Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

 PC
Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 72 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 72
  3. Negative: 0 out of 72
  1. Slant Magazine
    Dec 17, 2024
    70
    The obstacles that do exist either aren’t ingenious enough to make the player feel like a world-famous archaeologist for solving them, or don’t allow you to feel enough like a shady scoundrel to feel clever or heroic, despite all the right ingredients being here to allow for such things.
  2. Gamepressure
    Dec 5, 2024
    70
    Indiana Jones and the Great Circle from MachineGames studio is a true love letter to fans of the original film trilogy. (But it's not without flaws).
  3. PCMag
    Dec 5, 2024
    70
    Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has the presentation and adventure chops to charm newcomers and nostalgists alike, but a handful of safe and stale gameplay elements keep it from excellence.
  5. TheGamer
    Dec 5, 2024
    70
    If you focus solely on the main story I think you’ll get a lot out of the experience. It’s a fun story with some decent gameplay variety that’s authentically Indy. You won’t miss much by strictly sticking to the main quest, and in fact, your experience will be better for it. It’s a shame the rest of it falls so flat.
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  1. 3DJuegos
    Jan 4, 2025
    One of the better video games of the year. MachineGames has created a truly Indiana Jones's experience with a great story, fantastic characters and all the things that we love of this iconic archaeologist. [Recommended]
  2. Polygon
    Dec 5, 2024
    The promise of a modern Indiana Jones game that allows you to fully embrace the fantasy of inhabiting the character in a new light, rather than repeating his greatest hits, remains a mystery yet to be solved.
  3. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Dec 6, 2024
    Machine Games have reproduced the experience of the Lucasfilm movies in a 99% accurate form. And they have done so in a manner only a megafunded Bethesda studio with a lot of Nazi-killing experience could. Yes, the video gamey seams stand out as you scarf down croissants for health and hear another bigot coughing behind a wall. But just as I'm not interested in Baker's performance reaching some unobtainable ledge of authenticity, I also don't want my adventure to abandon the language of games where it doesn't make sense to do so. I'm happy for this to be exactly the kind of expensive, cinematic, blockbuster explorathon it seemed predestined to be. Sneeze away, little Nazi. I know where you are.