South of the Circle
South of the Circle is a narrative-driven adventure game set in 1960s Antarctica, where you play as Peter, a Cambridge academic stranded after a plane crash. As you navigate the frozen landscape, you explore fragmented memories of your past, including a secret romance with Clara, while making choices that influence the story’s emotional outcome. The game blends survival elements with introspective storytelling, using environmental interaction and dialogue decisions to reveal character motivations and personal regrets. Your journey through ice and memory unfolds through a visually distinct art style and a focus on intimate human experiences amid isolation.
South of the Circle Overview
South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinematic story. The main plot asks questions about the consequences of life choices, of pursuing either career or true love, manoeuvring between now and the past. You play Peter, a Cambridge academic who crashlands in Cold War Antarctica. As he searches for help, his past unwinds before him, revealing how the pressures of power and his own aspirations have led him into this crisis he must somehow escape. A love story between him and fellow academic Clara develops, and Peter learns the weight of all the things he has promised. Like memories from childhood, some promises stay with us forever.
MASTERFULLY EXECUTED CINEMATIC FEEL
Created by BAFTA winners State of Play, the game’s beautiful aesthetic and nuanced writing underlines its sweeping cinematic scope, further enhanced by actors drawn from “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Gwilym Lee), “The Woman in White” (Olivia Vinall), “The Crown” (Richard Goulding), “Game of Thrones” (Anton Lesser), “Chernobyl” (Adrian Rawlins) and “Downton Abbey” (Michael Fox).
FEATURES
- Compelling and immersive narrative with a unique sense of time and place.
- Nuanced emotional choices.
- Fully motion-captured performances to achieve emotional realism.
- Rich, authentic setting of the historical Cold War era.
- Environmental storytelling woven through the narrative.
- Distinguished and consistent art style.
- Crafted by State of Play Games, developers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City, BAFTA-nominated KAMI 2 and Apple Design Award Winner INKS, for audiences that seek emotional and heart-wrenching moments with a game.

System Requirements
- System: 64-bit Windows 7
- Processor: 2.8 GHz Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Additional Notes: DirectX compatible
- System: Windows 10
- Processor: 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 960, Radeon RX 570 or equivalent with 4 GB of video RAM
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Additional Notes: DirectX compatible
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