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South of Midnight

Developer
Compulsion Games
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Released
08 April 2025
Age rating
PEGI 18
UK price
£34.99

Platforms: PC

Genres: platform , adventure

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.

Best gaming PC for South of Midnight in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for South of Midnight today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Xbox Game Studios on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 10 / 11 Windows 10 / 11
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 1300X / Intel i3-8100 AMD 1600X / Intel i5-7600K
RAM 12 GB 16 GB
GPU AMD RX 580 / Nvidia GTX 1060 AMD RX 6600 / Nvidia RTX 2060 / Intel Arc A580
Storage 60 GB 60 GB
DirectX 12 12

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run South of Midnight?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD 1600X / Intel i5-7600K and your GPU is at or above AMD RX 6600 / Nvidia RTX 2060 / Intel Arc A580, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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