Subsurface Circular

Released: Aug 17, 2017
Platforms: WindowsmacOS
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 12:46 GMT

Updates & announcements

13 posts

08 Jul 2026Developer post
New Game Announcement - Vampirium: 1997
We've been working on our newest title this past year, and we're incredibly excited to be ready to announce our next game. Those of you signed up to our mailing list and reading The Last Portrait will have already had a sneak peek into the world we're building here. Everyone else
17 Nov 2025Developer post
New Bundle and Creator Keys - Bithell Games' Legacy Celebration
Subsurface Circular is the game of the week in our legacy celebration! A two-hour tale takes you underground, where strange disappearances among the robotic working class are coming to light. We shadowdropped Subsurface one day in 2017, but still it found its audience. Its 95% po
08 Jun 2019Announcement
Daily Deal - Subsurface Circular & Quarantine Circula, 50% Off
Today's Deal: Save 50% on Subsurface Circular & Quarantine Circular !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
22 May 2018Developer post
We made another narrative short called Quarantine Circular!
Hi all, Did you like Subsurface Circular? Well good news, we just launched a follow up, Quarantine Circular. It’s not a sequel, think of it more as another installment in an anthology. Thanks so much for the support. If you’re seeing this, then that probably means you bought Subs
14 Sep 2017Developer post
Subsurface Circular, nearly one month later
Hi everyone, Thanks so much for your support of the game! I've been talking publicly about some of our numbers (here, for example) and they're all.. you know.. good :) It felt like the right time to post a thank you here. The Steam community have been fantastic, and judging from
14 Sep 2017Developer post
Subsurface Circular, nearly one month later
Hi everyone, Thanks so much for your support of the game! I've been talking publicly about some of our numbers (here, for example) and they're all.. you know.. good :) It felt like the right time to post a thank you here. The Steam community have been fantastic, and judging from
19 Aug 2017Developer post
Update 2 - Secondary station bug fixes
Hi all, thanks for playing our game and your continued support. Our second update. While we fixed a bunch of train stopping issues with the first update, a couple of you were still having issues.. after some hunting, we think we found the cause: A cumulative error that broke the
19 Aug 2017Developer post
Update 2 - Secondary station bug fixes
Hi all, thanks for playing our game and your continued support. Our second update. While we fixed a bunch of train stopping issues with the first update, a couple of you were still having issues.. after some hunting, we think we found the cause: A cumulative error that broke the
18 Aug 2017Developer post
Update 1 - Resolutions and missed train stops
Hi all. Wow.. just over 24 hours from launch, and I'm so pleased with how this is going. Seems our weird experiment in shorter games is panning out. We just put out an update, here's what it does: No more starting at 768p - Some folks were getting the game loading for the first t
Hi all. Wow.. just over 24 hours from launch, and I'm so pleased with how this is going. Seems our weird experiment in shorter games is panning out. We just put out an update, here's what it does:

No more starting at 768p - Some folks were getting the game loading for the first time at weird, small resolutions. While Unity does seem to have a built in issue here, we've improved the situation by defaulting to 1080p if Unity doesn't detect your resolution. That should make it a bit less of a pain to get things set up as you'd like.
Fix for disembarking/embarking characters - This one was pretty rare, but some of you had a bug where you'd not see characters getting on or off, and would therefore get stuck unless you reloaded your save. We think we caught and fixed this, but do let us know if you have any issues in the pinned dev thread on the forum.
We're still getting a bunch of new folks in, which is exciting, but now's the point where we need to start getting word of mouth going. If you know anyone who you think would like the game, please do let them know! If you liked the game and have a spare couple of minutes, a steam review makes a huge difference too! Thanks for your time, we'll continue to monitor forums and fix stuff as it comes up. Thanks to the time difference here in London, we may not be able to instantly fix stuff, but we hope to be consistent!
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18 Aug 2017Developer post
Update 1 - Resolutions and missed train stops
Hi all. Wow.. just over 24 hours from launch, and I'm so pleased with how this is going. Seems our weird experiment in shorter games is panning out. We just put out an update, here's what it does: No more starting at 768p - Some folks were getting the game loading for the first t
Hi all. Wow.. just over 24 hours from launch, and I'm so pleased with how this is going. Seems our weird experiment in shorter games is panning out. We just put out an update, here's what it does:

No more starting at 768p - Some folks were getting the game loading for the first time at weird, small resolutions. While Unity does seem to have a built in issue here, we've improved the situation by defaulting to 1080p if Unity doesn't detect your resolution. That should make it a bit less of a pain to get things set up as you'd like.
Fix for disembarking/embarking characters - This one was pretty rare, but some of you had a bug where you'd not see characters getting on or off, and would therefore get stuck unless you reloaded your save. We think we caught and fixed this, but do let us know if you have any issues in the pinned dev thread on the forum.
We're still getting a bunch of new folks in, which is exciting, but now's the point where we need to start getting word of mouth going. If you know anyone who you think would like the game, please do let them know! If you liked the game and have a spare couple of minutes, a steam review makes a huge difference too! Thanks for your time, we'll continue to monitor forums and fix stuff as it comes up. Thanks to the time difference here in London, we may not be able to instantly fix stuff, but we hope to be consistent!
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17 Aug 2017Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Thomas Was Alone creator launches Subsurface Circular
After telling stories about shapes then even a teenager, the fella behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume has taken another step up the consciousness scale for his next story with a game about robots. Bithell’s studio today both announced and launched Subsurface Circular , a short te
17 Aug 2017Product Release
Now Available on Steam - Subsurface Circular, 20% off!
Subsurface Circular is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* 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
17 Aug 2017Product Release
Now Available on Steam - Subsurface Circular, 20% off!
Subsurface Circular is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* 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

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Vampirium: 1997

Now Available on Steam - Subsurface Circular, 20% off!