South of Midnight

Buy94%

Very Positive · 5k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Compulsion Games · Female Protagonist · Apr 8, 2025

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
40
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
23
Full audio2 of 23
Subtitles23 of 23

Should I buy South of Midnight?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 223 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 123 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 95 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 138 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
223 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The stunning claymation art style, incredible soundtrack by Olivier DeRivier, and deeply emotional story are all highlights.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
123 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It offers some comprehensive accessible options too allowing players to adjust the difficulty or gameplay aspects to suit their needs.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
95 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is original and well-told; the voice acting, as a rule, is incredible and the characters and the setting combine very nicely for an engaging experience; I beat this game in two days, which is a rarity for me.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
90 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The claymation art style looks fantastic; it's clear a lot of love went into the game's presentation in general.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
But that enables more people to play the game and the difficulty curve was very reasonable.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art, the music, the character design. (played on gamepass back when I had it, only game I played that way I actually bought, at 40 euros it comes with a wonderful soundtrack in FLAC and a documentary, a comic, a design booklet, you may not care about those things, but give the FLAC extended soundtrack a shot!!) Good performance on very mid hardware.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story223 reviews
Gameplay123 reviews
Audio95 reviews
Graphics90 reviews
Difficulty33 reviews
Characters25 reviews
Accessibility9 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
91% still recommend
Performance
88% still recommend
Controls
88% still recommend
Crashes
40% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • HDR available
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$39.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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