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South of Midnight (2025)

Compulsion Games

Nintendo Switch 2 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

3.60 from 162 ratings

308 members have it in their collection · 23 playing now · 57 backlogged · 144 wish listed

How long? Main story 11h · with extras 12h · 100% 15h (from 25 logged playthroughs)

South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and face the pain haunting your hometown.
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Details

Developers
Compulsion Games
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Genres
Adventure, Platform
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Events
The Game Awards 2025, Black Voices in Gaming 6.9.25, Future Games Show: Spring Showcase 2025, Xbox Developer_Direct 2025, Xbox Games Showcase 2024, Xbox Games Showcase 2023
Steam
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Release dates

  • Apr 03, 2025 (Advanced Access) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S
  • Apr 08, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S
  • Mar 31, 2026 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch 2
  • Mar 31, 2026 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 5

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Featured in lists

Gaming journal '25 by JuroHikari · 112 games · 0
2025 GOTY by xch1n · 8 games · 0
Favourites of 2025 by BMO · 6 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
13
4 stars
83
3 stars
55
2 stars
8
1 star
2
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Community All Reviews Statuses

BMO

Status BMO Jul 6, 2026

Xbox will lay off 3,200 employees as its 'business today is not healthy'

Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will become independent studios "with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games." Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will have new owners "with funding" to complete their games Senua and State of Decay 3, respectively. However, the specifics of who …

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Xbox will lay off 3,200 employees as its 'business today is not healthy'

Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will become independent studios "with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games." Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will have new owners "with funding" to complete their games Senua and State of Decay 3, respectively. However, the specifics of who will take on those studios have not yet been shared.

Arkane's leadership "is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options" as the studio's fate remains up in the air.

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BMO

Status BMO Jun 15, 2026

Microsoft's commitment to closing every studio they own that creates anything worthwhile is infuriating. Another in a long list of reasons (including even more layoffs, and MS' continued actions aiding in a genocide) to boycott the company.

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody-Award-Winning South Of Midnight Studio Compulsion Games

Here's hoping Compulsion Games finds new ownership like Tango …

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Microsoft's commitment to closing every studio they own that creates anything worthwhile is infuriating. Another in a long list of reasons (including even more layoffs, and MS' continued actions aiding in a genocide) to boycott the company.

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody-Award-Winning South Of Midnight Studio Compulsion Games

Here's hoping Compulsion Games finds new ownership like Tango Gameworks did after MS shutter the latter. These studios deserve better.

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cwknight

Status cwknight Jan 4, 2026

First game finished for 2026: South of Midnight. It’s like Psychonauts mixed with the Fallen Jedi Order games with deep-South mythology. It was pretty good, I really liked the beautiful environments and graphics.

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TheCorbeauxKing

Status TheCorbeauxKing Nov 18, 2025

This game getting barely any nominations along with Indiana Jones is all the proof we need that The Game Awards is a Sony shill session. People whine non-stop about Xbox not making good games, then they make good games and no one cares, and then people wonder why they had to take such dramatic profit measures. We don't want good …

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This game getting barely any nominations along with Indiana Jones is all the proof we need that The Game Awards is a Sony shill session. People whine non-stop about Xbox not making good games, then they make good games and no one cares, and then people wonder why they had to take such dramatic profit measures. We don't want good games, we want the same companies to make the exact same kind of games from 2 decades ago because we refuse to let go of our childhoods.

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Jeroen

Status Jeroen Nov 8, 2025

Loved it! Perfect combination of music and scenery and relaxing play, great story!

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maeday

Status maeday Sep 28, 2025

Okay, so.

This game? Instant all time favorite and I've only played 2 chapters. The concept, the aesthetic and visuals, the smooth as butter gameplay, everything about it is just tremendous.

But trying to play it on GamePass Cloud? An absolute fucking nightmare of an experience. What a shitty, shitty way to experience something. Thankfully I don't care about visual …

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Okay, so.

This game? Instant all time favorite and I've only played 2 chapters. The concept, the aesthetic and visuals, the smooth as butter gameplay, everything about it is just tremendous.

But trying to play it on GamePass Cloud? An absolute fucking nightmare of an experience. What a shitty, shitty way to experience something. Thankfully I don't care about visual fidelity or decent quality on graphics one bit, but I do wish it didn't lag the way it did at least, seeing as 90% of my deaths are just missjumps from too late input.

Still, game is fantastic.

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xch1n

Status xch1n Jul 23, 2025

Unfortunately won't be able to finish this before my Game Pass subscription expires, but I have (mostly) enjoyed my time with it. The art is jaw-dropping, the atmosphere second to none, the combat...well, it got better once I had enough abilities and cooldown reduction, but I probably could have played this on story difficulty and been happier.

Did I mention …

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Unfortunately won't be able to finish this before my Game Pass subscription expires, but I have (mostly) enjoyed my time with it. The art is jaw-dropping, the atmosphere second to none, the combat...well, it got better once I had enough abilities and cooldown reduction, but I probably could have played this on story difficulty and been happier.

Did I mention how gorgeous this game is?enter image description here

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TheCorbeauxKing

Status TheCorbeauxKing Jul 10, 2025

"The combat is bad" is usually a telltale sign that the person didn't play to the 1/3rd mark when you get Crouton. The combat gets a lot more fun.

Also the combat (which you didn't fully explore) being "bad" shouldn't knock down a whole 2 stars from your review, when you're likely the same person glazing Sony's 3rd person walking …

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"The combat is bad" is usually a telltale sign that the person didn't play to the 1/3rd mark when you get Crouton. The combat gets a lot more fun.

Also the combat (which you didn't fully explore) being "bad" shouldn't knock down a whole 2 stars from your review, when you're likely the same person glazing Sony's 3rd person walking simulators.

The REAL criticism for this game is that it dares to be a good Xbox Exclusive in an era where people just want the same tired franchises over and over. If it ever goes to PS5 or Switch 2, you can expect the reception to improve.Those same people will then come around and say that Xbox's bad sales are because it has no good exclusives. There's no winning with people nowadays.

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johnV

Status johnV May 9, 2025

The game is nothing amazing in terms of combat, platforming, or puzzles - just something to take your time.

But damn, the fairytale storytelling and the Sourthern folklore, the stories that were something to remember, the graphics, the lighting, the little details in the outside and the house interiors, the characters, the songs and the sound design create a terrific …

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The game is nothing amazing in terms of combat, platforming, or puzzles - just something to take your time.

But damn, the fairytale storytelling and the Sourthern folklore, the stories that were something to remember, the graphics, the lighting, the little details in the outside and the house interiors, the characters, the songs and the sound design create a terrific atmosphere that makes it worth it.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 May 7, 2025

I don't like the combat in this game at all, but I have to say, the graphics, the music and the storytelling almost make up for it.

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kingbk83

Status kingbk83 Apr 26, 2025

Really cool so far. Not the best game I've ever played, but a lot of great storytelling and fun action.

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BMO

Status BMO Apr 26, 2025

I take it some people were dissatisfied with the ending of South of Midnight. I’m curious what people thought of it, and why?

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