Dave the Diver's Free Subnautica 2 DLC: What Is Confirmed

DAVE THE DIVER is getting a Subnautica 2 Content Pack, taking Dave and Bancho to the ocean moon Proteus. MINTROCKET’s October 8 Steam announcement gives an early-2027 window. The DLC’s own Steam listing leaves the exact date to be announced.

The pack is described as free and the game’s final DLC in Gematsu’s reporting of MINTROCKET’s press release. Those details come from the supplied press material; the checked Steam announcement confirms the crossover and broader window.

Free content still requires the base game

Steam explicitly says players need DAVE THE DIVER to use this content. The reported free price concerns the expansion, rather than making the base game free or supplying access to Subnautica 2 itself.

There is no exact launch day in the checked developer material. Early 2027 and Steam’s undated listing can both be accurate: one is a broad window, the other has no specific date to display.

What does the crossover add?

The developer’s listing places Dave on Proteus, with unfamiliar creatures and resources to discover. MINTROCKET’s Steam announcement brings Bancho along and connects those discoveries with new menu possibilities and people to help.

The press material reported by Gematsu also mentions exotic recipes and Leviathan encounters. It does not establish a complete story, playtime or detailed encounter mechanics. This is content for Dave’s game set in Subnautica 2’s world, rather than a joint release-date announcement for both games.

Which platforms are confirmed?

The Xbox store’s specific content-pack page confirms its listed devices and a separately required game. That is stronger evidence than simply carrying over the base game’s platform list. It still does not establish a simultaneous DLC launch day on every device. Wishlist the content pack on Steam and check the storefront you use when platform-specific release information arrives.

What does final DLC mean?

MINTROCKET’s director describes this as the final expansion in the press release reported by Gematsu. That concerns the DLC plan. It does not establish whether the base game will receive further patches or what the studio might make next.

Watch the official crossover reveal

This is The Triple-i Initiative’s original October 8 upload, linked directly from MINTROCKET’s Steam announcement.

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