South of Midnight
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| Developers | |
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| Compulsion Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Xbox Game Studios | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 8, 2025 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| OpenCritic | 78 |
| IGDB | 87 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Fantasy |
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South of Midnight is a singleplayer third-person action and adventure game.
The game features a brief shader pre-compilation step on 1st start up.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Premium Edition also available. | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Premium Edition also available. |
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| Steam | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1934570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%/SouthOfMidnight/Saved/SaveSystem |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1934570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | 21:9 gameplay, 16:9 cutscenes. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | DLAA | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.7, TAAU |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On / Off toggle. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate limiter included. The stop-motion animation effect can be disabled for gameplay but not for cutscenes. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Greek | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | ||||
| Swedish | ||||
| Turkish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX | |
| Audio | Wwise, iZotope | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10, 11 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Ryzen 3 1300X / Intel i3-8100 | AMD 1600X Intel i5-7600k |
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| System memory (RAM) | 12 GB | 16 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 60 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | AMD RX 580 Nvidia GTX 1060 DirectX 12 compatible | AMD RX6600 Nvidia RTX 2060 |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1934570/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1934570) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.