South of the Circle

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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 past unwinds before him, revealing how the pressures of power and his own aspirations have led him into this crisis h...

Installation:

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Developer:

State of Play,

Publisher:

11 bit studios,

Release date:

2 August 2022

Genre:

Adventure,

Recent Steam reviews:

Very positive (18)

All Steam reviews:

Very positive (1016)

User tags*: Steam Deck verified adventure interactive fiction story rich cinematic drama atmospheric stylized cold war emotional minimalist narration linear romance soundtrack point & click walking simulator ...

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Game features

Single-player

Steam Achievements

Family Sharing

Xbox Controller Support

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.

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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).

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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.

Configurations

minimum*

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