlling AI assistant enforcing its priorities.

Its alien technology angle becomes a critique of how corporations suppress disruptive ideas that threaten their narrative.

That makes Subnautica 2 stand out in 2026 as a sci-fi survival game with a pointed message about power, dependency, and human agency.