What Surrounds Us will make you think a lot about circles

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/ss_765cecb6ce4a937c4f17d94cc6729212ecb56fa8.1920x1080.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>What Surrounds Us</em> takes its title literally. You play as a circle surrounding a hole in its middle - it looks like a donut with frosting. You work together with other sentient moving circles, sometimes helping them joyfully meet with others. And you traverse a large map that's composed entirely of, you guessed it, a series of circles. But the circles everywhere aren't just an artistic choice; they underscore the game's themes about working in connection with the environment and the things around us.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite the trippy design, <em>What Surrounds Us</em> has a familiar format. I kept feeling echoes of <em>The Legend of Zelda</em> as I trekked across three dist …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/961183/what-surrounds-us-review-pc-steam">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>