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South of Midnight

Compulsion Games · 2025-04-08

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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).

22
playing now
94%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
11h
to beat · completionist 19h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 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 17% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 94k–211k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,680 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

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 9 of 20 observed days (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

5182026-08-11 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 51 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 37 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 31 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$0.002025-01-232026-08-262025-01-23 — 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 $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9.8k2482026-05-31 — 444 pageviews2026-06-03 — 425 pageviews2026-06-06 — 470 pageviews2026-06-09 — 510 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,115 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9,788 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,943 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,002 pageviews2026-06-24 — 533 pageviews2026-06-27 — 510 pageviews2026-06-30 — 720 pageviews2026-07-03 — 445 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4,802 pageviews2026-07-09 — 623 pageviews2026-07-12 — 447 pageviews2026-07-15 — 658 pageviews2026-07-18 — 381 pageviews2026-07-21 — 394 pageviews2026-07-24 — 293 pageviews2026-07-27 — 326 pageviews2026-07-30 — 354 pageviews2026-08-02 — 374 pageviews2026-08-05 — 332 pageviews2026-08-08 — 396 pageviews2026-08-11 — 319 pageviews2026-08-14 — 705 pageviews2026-08-17 — 464 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,031 pageviews2026-08-23 — 576 pageviews2026-08-26 — 389 pageviews2026-08-28 — 333 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…

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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