South of the Circle

South of the Circle is a cinematic narrative-driven adventure game with a focus on the player's choice at dialogue. It is set in the Cold War era and in part takes place in Antarctica in the 1960s. The game was originally released in 2020 for Apple devices before making its way to Windows PCs. It is available on Steam, GOG, and the Mac App Store.

Support summary

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Native	Native	Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Hor+	Hack	Optimized
Multi-Monitor:	Hor+	Hack	Hindrance
4k UltraHD:	Native	Native	Optimized

Rendered Cut-Scene:	Native
FMV Cut-Scene:	N/A

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Wednesday, 3 August, 2022

Tested Version:

GOG

Play styles:

Single player

Setting:

Europe, Cold War, Antarctica

Genre:

Point and Click, Adventure (misc)

Developer:

State of Play

Links:

Website ⋅ ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Steam,

GOG,

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Ultra-Wide (21:9) Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

The game treats 16:10 resolutions inconsistently. 1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900 and 1680x1050 are hor- compared to 16:9, while 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 are letterboxed.

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

The game is pillarboxed by default. Rose's mod removes the black bars but also introduces a softlock-like issue affecting three scenes. The mod description includes the available workarounds.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

Same issues and solution as for ultra-wide. The HUD is minimal to nonexistent, however, there are instances where the non-crucial elements appear on the side screens, as well as instances of closely inspecting objects resulting in them being partially on the side screens. The loading and auto-save icons appear on the sides as well.

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues

The game supports 3840x2160 but introduces pillarboxing at 4096x2160.