Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

GamesRadarJosh West

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the best adventure this character has embarked on in over 30 years. Developer MachineGames has leveraged its expertise in the FPS space to deliver an immersive, authentic first-person adventure that is quite unlike anything you've played before.

Nintendo World ReportJohn Rairdin

9/10

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is the best cinematic to game adaptation I’ve ever played, one of the best stories the Indiana Jones IP has told, and one of the Switch 2’s most impressive third party ports thus far. The Switch 2 delivers this masterpiece nearly uncompromised. Its only the occasional stutter or low-resolution texture that gives away the game’s slimmed down form. Whether you’re delving into ancient ruins to solve puzzles, or introducing a nazi to the loving embrace of a sledgehammer, every moment of the Great Circle is absolute bliss.

Jump Dash RollLuciano Howard

9/10

MachineGames has crafted a brilliant adventure which embodies Indiana Jones every step of the way. After the early hours getting used to it, and ignoring a few quibbles, what we have here is nothing short of must-play for fans, and really should play for everyone else.

Worth PlayingChris "Atom" DeAngelus

9/10

Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.

StevivorSteve Wright

9/10

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle should officially be considered the sixth instalment in the fabled franchise. I have no idea if LucasFilm is pondering bringing back 82-year-old Harrison Ford to mirror his on-screen dad’s pledge to never say never again. But I hope they don’t, because the Great Circle delivers a compelling, genuinely awesome Indy adventure that rivals the films – and is even better than some of them.

Press StartBrodie Gibbons

8.5/10

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle delivers both high calibre adventure, story and performance in spades, to the point it feels as though it’s wading into “uncharted territory” for its publisher. The decision to bop a Nazi should be a foregone conclusion, however the lack of balance in stealth and combat systems kept me in limbo, and left Indiana Jones and the Great Circle just a stone stele’s throw from true greatness.

CGMagazineJustin Wood

8/10

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an impressive port on Nintendo Switch 2—maintaining the fun and excitement of the films, and the impressive qualities of its console brethren.

Nintendo LifeKen Talbot

8/10

You chose wisely

Push SquareAaron Bayne

8/10

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has finally landed on PS5, after a brief period of Xbox, PC exclusivity. We’ve been keen to get our hands on the latest from MachineGames, the team behind the Wolfenstein series, and now with DualSense haptics and even a PS5 Pro enhanced version, PS5 is the best place to experience this whip-cracking treasure hunt.

GameSpotRichard Wakeling

7/10

The Order of Giants is a small-scale Indiana Jones adventure, taking you on an enjoyable side quest that nevertheless feels like it's missing The Great Circle's freedom and scrappy improvisation

To be clear, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is good fun. The presentation is spot on, and it’s an example of how nostalgia can be traded on in a way that is fun, rather than desperate. But as a video game, it’s yet another example of how the AAA blockbuster end of the market is totally incapable of breaking away from the overly safe and familiar, and the inflexibility of these “video game design best practices” means that no property is allowed an identity of its own anymore. Every gameplay feature, character, environment, item and puzzle needs to be the exact clone of the successf…

GameBlogAUR

6/10

Reliving a grand adventure inspired by cinema was already exciting on PC and consoles. But being able to experience it from anywhere—from your couch to the subway, or even on vacation—that might be the very essence of adventure. In any case, that's the challenge Indiana Jones and the Ancients is attempting to meet by arriving on Nintendo's hybrid console.