Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2015
ALPAGES : THE FIVE BOOKS
Developer Nicolas Bernard
RUN, ESCAPE, SHOOT, SURVIVE AND FIND THE 5 BOOKS ! An indie Arcade Horror Game. From the Steam store page
95 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
38
Rotten
36 positive · 59 negative
95% range 29–48%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
87 of 245 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 95 · most liked firstThis game has no redeeming qualites as of the writing of this review. There is no interface, and you are dropped into a hastily made map where zombies once in a while attack you. This is someones for fun project, and not a real game. There are plenty of real games on Steam for a similar price. Do. Not. Buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is awful, comments deleted from forum ..All the issues remain , zombies spawn at a ridiculous rate, cant play more than 5 minutes because this is just awful. I finally get to use the refund option. Do Not waste your time with this one
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Complete rubbish! The gameplay in this game is ridiculous. Monsters that can not even be seen spawning at stupid frequency with very poor vision. Heading straight to the refund queue.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nothing but a free asset game. Game has no menu system except start and exit. You spawn in. With guns and ammo. Are told to grab stuff with E (that magically appears in random places) just so you can shoot magically appearing deer , zombies and ravens while trying to survive. There is no wave system. Objective seems to be to mindlessly survive monsters. Which brings me to my next point. The AI is non-existent. Enemies spawn randomly in the map. Even behind you feet away. They run up to you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alpages: The Five Books is an indie horror arcade title by Nicolas Bernard, the same developer that created Terror Labs. SnipZ, and Showtime 2073. As its genre and store page suggests, you run around killing zombies and other supernatural creatures, all while trying to find 5 books. Each book has a unique enemy that spawns somewhere on the map after you pick it up, the kicker being that they are invincible. Let it first be said that there are absolutely no worthwhile features to this game.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know a game's promising when they have to hack it to stay at 100% hp for the trailer I bought this game just to point that out Not quite sure if that supports them or no
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After reading all of the negative reviews for this game I was dubious about playing it. Thankfully I was actually very pleasantly surprised when I did finally boot up the game. You really need to keep your wits about you while playing because zombies, and other animals will spawn close behind you as well as in front, and with several different types of zombie spawing randomly, some of which are quite challenging to kill because they are so quick. You will soon find yourself…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horror FPS where you must find five mysterious books while battling zombies, monsters, and a witch ✅Each of the five books is assigned a unique enemy ✅Ability to collect ammo, health, and extra lives ❌Enemies appear very frequently, making it difficult to escape ❌Large, empty, and uninteresting map ❌Borrowful and atmosphereless world setting ❌Enemies associated with books are indestructible ❌Very high and unfair difficulty level ❌Glitches in the life system,gaining one life grants two, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played 5 minutes... and was killed 10 times
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game! Run a lot, escape and kill some zombies, cows, pigs..., run a lot again, survive and find all the books... Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsziIWI7jVk
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →S -♥♥♥♥ H -Happens I - In T - Toilet My "review" is not so bad as this game itself.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For an inexpensive game I wasnt expecting much, but I actually enjoy playing this game. At first I made it to the mill and some goofy voice yelled "Give me your blood" I thought it was funny but then the zombies appearing and attacking made it more intense. Roaming and searching for the books knowing anytime they can appear also keeps you on your toes. Also you gotta watch your back cause they will sneak up on you. The backround music is also something thats adds to the suspense. Its early…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would say at the moment this game isn't very good. This is due to the fact that it constently lags. It's ashame because it would really make a good game. I wouldnt recommend buying it for now, I would wait and hope it develops. The sound is also to high no way of turning it down or off :/.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game looks pretty good for a Unity game by an indie dev, the gameplay itself is terrible. It is artificial difficulty. Enemies spawn right behind you and all around. Health can be restored by picking up red plants or it slowly replenishes. But there is no map so unless you see one of the books spawn you'll never find them all as you'll be killed too quickly. After about two minutes of play you will grow frustrated and just uninstall.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For what little I paid for it (under 20 cents) I will recommend it for only the sheer insanity of it. I think graphically it is acceptable enough. The sounds effects also are acceptable. What isn't acceptable is the fact that the game has no difficulty level settings. You are dropped right into complete sanity. Also in regards to bullet pickups and other items I find that despite pressing the proper key which is E things are not picked up when they should be. I like the fast paced action.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absurdly murky, absurdly difficult. And not the slightest bit "fun". Yet another incoherent, slapped-together mess of minimal, random assets meant to pass as a "game". The only notable thing about this particular entry is that it's one of the earlier trend-setters of this rather dubious and uber-modern approach to "game design". Nowadays, such products are legion. I, for one, am glad that I waited several years before finally opting to experience its myriad displeasures. In 2015, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This asset flip has you fighting waves of asset flipped zombies on a single map while doing a couple of fetch quests... even as far as asset flips go, this one is badly assembled and plays terribly. Only a bare minimum of effort was put into putting this together... it's a true testament to just how harmful Steam Direct has proven to be to the average level of quality of all video games on Steam, with shovelware like this pulling the average down sharply. Needless to say this asset flip has…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this and wasn't expecting anything. