Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2016
Better Late Than DEAD
Developer Odin Game Studio
Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems. From the Steam store page
218 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jun 21, 2025 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
12
Rotten
27 positive · 191 negative
95% range 9–17%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
253 of 910 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Overwhelmingly negative: players call it an abandoned, broken, cash-grab early access game.
The vast majority of players condemn the game as unfinished and abandoned. Many allege the developer stopped updating it long ago, calling it a "cash grab" and saying "Steam should remove this from sale" (R13). One player states the game "has not had an update since November" and was released out of Early Access with nothing done (R18). abandoned it" (R8). [13][18][8]
Players also report severe technical issues and poor gameplay. Complaints include "bad optimization" (R3), "broken animal movement, broken game mechanics" (R16), and "wanky mouse controls" (R31). One player notes the game does not match the screenshots and is buggy and graphically horrible (R9). A few positive reactions acknowledge potential but are vastly outnumbered by the negative. [3][16][31][9]
Praised potential (some see promise)
Criticised abandoned by developer · poor optimization · buggy mechanics · misleading store page · cash grab
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 8, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 218 · most liked firstThis game was reviewed using a code sent by the developer/publisher. Better Late Than DEAD is a survival adventure game developed by Odin Game Studios, being published on Steam in July of 2015 on Early Access. As we have come all too familiar with the survival genre of games; you start off as a single character, dropped in the middle of nowhere and you are expected to survive. Games of this genre are often a hit from the start or just flop straight away. Unfortunately Better Late Than DEAD…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR Better Late than Dead is too early access to recommend spending your hard-earned cash on, unless you're a die-hard fan of survival games (like there aren't enough to choose from). Better Late than Dead is a game that is still marred hugely by it's early access state. For those familiar with survival games, BLTD is the quintessential example - but with too many flaws currently to rationalize the price. BTLD is a game of too many button presses. In most games, you could press E or F to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An impressive example what can happen if you buy early access games. Changed rock skin, but not the important parts of the game. Game felt like brutal early alpha version and now they launched it, because "it is finished!" Cash grab. Nothing more. Avoid it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned, unfinished, no more updates, not much fun, incomplete. I think that about covers it, no? Just in case you are still reading and considering a purchase let me warn you that you really should not buy this unfinished game unless you fully comprehend the state that it's in right now. It is *NEVER* going to be finished, the dev. abandoned it. I simply can't recommend it because the game is still in a very unfinished state, and is not really much fun to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does not match the screenshots and is buugy and graphicly horrible. DO NOT PURCHASE!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another Surival game where the screen shots look cool and make you think the games going to be good but it's actually just ♥♥♥♥. 0/10 rather be dead than late.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my experience in Better Late Than DEAD 1. I start off stranded in the middle of nowhere (game off to an intruguing start) unfortunately the controls are terrible and the inventory layout is horrid. 2. The game mechanics don't work, switching different perspectives are very difficult, as to when you try to switch from 3rd to 1st, your viewing capabilities might be limited for a temporary amount of time. 3. The ambience is quite pleasent, as the creators of the game are trying to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[DEC 23, 2017] i don't even know why this game is still available for grabs and still goes on sale. Stay away from this game as it is ABANDONED. [FEB 14, 2016] As of now the game has not undergone any update since last year, now the game is looking more dead than ever. I suggest that you stay away until it more work has been done on it or it gets finished. [OLD REVIEW (JULY 30, 2015)] [Recommended = 32 of 50 people (64%) found this review helpful 1 person found this review funny] [THIS IS…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →could have been a good game but the devs are all ball sacks and give up on the game steam should remove this from sale as any sales now are just a waste of money as the game will never be finished...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright, so after I had this game in my library untouched for months, I decided to play it. I'm a huge fan of survival games, thus my decision to purchasing this game wondering what it will be like. Ok, so you strand on an island, there is body bags everywhere of dead people, sometimes next to them is food, idk why but there just is. Don't worry you can eat it, as this is the main resource to get rid of your hunger bar, same for thirst. It took me a while to figure out how to cut trees…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First thing I realized about this game...Massive mouse acceleration. From the instant you go into this game, you get slapped with that function. Lowering the mouse sensitivity doesn't change much. Second, combat still needs a lot of work. Currently, I took on an alligator on a 1v1 match. Me with a knife, him or her with it's alligator skin and sharp teeth. I only lost about 30% of my health even though I was attacking it with a knife over the course of the fight. Apparently the wildlife…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Broken animal movement, broken game mechanics, random bleedouts, permadeath forced on you and multiplayer from the 90's with IP only connections. All of these things can be yours too if you want to spend your money on this half baked unfinished asset flip. I ran a quarter of a mile away from an alligator, but it kept chasing me at full speed growling and biting. I escaped because it was afraid to get into the water........ https://youtu.be/sPexhsptMec
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looks nice but its very boring. Besides being mildly creepy the game just lacks direction. Instead you get a game that promises to get better in time but after having the game for 4 months hasn't inched at all. I wouldn't recommend this game unless you like hours of nothing to do but find notes and die.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, This Game Has not had an update since November. The game isn't even completed yet, and they released it out of Early Access, with nothing done.... Its a Cash Grab from terrible Devs. Don't support these people. Here are my first Impressions of this terrible, terrible game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhH6uPqueMU
