Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2018
Art of Murder - The Secret Files
Developer City Interactive S.A.
While working in Mexico and aiding in the fight against the Mexican drug cartels, DEA Specialist Professor J. Brenner was kidnapped by the cartel after an undercover Special Agent was murdered. Help Nicole Bonnet to uncover the clues and solve the case behind the terrible murder and kidnapping. From the Steam store page
44 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest May 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
14
Rotten
6 positive · 38 negative
95% range 6–27%
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Steam's own rating
Very Negative
16 of 103 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
44 of 44 · most liked firstThis has nothing to do with the former Art of Murder trilogy. It's a totally different game that just uses its name. And it's bad... not worth the money. Had hoped to play another brilliant case of Nicole Bonnet. I'm deeply diappoinnted.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starts game. Visits first HO scene. Need to find a CAN. Ok... no biggie. Clicks on two aluminum cans and one watering can repeatedly with no effect. Ok... I'll come back to that. Need to find a BUCKET. Looks everywhere for a bucket. Clicks on a few candidates. Nothing. In the meanwhile, the hideous and totally unnecessary sound of coil whine screeches in my ears through my headphones. Turns off game. Writes baffled review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is so bad in comparison to the previous episodes in the serie. Just a poorly done HOG with NO voice acting and it's also very short
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is broken indeed. The items you find might fail to "activate" when you click on them. Alas, you get stuck. Tried the two sites available in the beginning, both gave the same result. As the game handily remember your progress, such error ends your game advancement. Thumbs down.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unlike "FBI Confidential", "Hunt for the Puppeteer" and "Cards of Destiny", this is no Point&Click adventure, but a collection of picture puzzles, tied together by a ... well... no, you can't call it "story".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was only playing 2 to 3 hours and all of a sudden it was finished. Below average even for a HOG. There's pointless hourglass timers on Hidden Object scenes, one of the scenes was far too dark and I could only find objects via hint - couldn't see them even when it showed exactly where they are. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1967215697 No voice acting, not a lot of locations, inconsistent style. Overall it's not worst hog I've ever played, it at least worked from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game breaking bug in the first HOG scene. very disappointing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad hidden object game. The other Art of Murder series are much better. The graphic is good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I did not enjoy my experience with this game. Even though it doesn't take long to complete the time spent is not much fun. Basically the mechanics of the game were poor. It took a lot of trial and error to find the spots where you were supposed to click in spite of the decent graphics. I was forced to use a walkthrough provided by the publisher to solve some of the game's puzzles and still had problems getting through them. I feel there are far better games of this genre available.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HO scenes seem to be broken, making the game unplayable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it as part of a bundle package, and I have to say - it's simply terrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you bought this in a pack Good good for you. I wouldn't recommend this game because it is nothing like the first three games. I'm only giving it a thumbs up because I found an official fix. a) Intel Users must use this fix, but can also be used for Nvidia and AMD users. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! DUE TO FIXING ASPECT RATIO. 1. Download and Extract the files on Desktop. http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ 2. Right-click the "Art of Murder Deadly Secrets." Click on "Properties." Click…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just a terrible pixel hunt game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple, I do not like "timed" games. I guess I'm just not fast enough. Another seek and find game I'll have to give away. i
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Art of Murder – The Secret Files, developed and published by City Interactive S.A., is a crime-themed hidden object and puzzle adventure that seeks to merge the intrigue of FBI investigations with the accessibility of casual gameplay. Taking place within the larger Art of Murder universe, it once again places players in the role of FBI agent Nicole Bonnet, this time following her pursuit of a dangerous drug cartel after the kidnapping of a DEA professor. The setup is ripe with promise:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turned a good series into budget hidden objects game. The former games took several hours to complete with intriguing puzzles and good story. This is mainly hidden objects everywhere and automatic progress. Took around 1.5 hour to complete.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game won't run properly on Intel onboard graphics cards. So I ran it on my Nvidia card. My fans were running constantly all for this stupid, poorly designed game. I wasn't even able to finish it because of a flaw in the game. Got almost to the end of the game until I reached a section involving gears that must be placed in a well and it will not allow you to make any mistakes. If you do, you're stuck and can't move on. Apparently, the developers know this, but don't care because there's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly, this game is unplayable. While the graphics are improved after the first 2 games in the series, there is no voice acting in this one and it looks more like an hidden object game play than the previous ones. I would still love to play the game even so, but I've reached the first HOG and got stuck. Not because I couldn't find the objects, but because regardless of how I click on them, the game doesn't recognise that I've found them. Even using the hint option and clicking on the object…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ The music was good. + The story was very interesting, it kept mystery until the end, it ended very simplistic, but I somehow wasn't disappointed by the ending. + You can collect hidden clocks which gives you extra hints. - The hidden object minigames makes you collect lots of stuff you don't need. It extends the playtime I guess, but it does not connect to story or anything at all. - There are very few puzzles. - Whole story and conversations are in text exept for the cutscenes, I wish that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly, none of the Art of Murder games are playable due to the hidden object games not registering clicking on some items. It's a shame, because they look well done otherwise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really tried to like this game. I love the first three Art of Murder games and when I saw all negative reviews I figured it was just third party adventure snobs that hate hidden object games. No. It's just bad. The hidden object scenes are downright impossible, there's no puzzle solving, just random mashing on your keyboard, highlights show you where to go...it's just bad all around. I would not recommend this nor the next one in the series (that one actually just gave me a virus alert).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No sound, boring hidden object puzzle.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sound: 7 Graphics: 7 Story: 6 Gameplay: 3 Commands: 9 Fun: 3 Time to load / lag: 9 Bugs / Problems: 5 Final Score - 4
