South of Midnight Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 on March 31

Compulsion Games' folklore-inspired action-adventure South of Midnight will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 on March 31, 2026, the studio confirmed via a new Critical Acclaim Trailer. The release comes just one week before the game's first anniversary: it originally debuted on Windows and Xbox Series X/S on April 8, 2025.

The port ends roughly a year of Xbox console exclusivity and adds a meaningful title to Switch 2's growing third-party catalog. Nintendo of America also announced the release, and the accompanying trailer spotlights the game's handcrafted art style and haunting narrative set in the lush, decayed county of Prospero, a fictionalized American Deep South. As of now, only a digital release has been confirmed for both platforms.

South of Midnight is the first project from Compulsion Games, creators of Contrast and We Happy Few, since Microsoft acquired the studio in 2018. The single-player, third-person game follows Hazel as she wields ancient weaving magic to battle Haints, nightmarish creatures that manifest as physical embodiments of past trauma, while working to reweave the tears in the Grand Tapestry. The game was directed by David Sears and Jasmin Roy, written by Zaire Lanier, and scored by composer Olivier Derivière, whose music drew consistent praise from critics. It runs on Unreal Engine 4 and was developed under the codename Project Midnight, first leaked via concept art in 2021 before its official announcement at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 11, 2023.

Critical reception on Xbox and PC was broadly positive but not without reservation. Reviewers praised the music, storytelling, and art design while pointing to repetitive gameplay and combat as the game's chief weaknesses. Despite those critiques, Compulsion reported that more than a million players had experienced South of Midnight since its release. The game won the Games for Impact award at The Game Awards 2025 and took Outstanding Achievement in Animation at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. Among its smaller production details: the game's companion character, Crouton, was named after one developer's cat.

The Switch 2 port was first confirmed at The Game Awards last year. With the March 31 date now set, the game reaches two new audiences simultaneously, at a moment when the Switch 2 is still establishing the depth of its software library.