South of the Circle Reviews
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
App ID | 1811040 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | State of Play |
Publishers | 11 bit studios |
Categories | Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support |
Genres | Adventure |
Release Date | 3 Aug, 2022 |
Platforms | Windows |
Supported Languages | French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, English, Korean, Turkish, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal |

1 363 Total Reviews
1 148 Positive Reviews
215 Negative Reviews
Very Positive Score
South of the Circle has garnered a total of 1 363 reviews, with 1 148 positive reviews and 215 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Very Positive’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
205 minutes
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👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
234 minutes
Very good interactive novel that can be completed in 3 hours.
Great to play on the Steam Deck.
The ending will make you think. (If you are confused by it, look up the meaning. It really makes sense.)
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
229 minutes
Very cinematic.
Playing this immediately after finishing Nevil Shire's On The Beach, in 2025, is very damaging to the will to live.
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
195 minutes
Nice little story. I especially liked the animations and the voice overs.
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
226 minutes
I love interactive story games like this.
I wish I could forget the story and experience it all over again and again.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
104 minutes
Being set in Antarctica attracted me to this game, and my perspective is possibly an unusual one as my job is Antarctica, I have spent time on the cold continent for work, I've lived and experienced that extreme environment and appreciate that someone actually put it into a game and portrayed it well. That is rare.
I found this game to be captivating (I had completed it on iOS) and it really resonated with me in the way they portrayed the cold, the ice, the experience. I wasn't expecting the alternating narrative but genuinely appreciated it, I really enjoyed the storytelling here. The voice acting is great, I like the graphical style and the mocap works well.
The delivery of the game is good, with the gameplay factor maybe lacking a little, but as an interactive story it is top notch. I think on steam it may be a little overpriced, at least in Australia, though I understand the production quality is high. I do recommend this game, enough that I bought it for both Steam and iOS.
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Positive