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 0.4 hours on record was so boring I had to quit and read reviews.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hidden object graphics are impossible to see. I quit pretty much immediately. The scenes are near-monochromatic, and this is on an high end 32" monitor. Click-through games are how I turn off when I'm stressed, but this one was immediately too annoying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not terrible, but fairly obnoxiously placed objects. The plot unfolds better than a lot of hidden object games, but I wouldn't call it hugely engaging, seems like tho a better translation would have helped a little.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What the heck people? All these negative reviews... did I miss something? I think this is rather decent hidden object game, I'm actually really perplexed at all the negativity. I personally think everyone who gave this game a thumbs down is a N00B and a SIMP, oh and also a bigot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if I didn't get this game in the Art of Murder Bundle, I would've been angry on purchasing this for full price. It's not even worth a single cent to play this game. I don't mind HOG games, except when they are done this way. This is one of the worst games I've ever played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nothing at all like the other Art of Murder games, and not even a good hidden object game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game won't let me pass the first hidden object game. Some glitch that I couldn't correct even with an advice comment. Very disappointed when these older games just don't run properly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I always like adventures and hidden objects games.....
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm 10 minutes in and the game failed to register me finding the hidden object no matter how much I clicked on it. It's fundementally broken. It didn't look like it was going to be fun anyway what with the no voice acting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unlike the other Art of Murder games which were point and click, this one was find the hidden items, And do a few puzzle games (without too much instruction on what you were supposed to do). If you like hidden item games, give this a try. It was not at all like the red of the Art of Murder games, which left me disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many will find this unplayable. I am at my first Hidden object section and it simply will not let me click on the final item. There does not seem to be a fix for it. It was part of a set so I am not really out much, however this game should not be sold in its current form.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HORRID! Darn near invisible items to be found in ultra grainy 'stylized' artwork because they blend too bloody well into the picture. (Can you, for example, say "Bowl Matching Tire"?) Ridiculous "Sketcher" that made me go through every single beard to finally find a match to the pathetic "description". But the final straw was the blasted knife that won't let me get the fingerprint no matter what I do, and there's nothing the hints say to help. Oh, and NOW I see the "ALL REVIEWS: Negative (46)"…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →need NVIDIA graphic chips to work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an old casual hidden object/point and click/puzzle/interactive novel game with a modern murder/crime theme as you solve a murder mystery. It's old, it's buggy, fixed resolution and low quality, low resolution art assets make this one worth missing. For some reason they decided it should also be an interactive novel so you spend hours clicking through inane pointless boring text just so you can actually play the game (if the bugs let you). $5 US is a lot to ask for this deprecated,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game does not work properly (hidden objects can not be collected). Its a sad mess...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really enjoyed the first 3, but despite having sound in the game there is no voice to go along with the subtitles in this game. now wishing i hadn't bought the bundle because the game just isn't the same without the voice playing. i don't want to read the subtitles, i want to hear the voice while i examine the screen for what to do next.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They changed the format from the first 2 in the series, this one has those hidden object puzzles. Plus it's extremely short, took me only 2 hours. This is the 3rd game in a series of 5, following FBI agent Nicole Bonnet. I guess you don't have to play them in order, but some do end weirdly. :-)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Liked: that it was a female lead character; female lead was intelligent and practical minded; scene settings were fairly good; story pretty good; colors fairly good; Disliked: some grungy, dirty scenes (e.g. toilets, garbage, etc.); prettier scene settings would be nice; longer story; brighter and deeper colors; could use more hints; more animation would be nice, of course.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the bundle games of Art of Murder but so far this game freezes so I uninstall it not worth buying wil try the next one and see how it will work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It installed easily. After the intro, entered a building which had a hidden object puzzle. I had about 4 items left, but can't click on them or exit the room. EDITED: I can play this without problems on another PC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, HO's are often too dark to navigate, puzzle mechanics are ridiculously obtuse, UI is annoying. There is literally nothing good to say about the game. Quite literally the worst HO I have ever played. Sad, because Art of Murder: FBI Confidential was a decent point and click adventure game. This is simply a mess and is a dark mark for the series.
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