Scanner: the tool's own screen reads READY TO SCAN

Subnautica · HUD & Gameplay UI

Art style Stylized 3D

Subnautica - Scanner: the tool's own screen reads READY TO SCAN

About this game

Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Publisher: Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Stylized 3D · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI

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What to study

The Scanner carries its interface on its own body: a small flip-out screen on the side of the tool states its status in plain words, 'READY TO SCAN', so the feedback lives on the object you are pointing, not in a HUD corner, and the creature you are about to scan (here a Gasopod, hanging centred in the dive-mask view) stays the focus of the frame. It is the game's knowledge economy in one prop: point the tool, its screen tells you it is ready, and scanning is what fills the databank. Frame at about 0:50 in the Gameplay Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

diegetic-controls status-row

Components

Parts on screen.

Gauge

Screen inventory

  • handheld Scanner tool with flip-out side screen
  • screen reading 'READY TO SCAN' in white on blue
  • small status icons in the screen's top corners
  • circular teal dial on the Scanner's body
  • a Gasopod centred in the dive-mask view as the scan subject
  • orange dive-mask vignette framing the shot

Top 3 colors

#36a1df 31%#27312a 24%#4b5c52 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Subnautica screenshot: Gameplay Trailer and Early Access Gameplay Montage (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-22. verified 2026-10-22: frame extracted from the official Gameplay Trailer (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; real game UI (Scanner body screen reading READY TO SCAN) confirmed visible and legible; no trailer text overlays the frame

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