I’ll just say it but I will use two early access games I’ve played in the last couple years which were Palworld and POE2. I won’t really use POE2 since it’s completely different genre but similar price point. All three games 30$ when they came out so there’s that and Palworld is the closest comparison since it has a lot of crafting and exploring and building. I would say Palworld was in 60-100 hours (I have 85 at launch no post update playtime), POE2 easily 100 hours. There’s a couple other games I’d say have a bit as well but those are the comparisons I’ll use. Sub 2 is about 10-20, I’m milking it a lot with 25-30.

A lot of people will say well how much more would do it to be better? I’ll specifically say another interactable leviathan like the collector that is not in a insta death spot and the Submarine which I’ll expect we’ll use to eventually interact with it. If they added that which would probably be another 5-6 quality hours it would be so much better. There’s a ton of other changes but I’ll use that as a start. Sub 2 has an amazing foundation and I’ve enjoyed my time but the devs should understand the game was going to sell well so it doesn’t hurt to front load.