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, was still pretty bad though. The main menu lacks any control options, no way to change your sensitivity. Graphically it's a mess, ammunition pick ups are massive and so are the books. The lighting, is atrocious, it's hard to see in some places, bright in others. The animations for the guns are atrocious, the textures in this game arew absolutely horrendous! Sound was very bad as well, thankfully it wasn't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short, fun, dark game. Yes, alot of people have given this game a bad rep, and if you pay more then 5 dollars for this game; then I would have to agree. This game is actually quite challenging, with enemies forever spawning, some killable, some not. The premise of this game is pretty creative expecially for a game made by like five pwople. I would recommend this game. I got it on sale for 89 cents. (real cheap buy :) )
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⠘⡀⠀Yes, I collected all 5 Books ⠀⠀⠀⠑⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠢⢄How'd you know?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠤⠄⠒⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣀⠄⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢏⣴⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣟⣾⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⡴⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⢴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⣿⣁⡀⠀⠀⢰⢠⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣴⣶⣿⡄⣿ ⣿⡋⠀⠀⠀⠎⢸⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠗⢘⣿⣟⠛⠿⣼ ⣿⣿⠋⢀⡌⢰⣿⡿⢿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣧⢀⣼ ⣿⣿⣷⢻⠄⠘⠛⠋⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣧⠈⠉⠙⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's 99cent and I don't know if you manage to stay alive longer than 3 minutes, but if you do, you are probably a god. The enemies spawn just everywhere, the graphics are a huge plus tho, I kinda liked them and didn't expect them to be like this. Get it for the memes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would rather shove glass in my eyes then continue this. I would rather start a nuclear war with The USA then to continue this. I would rather end a human life then to continue this. Meh it was alright 4/endme
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good survival game that requires FPS games skills If you're expecting to have jump scares from this game like slender or some horror games, you're wrong in this game you must need your FPS skills to grab your guns and kill the enemies & believe me the enemies are not that easy to kill, the game is so challenging, you need to runaway & beatdown the enemies until you find the 5 books and the crazy thing is that they give you no indication, but the books are big you can see them when your far…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game shows potential. If it's a first time project it's really quite good. Next game if there is one could be even better by using this game as a learning experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →alpages is quite literally just a walk through a British Alleyway
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished the game . Will probably never return to it. It's just too shallow, there is zero gameplay. You just run, collect some books and kill a witch. Cannot recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game for 5 of my friends to inflict pain and suffering on them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*before you read the rest* user reviews seem to mostly complain about not being able to pick up stuff and that you get raped too often, well, wtf? I won second try, you i advise you dont take seriously people who only play for 5 minutes. To pick stuff up, stop running and press E THE CRIES OF THE WICH So basically this game is a free roam "arcade like" game. I say arcade like because i see this no different from arcade games where you see for how long you survive but whatevs. This game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glitchy Mini-game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My family died in this game. Great gem 20/11
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →total garbage.....waste even for $1.....cant shot, cant pick up...just run til you die which is FAST
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1/10 Unity Slop Boring, broken, and with annoying sounds. It brings nothing new. There's literally no point in playing this. You'll easily get bored. You just shoot, and shoot, and shoot, and shoot... This just feels like an asset flip FPS, the usual Unity slop. If you make someone play this, you are subjecting them to torture. Porcaria da Unity Aborrecido, quebrado, com sons irritantes. Não traz nada de novo. Não há literalmente nenhuma razão para jogar isto. Vão se entediar…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sorry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, i especially like the zombies
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That is a piece of crap.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →===[ ? Audience: ]=== O Kids X Everyone O Casual players X Strategic players ===[ ¤ Graphics: ]=== O Potato O Really bad O Bad O OK O Good X Beautiful O Masterpiece ===[ $ Price/quality: ]=== O Full price X Wait for sale O Average O Refund it if you can O Don't do it ===[ ? Requirments: ]=== O 90' PC O Minimum O Medium O Fast X High end O NASA computer ===[ ¤ Difficulty: ]=== O You just need 2 arms O Ez X Easy to learn / Hard to master O Hard (first few hours) O Dark Souls ===[…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TRASH!!!!!!! Enough Said
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow. Cannot say that i've had this much fun in a LONG time. Seriously addicting. Cannot stop playing it. Pro's: - Great graphics (Shading, textures etc). - Addicting gameplay. - Un-exploitable environment. Con's: - Can't stop playing... Absolute 10/10 by me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, well, well.. What can I say? I have played a total of 7 minutes and can say that this game is pretty damn trash. Zombies are way to strong, even tho they are one hit. The are way too strong because they spawn unreasonable and in high amounts, make too much damage and basically just appear behind you. The game has no options or pause menus, you can't even change the volume! The game gives you no explanation what to do and.. You know what? I'll make this a bit quicker... DON'T BUY THIS NO…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly don’t think this game is as bad as most of the people on here claim it to be. I admit it was rather entertaining. You need to keep in mind, that a single person developed this, and that it costs 99 cents. Not