Subsurface Circular
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world…
Subsurface Circular is an adventure developed by Bithell Games, released 17 August 2017 on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.
What Subsurface Circular is
Subsurface Circular is an adventure game developed by Bithell Games and released in 2017. It was published by Ant Workshop Ltd. It is available on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Subsurface Circular is a text-based adventure game developed and published by Mike Bithell Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on 17 August 2017, iOS on 23 October 2017 and Nintendo Switch on 1 March 2018. The game received critical acclaim for its engaging narrative and writing. A sequel to the game Quarantine Circular released on May 22, 2018.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Subsurface Circular holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM and Dedicated 2048 MB+. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Subsurface Circular launched on 17 August 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Subsurface Circular yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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