# Charlie Cleveland on Reddit (u/Flayra)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/charlie-cleveland

Charlie Cleveland: Co-founder of Unknown Worlds, maker of Subnautica.

- Reddit account: [u/Flayra](https://www.reddit.com/user/Flayra/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qgp6n/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/subnautica (11), r/IAmA (7), r/gaming (3), r/Games (3), r/ns2 (1), r/Steam (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Cleveland

## Moments

### u/Flayra in r/Games, Feb 28, 2013 · Early days

Replying to a redditor:

> Pre-ordered from you guys way back before the partnership with Wolfire and the humble bundles and all that. Looking back, couldn't be happier with that decision, you guys completely deserved the support.

> Thanks mate. I lived off community-bought ramen for a couple years, then more of us lived off community-preorders for a couple more.
>
> Now we're profitable with a bright future. Thanks to you!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/19ds9f/natural_selection_2_gorgeous_update_trailer/c8ndb8p/ · 31 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Flayra in r/ns2, Mar 4, 2012 · The why

Replying to the post "Does anyone know if there is going to be any kind of metagame in NS2 (leveling up, unlockables, ect)?".

> Most likely not. We're not big fans of that stuff.
>
> We'd rather make the game as awesome as possible and have THAT be the reason people keep playing. Not interested in figuring out ways to enslave people to their computer just to unlock crap.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ns2/comments/qhbws/does_anyone_know_if_there_is_going_to_be_any_kind/c3xmuzb/ · 33 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Flayra in r/subnautica, Feb 6, 2016 · Behind the scenes

Replying to the post "Giant Reefback, now with seamoth for scale".

> Beautiful shot!
>
> One thing I've learned after watching all these people play our game - you guys love big hulking creatures. We will add more.
>
> -Designer of Subnautica

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/subnautica/comments/44dmy2/giant_reefback_now_with_seamoth_for_scale/czq7aak/ · 54 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/Flayra in r/subnautica, Dec 12, 2018 · The why

Replying to the post "Subnautica to release on the Epic Games Launcher for free".

> Yeah Epic just approached us with an offer that was too good to refuse.
>
> It's a risk of course but it \*seems\* like most of the players on the Epic store don't even have Steam. They are Fortnite players, many of them young, so we're hoping it doesn't hurt our Steam sales too much.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/subnautica/comments/a56y51/subnautica_to_release_on_the_epic_games_launcher/eblq3fg/ · 114 points as of Nov 7, 2026