It’s called thalassophobia, the fear of deep and large bodies of water. Subnautica has it – it looks pretty, sure, and there are a lot of marvels below the ocean’s surface, but when your ...

To clarify, I won't go as far as to say The Void Below is scarier than Subnautica ... but I will say playing The Void Below triggered my thalassophobia more deeply and more efficiently.

Subnautica pokes and prods at our lizard brains by so perfectly harnessing thalassophobia - that is, our primal collective fear of deep bodies of water. Even those with a fond fascination for the ...