South of Midnight

South of Midnight is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Compulsion Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game is set in a fictionalized American Deep South. It was released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S on April 8, 2025, with versions for Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 released on March 31, 2026. The game received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Games for Impact award at The Game Awards 2025, Outstanding Achievement in Animation at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, Best Character Animation in a Video Game at the 53rd Annie Awards, and Best New Intellectual Property at the 22nd British Academy Games Awards.