Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for May 17th, 2021. In today’s article, we’ve got a review for the Subnautica + Subnautica: Below Zero pack, summaries of the rather dubious assortment of new games that have hit the eShop, and the usual lists of new and expiring sales for you to consider. It’s a smaller one today, but such is how things go sometimes. Let’s get down to business!
Reviews & Mini-Views
Subnautica + Subnautica: Below Zero ($59.99)

There are a lot of games inspired to various degrees by Minecraft. Most of them have enough sense to try to add their own twist to the idea, though certainly not all of them. Whether that twist proves to be interesting or not is a separate matter. Subnautica‘s take is very cool. It offers all of the joys of slowly cobbling together a shelter and pushing further out into the world, but it has you spending most of your time underwater on an alien world. You’ll have to scavenge materials while exploring the depths, all while being careful that you don’t run afoul of the dangers of the sea. You take those bits back to your home base, cobble together various items, and head out again. As you progress, bits of the story will be revealed to you. Below Zero leans even harder into the story, and you’ll be spending a bit more time on land during your adventure. You can buy these two games together or separately, and they’re both good enough to spend your tim...