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South of Midnight

Compulsion Games · 2025-04-08

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 03, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 03, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 31, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Mar 31, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

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 unravel your family’s hidden past.

South of Midnight is an Action and Adventure title released in 2025, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4680 reviews).

41
playing now
94%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
12
Nexus mods (6.4k downloads)
4.68★
PlayStation Store rating (2,765 ratings)
11h
to beat · completionist 19h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

South of Midnight is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Compulsion Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game is set in a fictionalized American Deep South. It was released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S on April 8, 2025, with versions for Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 released on March 31, 2026.

Trailer

South of Midnight trailer thumbnail

South of Midnight Official Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2023

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 124 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (699 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 95k–215k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,767 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $29.99 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $40.49 · on sale 13 of 24 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65765720252026Week of 2025-04-03: 364 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 657 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6062026-09-15 02:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 36 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 27 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 60 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 32 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 43 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 51 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 30 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 51 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
45723Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 457 · peak 1,438May 2025 — avg 148 · peak 429Jun 2025 — avg 111 · peak 301Jul 2025 — avg 85 · peak 232Aug 2025 — avg 46 · peak 104Sep 2025 — avg 37 · peak 126Oct 2025 — avg 44 · peak 142Nov 2025 — avg 46 · peak 144Dec 2025 — avg 64 · peak 185Jan 2026 — avg 67 · peak 180Feb 2026 — avg 41 · peak 141Mar 2026 — avg 32 · peak 81Apr 2026 — avg 36 · peak 92May 2026 — avg 27 · peak 70Jun 2026 — avg 41 · peak 127Jul 2026 — avg 23 · peak 60Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 68
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$0.002025-01-232026-10-142025-01-23 — best price $39.992025-02-27 — best price $35.992025-03-26 — best price $49.992025-06-07 — best price $31.992025-06-10 — best price $31.992025-06-16 — best price $39.992025-06-24 — best price $39.992025-06-27 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-07-16 — best price $29.992025-08-01 — best price $39.992025-08-19 — best price $31.992025-09-02 — best price $39.992025-09-24 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-11-19 — best price $29.992025-11-21 — best price $29.992025-12-02 — best price $39.992025-12-04 — best price $39.992025-12-11 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-01-21 — best price $29.992026-02-02 — best price $39.992026-02-12 — best price $31.992026-02-26 — best price $39.992026-06-05 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $40.492026-06-16 — best price $39.992026-07-23 — best price $39.992026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $34.992026-10-14 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8.4k2482026-05-31 — 444 pageviews2026-06-04 — 384 pageviews2026-06-08 — 581 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,115 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8,376 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,025 pageviews2026-06-24 — 533 pageviews2026-06-28 — 493 pageviews2026-07-02 — 779 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4,802 pageviews2026-07-10 — 565 pageviews2026-07-14 — 695 pageviews2026-07-18 — 381 pageviews2026-07-22 — 516 pageviews2026-07-26 — 248 pageviews2026-07-30 — 354 pageviews2026-08-03 — 339 pageviews2026-08-07 — 308 pageviews2026-08-11 — 319 pageviews2026-08-15 — 538 pageviews2026-08-19 — 448 pageviews2026-08-23 — 576 pageviews2026-08-27 — 340 pageviews2026-08-31 — 332 pageviews2026-09-04 — 429 pageviews2026-09-08 — 332 pageviews2026-09-12 — 369 pageviews2026-09-16 — 509 pageviews2026-09-20 — 400 pageviews2026-09-24 — 367 pageviews2026-09-28 — 362 pageviews2026-10-02 — 281 pageviews2026-10-06 — 292 pageviews2026-10-10 — 340 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Night of the Flood"
39.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing2 DLC

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-03-26, latest 2025-04-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)22,8046%40
PS5 (PlayStation)1,30823%41
Steam (Steam)1,2718%40
Switch 2 (Nintendo)470%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkFunnyMagicCombatFantasySurrealStylizedAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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