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avoid this game, its half baked and is worse than having Delhi Belly! I bought this during Early Access and very little has changed since then! The game is still buggy, ugly and pretty much pointless. There are plenty of other good alternatives such as "The Long Dark". Avoid this game, even if heavily discounted. Avoid the game's developer until they change their shoddy practices and start giving a damn about quality control of their products.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the time, the game I wouldn't reccomend because it is boring and there is nothing to do. I do see potential in the game, but I would wait a year or two before really looking into this game because it has a long way to go, I don't think it is ready to be played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy Dead game. Odin studio dead since the end 2016. Do not understand why you still have the ability to buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one sad piece of garbage, how can any developer put out a very bad poorly optimized game even with updates. It has very good premise and intrigue, just can't get past that failed optimization which ruins gameplay. If you can make it snappy and put a real update in then i'd play it again, until then.......yikes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better Dead than Playing This
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad screenshots, the game look like it was made in 2002. Old WarZ feeling to the animations, terrible. The mechanics of the game are just broken, movement, looting, inventory, crafting, all together a real pain. Requested refund. 0/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The usual Survivor feeling with a lot of gathering. Survive against wild animals. The story line looks kinda promising. Death means death, which is per se nice, but should not have been implemented before death-bugs were removed. UI feels clunky. Crafting is more annoying than it would need to be. There's hardly any context-information telling you what stuff is or what it does. All in all, it has potential to be a fun game for a while, but at the current state, it is not worth the full…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I added this game to my wishlist as it looked quite good, and it was a resonable price ("was" is important). My friend gifted me this for Christmas. I feel sorry for my friend. I do. I really do, they wasted £7 on this piece of ♥♥♥♥. This made me never want to touch an Early Access game again. Don't buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better late than playing this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY!!! The game is left bij the devs.... NO MORE UPDATES for 2 years now...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want a refund. This game SUCKS badly. the trailer is a joke, you can't do anything, and it's boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cancelled project Steam is for whatever reason still selling. Stay away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better Late Than DEAD is a very bizzare game and feels like it should still be in early access. I couldn't play more than just 30 minutes because of wanky mouse controls, strange item grab mechanics and worst of all glitches. I went to sleep, woke up in the middle of the night laying on the floor but I couldn't get up but I could spin around like crazy and if I spammed space bar hard enough I ascended into heaven. The crafting is slim, maybe there's more to be unlocked I do not know because I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. Why all the negativity? It’s Early Access, it’s £3.99 and it’s taken a lot of people of lot of work to get this new survival game onto here. Okay, there are optimisation issues and the crafting system could do with some improvements. The game’s been on Steam for just over four hours. Give these guys a break and let them issue some updates to address your concerns before slating them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Went to sleep, got stuck in sleeping position and couldn't move. And this is out of early access.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not perfect yet, but the Dev's appear commited and updates are coming thick and fast. Community support and reports on bugs are taken into account. I am expecting this game to turn into something very impressive in the end, but we will have to wait and see for that :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →better late than updated am i right?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*Plays game* Says to self "This game is horrible. Even I could make something better than this" *Epiphany* I am now going to make a game that is better than this Will update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honest Review: TL;DR: Developers didn't try, store page lies, DON'T BUY I only played the game for twenty minutes or so, but I just could not take anymore of the game. I never actually ran into any bugs but there were so many qaulity…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been really lucky on early access games. Not this time. When I first bought it, it was unplayable. So I figured I'd let it rest for about six months and try it again. Still unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fairly generic survival game that fails in just about every possible way.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stay away. This is an Early Access-title that the developer decided to release as it was because they either ran out of patience, money or motivation (or all), and not a polished game. It has a story you can complete, but come on; this is not a title you should sell as a full release, nor should anyone be fooled into buying it. This is just money-grabbing at its worst and an example of what causes players to distrust EA-developers these days.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would not reccomend this game to anyone. Sloppy work from even an amature game designer. Would be something you might see at a College level programming project where the student didn't have enough time to finish and manage to scrape a C+
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I definitely do not recommend this game because there is some fps issues and the game has been abandoned. I'm also not able to complete the game due to a bug involving one of the final keys in order to escape the island(s). Unless the developers decided to have a change of heart and fix/update this game, then I highly avoid this game!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is already Dead.. Dont buy it! They are scammers..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very odd controls, same as graphics and animals. It would have been more enjoyable if there were many other things to craft, as it is for now you don't have many items to choose from. Somethimes the gameplay is bugged, all in all this game is still in alpha but has many downsides.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this only for 10 minutes because of it's bad optimization. I'm not complaining though. This game is just an alpha version and the developer said they are going to fix the optimization ASAP. Pros: - Beautiful environment - Sound effects - The story - Controls and HUD - Lots of potential to be a good survival game Cons: - Graphics are not detailed - No subtitles option - Poor Graphics option - Mouse doesn't work properly when using 1920x1080 resolution So far I can't tell…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs, just didi a quick build and the took money. dont even bother
