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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 above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.

Subsurface Circular is a visual novel, investigation and detective game developed and published by Bithell Games.
Released on August 17th 2017 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 1,882 reviews of which 1,780 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated 2048 MB+
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: MacOS Sierra+
  • Processor: 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated 2048 MB+
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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Nov. 2024
An interesting take on detective game where you're stuck in one spot piecing together the mystery. There was a lot of thought put into the writing and presentation so if you have a few hours to sit through it's a nice little intellectual kick. All achievements pop, and the dev commentary once you finish it (if you want to go through it again) is a nice addition with a lot of substance behind the game design etc.
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Nov. 2024
Two of my favourite things: robots and detective games :) The atmosphere and sound design is really amazing. Such a great short game. I also really love the inclusion of some small puzzles and code cracking elements! The ending genuinely made me sad, but in the best way possible o7
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Nov. 2024
It's a fantastic narrative game where you play as a robot detective solving a mystery in a futuristic subway system. As someone who loves futuristic games, this one really hit the mark. The whole game revolves around talking to other robots and piecing together clues from their conversations. The writing is sharp, and the world-building is surprisingly deep for such a short game. It touches on cool topics like AI, free will, and what it means to be “alive” in a way that’s both fresh and thought-provoking. If you’re into story-driven games with a solid mystery and some philosophical depth, definitely give this one a go.
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Sept. 2024
oh, this game is brilliant! super interesting. to be real, i sort of just saw the cover and i think someone recommended it to me(?) and i bought it thinking it was a gay robot game (the cover art looked a little gay, my bad), so i was a little surprised when it turned out to be a detective story, but i was pleasantly surprised! played it all in one sitting because i was very enraptured. i love the interactions in this game, the mechanics of switching back and forth between different characters' dialogue to progress is a really fun and engaging one. i appreciate that with some of the tougher puzzles it gives you options that help you out, because it would have reduced some of my enjoyment of the game if i got stuck on them lol
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Aug. 2024
Always appreciate a well-crafted short game. From a story perspective, don't go into the game expecting a crazy 'every choice will affect how the game progresses' with a bunch of branching paths sort of thing. But it is very well written for what it is, and was really quite thought-provoking for me by the end.
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Subsurface Circular
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1,780
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Online players
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Developer
Bithell Games
Publisher
Bithell Games
Release 17 Aug 2017
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