Developer
State of Play
Publisher
11 bit studios
Released
Aug 3, 2022
Editions
4
Add-ons
3
Price checked
1 hour ago
Tracked since
Oct 9, 2026
Product code
PPSA05993_00

Game

South of the Circle

  • GOG
  • Nintendo eShop
  • PlayStation Store
  • Steam
  • Xbox
  • Series X|S
  • Xbox One
  • Switch
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PC

Description

South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.



South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinematic story. The main plot asks questions about the consequences of paths taken in life and how they have influenced our career and true love through the lens of the past and the future. You play Peter, a Cambridge academic who crashlands in Cold War Antarctica. As he searches for help, his past unwinds before him, revealing how the pressures of power and his own aspirations have led him into this crisis he must somehow escape. A love story between him and fellow academic Clara develops, and Peter learns the weight of all the things he has promised. Like memories from childhood, some promises stay with us forever.



MASTERFULLY EXECUTED CINEMATIC FEEL

Created by BAFTA winners State of Play, the game’s beautiful aesthetic and nuanced writing underlines its sweeping cinematic scope, further enhanced by actors drawn from “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Gwilym Lee), “The Woman in White” (Olivia Vinall), “The Crown” (Richard Goulding), “Game of Thrones” (Anton Lesser), “Chernobyl” (Adrian Rawlins) and “Downton Abbey” (Michael Fox).



FEATURES
  • Compelling and immersive narrative with a unique sense of time and place.
  • Nuanced emotional choices.
  • Fully motion-captured performances to achieve emotional realism.
  • Rich, authentic setting of the historical Cold War era.
  • Environmental storytelling woven through the narrative.
  • Distinguished and consistent art style.
  • Crafted by State of Play Games, developers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City, BAFTA-nominated KAMI 2 and Apple Design Award Winner INKS, for audiences that seek emotional and heart-wrenching moments with a game.

PC requirements

Minimum

OS
64-bit Windows 7
Processor
2.8 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory
4 GB
Graphics
GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM
DirectX
11
Storage
3 GB

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
Memory
8 GB
Graphics
GeForce 960, Radeon RX 570 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM
DirectX
11
Storage
3 GB

Ratings

Steam reviews Very Positive 83% · 1,363 reviews Last 30 days: 73% of 15
GOG 3.3 130 ratings
PlayStation Store 4.2 227 ratings
Xbox 4.1 79 ratings
75 Metacritic

About the game

Developer
State of Play
Publisher
11 bit studios
Released
August 3, 2022
Official site
ESRB T

Age rating

Strong language

Languages 15

LanguageMenusVoiceSubtitles
English
Russian
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

Install size

Xbox One
2.5 GB
Xbox Series X|S
2.5 GB

Editions 4

Add-ons 3

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Part of bundles 4

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