more. For that price, you get a fun game. The map is rather big, and you can enjoy shooting endless amounts of zombies. Yes, the gameplay is simple: shoot zombies and find the 5 books, but it is also enjoyable. The graphics are fine and the movement too. The sound is rather…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know where to begin with this game... Pros Whenever you collect a book, it adds a boss to the game that follows you around. Varying "bosses", such as the Tree, Witch, Teddy Bear, Pirate Clown, and something else that I don't care to remember. Cons There are no trading cards. There are no achievements. When picking up an extra life, your lives go from 1 to 3. When you die, your lives go from 3 to 1. Never hits 2. All pickups are physics objects that you cannot go through and you can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game, but still needs work--which it won't. This is another abandoned indie game with a cool concept not quite finished. The audio is very nice, except for how it overlaps and sounds like earrape (especially near the end) and items are always in the same spot. Zombie animals are a very strange design and so is spawning ammo and health directly in front of you. Is definitely far from any of the more finished indie games as there is a huge lack of content, but it has a cool idea (though…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a very short game but is kinda fun and its so cheap they praticaly are giving it way
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avoid this game at all cost. No menu just start and exit game. Purpose of game is to get 5 books, while trying to obtain these 5 books you will have to kill monsters. Each time you get a book a new monster will come into play and more monsters will spawn. No real purpose nor story. Seems like the dev just bought assets and through them all in 1 day and said this is my game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bought it , it doesnt even works my pc can handle dota 2 graphics why this cant cmon!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This might be one of the worst games I have ever played, un fun, buggy, little options. Its just a slender clone with guns, luckily i didn't spend money on this and a friend gifted it to me as a joke. would not recomend at all, 1/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot change mouse inversion. Unity is supposed to be for beginners in game development, but the default option is to hide mouse sensitivity and inversion from the player. Developers can obviously not be relied upon to include this option. Unity then becomes a platform to peddle unfinished games simply for a resume. Unifinished projects show weakness.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not recommended. mouse wheel is non functional and there is no option to remap the mosewheel weapons change button to any other key, so can't even bring up a weapon to even play. refund please.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good game to play when your board. EDIT: You know what I changed my mind. the reason why is because the music in the game can cause copyright. Which happened to my 2-year-old video this year then I had to delete it. And it ain't fun as I thought. Back then when I was playing the game later it crashed. That was on to the point where I was done with this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ALPAGES : THE FIVE BOOKS is a stripped-down survival horror shooter that feels less like a fully polished release and more like a raw, experimental concept brought to life. Developed by Nicolas Bernard and published by M.INDIE, it embraces a minimalist design philosophy where the focus is placed almost entirely on immediate tension and escalating difficulty. There’s very little in the way of narrative framing or world-building; instead, the game throws players directly into a hostile…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Masterpiece of Suspense and Atmosphere: ALPAGES: THE FIVE BOOKS ALPAGES: THE FIVE BOOKS stands out as an exceptional gem in the horror gaming genre, delivering an immersive and thoroughly gripping experience that captivates players from start to finish. The game’s design is a testament to the developer's mastery of crafting an atmosphere that is both eerie and deeply engaging, ensuring that every moment feels purposeful and thrilling. 1. Enchanting Atmosphere and World-Building From the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can recommend this game, for $0.09. At first it's really dumb but when you figure it out it presents an element of challenge to it. To me it's an arcade game that you put a quarter into and when you die the game is over and you have to put in another quarter to play again. But instead of having to do that you pay $0.09 to play it as many times as I wish. It doesn't have a lot of replay-ability except in the sense that I mentioned above. Because you play it to try and survive as long as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wholeheartedly recommend this game. It made me lose track of time and I think I will buy it again on my other Steam accounts. This game is one of the best games I have played ever in my life. I truly believe this will change the gaming industry for the better. The title AAA+ game does not do this title justice. It is truly a masterpiece. One of its kind. I wish I would have known earlier about this game because it is everything I have ever looked for in a game. This is more than a game. It is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not worth the price
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you ever wanted to know, how depression feels, just play this game for 5min and you probably know. solid 10 out of 10.000
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if it's ok for you to keep your finger on W continuously for almost 1 hour, the game is not bad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the worst games ever! It's so indy that it's independent of users.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If there was a neutral option I'd probably go with that. But since there isn't and the game is functional I'll bump it to a positive review only because well… it's $1 It's a very straight forward routine arena shooter. There's 5 stages, you run around an open world trying to collect a book (to progress to the next level) while random zombies and nonsense (like teddy bears) attack you. The spawn mechanics are pretty cheap, you'll get attacked from behind far too often for it to be fun. But…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →scared the ♥♥♥♥ outta me lmfao
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First that game looked really nice cause i like games with zombies, especially shooters. But after playing a little bit it get´s annoying and it´s always the same. Also the grafics are not the best and the gameplay is not easy. IT´S NOT WORTH IT!!!
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