South of the Circle - PC (Steam)
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South of the Circle - PC (Steam)
About
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...
- Platform
- Steam (PC)
- Developer
- State of Play
- Publisher
- 11 bit studios
- Release date
- 3 Aug, 2022
- Languages
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Product type
- Digital key / activates on Steam
Supported languages
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Description
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.
System Requirements
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7
- Processor
- 2.8 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX compatible
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- GeForce 960, Radeon RX 570 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX compatible
News
2 years ago
New album South of the Circle x Chillhop is out now!
A new album from Chillhop Music covering the amazing emotional OST from South of the Circle is out now!🦝⭕<br><br><div onclick="javascript:ReplaceWithYouTubeEmbed( this );" data-youtube="dgAm9nOqg6I" class="sharedFilePreviewYouTube
3 years ago
The Thaumaturge | Gameplay Reveal
<img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/30442987/cc3c28b6dd940aa198052e989117c5cb79ae0a43.jpg" /><br><br>Hello everyone,<br>The Thaumaturge developed by Fool’s Theory published by 11 bit studios is an isometric, story-rich
3 years ago
New patch available!
<img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/42259819/374fa21886a7143f7144a79ca920bcddf2a1b349.jpg" /><br><br>Hi everyone!<br><br>A new patch is available on PCs and consoles. Changelog below:<ul class="bb_ul"
Best Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 30 Jun 2026
I'll echo some of the other reviews and say that the ending is a bit unsatisfying after so much time spent with the characters and environments. However, besides that, I really loved South of the Circle! I found the story interesting and I wanted to keep exploring. Superb voice acting, beautiful landscapes and scene design, and the developers did a great job instilling a feeling of isolation and abandonment in the Antarctic scenes. Would happily play more of these style of games!
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👍 Recommended · Steam player · 27 Jun 2026
An absolutely beautiful experience backed by a gorgeous score. The story was so brilliantly weaved as well. Cannot recommend enough especially for the price it is during the current steam sale (June 2026)
1 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 12 Jul 2026
What a game! I loved it so much.
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Recent Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 12 Jul 2026
What a game! I loved it so much.
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👍 Recommended · Steam player · 4 Jul 2026
so so beautiful game, and so heartful.
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👍 Recommended · Steam player · 30 Jun 2026
I'll echo some of the other reviews and say that the ending is a bit unsatisfying after so much time spent with the characters and environments. However, besides that, I really loved South of the Circle! I found the story interesting and I wanted to keep exploring. Superb voice acting, beautiful landscapes and scene design, and the developers did a great job instilling a feeling of isolation and abandonment in the Antarctic scenes. Would happily play more of these style of games!
1 found this helpful