South of Midnight
2025 • Compulsion Games • Xbox Game Studios • ESRB M
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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 face the pain haunting your hometown.
- Critics4 critic reviews
- Players73 IGDB players
- To finish the story
- 11h
- Your rating
Should You Play It?
Great fit if you want
Precise jumping that asks for practice
A story that leads you somewhere
A game to play by yourself
- Main journey
- 11h
- Completionist
- 19h
Moderate. About a week of evenings.
Rated
ESRB MPEGI 18USK 18ACB MA 15+GRAC 19+ClassInd 16
ESRB: Blood, Strong Language, Violence
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How Long It Takes
- Normally
- 11 hours
- Completionist
- 19 hours
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This editionSouth of Midnight
Weaver's Edition
2026
Weaver's Edition: Immerse yourself in the macabre and fantastical world of South of Midnight.
Switch 2PS5
Premium Edition
2025
Immerse yourself into the macabre and fantastical world of South of Midnight with the Weaver’s Edition, which includes the full game, up to 5 days early access, and digital access (in English) to: • South of Midnight Artbook • Original Soundtrack composed by Olivier Deriviere • The Boo-Hag Comic book by Rob Guillory • Music Video: Songs & Tales of South of Midnight • Documentary: Weaving Hazel’s Journey, Director’s Cut
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A DARK MODERN FOLKTALE
When a hurricane rips through Prospero, Hazel is pulled into a Southern Gothic world where reality and fantasy are interwoven, and ancient creatures from folklore emerge. In this coming-of-age adventure, Hazel journeys forth to rescue her mother and delves into a haunting web of folklore and family secrets, untangling her own identity.
Details
- Release date
- 8 April 2025
- Developer
- Compulsion Games
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Game modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure
- Platforms
- Series X|S, Switch 2, PC, PS5
- Critic score
- Player score
- Combined score
- Anticipated by
- 61 people before release
- Type
- Main Game
- Rated for (ESRB)
- Blood, Strong Language, Violence
- Rated for (PEGI)
- Bad Language
- Rated for (GRAC)
- Violence, Language
- Companies
- Compulsion Games (Developer), Xbox Game Studios (Publisher)
- Also known as
- SouthOfMidnight.exe
Release Dates
- Series X|S
- Apr 03, 2025
- PC
- Apr 03, 2025
- PC
- Apr 08, 2025
- Series X|S
- Apr 08, 2025
- PS5
- Mar 31, 2026
- Switch 2
- Mar 31, 2026
Platforms and Makers
Xbox Series X|S • gen 9
Nintendo Switch 2 • gen 9
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5 • gen 9
Unreal Engine 4
Compulsion Games • Developer
Xbox Game Studios • Publisher
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is the fourth-generation game engine developed by Epic Games. Development began in 2003 under Tim Sweeney’s direction, and the engine was publicly unveiled at GDC 2012. UE4 was officially released on March 19, 2014, with full C++ source access and a new subscription model.
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Languages
- Interface
- English, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish, Chinese (Traditional), Turkish, Spanish (Mexico), French
- Audio
- English, French
- Subtitles
- English, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Swedish, Turkish, Spanish (Mexico), French
Tags
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