South of Midnight

South of Midnight

Steam Deck Verified

Compulsion Games · Female Protagonist · Apr 8, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

94%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 238 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 137 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

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 caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The stunning claymation art style, incredible soundtrack by Olivier DeRivier, and deeply emotional story are all highlights.
238 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The stunning claymation art style, incredible soundtrack by Olivier DeRivier, and deeply emotional story are all highlights.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I love the artstyle, even the weird faux-stop motion thing they do in cutscenes (This is also present in gameplay, but thankfully you can--and probably should--disable it there; it's a bit headache-inducing).
92 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The stunning claymation art style, incredible soundtrack by Olivier DeRivier, and deeply emotional story are all highlights.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Bright colours help make the swamp come alive and the music and voice overs are a joy to hear. excellent game if you want to play through a story and have an experience. the combat is easy to master and fun to use. getting the character to sprint can be a little haphazard but that could be my controller - either way it has never really hindered my progress.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Accessibility
Players who bring up Accessibility mostly praise it.
There is a solid set of accessibility options, but the menus themselves are messy and unintuitive.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters238 reviews
Audio94 reviews
Gameplay92 reviews
Graphics91 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Accessibility10 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty37 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat137 reviews
92%
Performance21 reviews
86%
Crashes6 reviews
67%
Bugs6 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.