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Less than an hour played and I gave up. The incessant irratation from the skippy walking sounds was just the start of it. Those I could turn off by pretty much muting the entire game. Jittery 'over the shoulder' view was also a major irratation. It makes it hard to target things and totally throws out your vision of things. General gameplay. meh. I was bored after the first half hour, pulling my hair out after nearly an hour. I died once due to tripping over a pebble and bleeding out.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This so far even in alpha is one cool game. I`ve went in blind not knowing anything about the story but i`ll say what I think is happening(I could be totally wrong).lol. I assume some animal experiments have been happening on the islands cos of cages/shipment containers & human body bags lying around. With wolves/bears/stag/crocs etc on the island cos it appears to be a tropical islands which I assume these animals would never get thier unless brought. Also thier seems to be something hidden on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unoptimized, abandoned and buggy. The first game I've ever played where having maximum settings gives you better FPS than minimum settings. Controls are a mess, mechanics aren't smooth. Pros: - Decent Graphics - Potentially good story line Cons: - Horrible Optimization - Horrible Mechanics - Buggy AF - Abandoned - Horrible Controls - Empty
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not sure what to say about this game so I'll just start with what it is. A third-person (with a weird first-person option) game set on an island with a crafting system and some items to find/discover. It doesn't look terrible and some of the animations are alright. There also seems to be some story behind it but I couldn't get past the awful gameplay to find out. The controls are really awkward and navigating menus/inventories can be tedious for no reason. There's also not a whole lot of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Piece of ♥♥♥♥!! No Tutorial. Nothing to do. The graphcis in the trailers and screenshots do not correspond to graphics in game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont recommend this game as of now but maybe later. Combat sucks, weird looting system not hard but awkward lol. spears suck unless your within 10 feet of the animal. And i cant seem to believe why there is grizzly bear on a tropical island...Crafting is ok. id wait for a few updates then think about playing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is in a state that it is not even early acces worthy. It is unplayable. I have a GTX970M and the game runs like a slideshow. The graphics don't even look worthy to run like that. The character is ugly as hell. and seems of. It looks like a full grown schoolkid of years long past with a huge ugly beard. The inventory and crafting system needs less clicks to work. The game asks to much for confurmation on your actions. And only 4 quicksloths isn't much either. The mouse sensetivity is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a pretty terrible survival game. First off, the game is super ugly, yet I only was getting 25-30 fps regularly on my high end computer, even with decreased graphics and turning advanced options off, showing terrible game optimization. Theres no map, and nothing of the game is explained. I died because I didnt know I had to go around shaking trees 7x in a row to get items, because why would I since that makes no sense. the crafting menu is terrible, showing pictures of what something…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably the worst purchase I've ever made on Steam. It was years ago, but we remember how bad/confusing it was. It was broken then, and it looks like it's still broken now. Abandoned by the devs in 2016. Probably should blacklist them to avoid future mistakes, however unlikely coming across them again may be.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game made me want to kill myself.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cash grab and utter bollox... stay away.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is not really good. I have played it for like an hour and there where too many bugs to play the game normally. I bought it with 80% discount and i have asked my money back beacuse i couldn't play the game beacuse of bugs and glitches.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seriously, this game looks like lovely but there's something that MUST be urgently faced and addressed before fanbase drops : 1) The "search" action is only possible by keeping pressed the right mouse button. When this happens, a small circle appears on the screen and you must try to align it onto the item you want to interact with, but most of the times you will fail because by moving your mouse while the right button is pressed, you will move your camera view as well. The final result is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please, dont buy it, regrets.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely unplayabe. My system specs are over double the recommended for the game. Will try in windows 7, but windows 10 or the game make it riducluosly slow. 1 -2 fps.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY, I bought this game and tried to play it, the game crashed on my first try. This game is a lost cause as the developer has abandoned it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Painful. Don't bother.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring as hell survival game...if you love survival games just buy something else...there are much of others survival game way more better than this ♥♥♥♥...from video and screenshots looks cool but in reality is a garbage..for a game from 2016 i ve expected more even the controls feels like this developer just waked up from a coma and first game played was a game from 1994 or such time when the controls were like this ..but i would insult those games ..as even those were better at that time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks like a really cool game at first. (Graphical settings are messed up for me) Runs like ♥♥♥♥. It say's it's running at 60 fps. But is actually not. Weird stuttering all over the palce and sometimes not. NO new patches or any update at all in about 6 months or so. World is emty unless you cound pieces of paper you can collect als something. alligators hunt you down harder then the usa did with osama bin laden. Seriously.. for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake. DO NOT BUY! Even if it,s om sale for 1 cent.
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