Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2016
Blade & Bones
Developer Coffee Addict Studio
A Combat driven metroidvania experience. Discover a tale long lost in our past. Seven swords need to be found in this world where you will discover ancient secrets and fight with an intense combat system that rewards players for their skills and knowledge. From the Steam store page
85 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
13
Rotten
11 positive · 74 negative
95% range 7–22%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
62 of 192 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 85 · most liked firstBlade & Bones is an action/adventure souls-like yet colourful rpg/metroidvania combat driven game (wow what a mouthful but it delivers enough to validate all these tags) and it caught me by surprise, as it will catch everyone who comes across it. This game is, according to me, the quintessential indie game. It is casually self aware while being incredibly fun at the same time. For me it was the best surprise from the indie side this year, although it is a little on the short side (around 4-7…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As this game is right now, I would recommend against a purchase. I had thought that the complaints of the poor hit detection were a bit exaggerated, though they were not. My attacks on the first two enemies encountered, even at point blank range, would not connect. This game feels as though it should be an early access title instead of a full release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blade and bones combines a wonderful world with a unique layout and non-linear progression with sword based combat... Sadly - it doesn't do so with any great competence. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-3HXxfywuw Text: As always, a few paragraphs of text can never convey the nuance of a video. The game-world is unique and cool, with a well built lore and a well designed cohesion with allowances to traverse, find and look for your own way around, discern secrets and figure out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good ideas, but the game is totally unpolished. Missing sounds, gfx effects, shadows, simple AI, mediocre collision box... Too much things smell like early beta. It has potentials though, if only devs would continue its developement... but because I see no activity since Feb 2017 (now is Aug 2017) I'll ask for refund (I rarely use), sorry, even if I was tempted to leave it in my library. Will possibly re-buy it when complete and polished. No Italian language support.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →July update: Welp, it's July now, and Blade & Bones has seen no updates since the last one, nary a peep from the developers since the beginning of March when they responded to a thread in the forums, from what I can tell. It's hard not to assume abandonment at this point, considering the game is at below 50% positive reviews (and still riddled with crippling gameplay issues), and how up-front and transparent the developers used to be. I recommend steering clear until there's some activity, if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You already know to avoid this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where to even start? This game has been a complete joy to play. From exploring the entier open world from the very start. to the combat, where every fight is ts own battle. This game reminds me of a ps2 classic, its somthing you will never forget. So much time and effort has been put into this game and it pays off, From the sounds to the art to even the freaking lighting effects, this game is up there with one of my favorite games. I would recommon it to all, for its lore, journey, emmersive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that seems like it will good after you play it long enough. Clunky controls and boring mechanics kill what could have been a mediocre game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To start off, I beat the game. I played it all the way through and did most of the side missions as well as complete almost all the achievements. That being said, would I want to play the game knowing what I do now? Maybe. I decided to rate this on a scale from one to ten, with five being "acceptable" and not adding anything or taking anything away. STORY: 7/10 The story of the Orins is interesting. It has a lot of themes with seven, and the characters for the most part are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At this stage, the game is confusing and boring, combat is slow and clunky. The only block you get is dodge. If you die 7 times your save is DELETED and you start at the very beging with nothing but your bamboo sword again. Not worth the $17
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game looks very interesting. It is very nice to bring Ambrose Bierce and Musashi to the game. Now the game has a purpouse to kill common enemies, they drop some item to restore the sword. Othe very nice aspect is the experience to control the day/night cycle and use each night to do different things. The game remembers Shadow of the Colossus and Journey and includes a very nice Metroidvania aspects by needing to get buffs and items to be able to fight the bosses. If you like to explore…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →seriously, just drop 7 dollars on g.2.a and buy dark souls 3
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →feels like a rushed student project finished on the day of submission deadline, made by a souls fan. mechanics are a bit confusing for no reason, animation is clunky, hitboxes are weird. but bought it for 85% discount so meh.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blade and Bones Review Blade and Bones is a 3rd person combat and metroidvania indie game with some perma-death mechanics thrown into the smoothie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOTwcG3sQow Story You assume the role of the last Orin Warrior in Blade and Bones. As one of 7 godly beings, you defied Niro - the creator of the world Asocrac - and he stole your voices away in return. You must travel the lands of Blade and Bones to find 7 ancient swords in order to restore your voices that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting idea, but implemented very poorly almost to the point that it feels like they arrived at point where the game was 'playable' and said "yeah, this is good and requires no further work let's release it". Truly feels like an Early Access game. Would have been sad if i bought this, since i got it from a humble bundle pack some time ago i don't really care. Spend you money somewhere else, this is not worth it even on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Big no on this one sadly, and as you can see I bought this "as is" day 1 and all that. Really taking the "soul" out of Dark Souls, just a bland and uninsprired/amateurish attempt at recreating Dark Souls with none of the fun, aesthetic finesse, or mechanical sophistication. Definitely not worth the asking price. Poor graphics, annoying soundtrack that doesn't jive with the action, no apparent or poorly explained progression system and so on...all this is painfully apparent in the first 20…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An action/adventure souls-like, with clunky tedious combat, wide open empty space, boring level design, and limited lives.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was intrigued by this game's graphical style and I'm a fan of the "Souls" series, so I thought I was set to be blown away. I have tried the similarly priced / designed Malebolgia on Steam. I admit my expectations may have been high, but the main thing this game has going for it are its graphics and unique surreal Asian / Eastern locales. However, in motion the animations and gameplay can be quite clunky. The game itself is obviously an homage of sorts to the Souls games, however all of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's nothing that's good in this game except the art direction. Also my refund request got denied even though I have less than an hour on record.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The world is interesting enough to the point where you wish it was a good game. But it isn't in it's current state and probably never will be as I'm writing this in 2018. The gameplay is boring 1v1 combat against robotic AI with 0 flow. Hit detection ain't even switched on and half the time you could be INSIDE the model of the enemy and still somehow miss an attack. Sometimes pressing the light attack button twice allows you to do a combo, and sometimes it doesn't, leaving you vulnerable to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The world is beautiful, the lore is interesting, but the combat is clunky. Fix this and the game will be worth buying. Otherwise, it's too frustrating to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blade & Bones could be so good... if it would just be a bit better. This might be a no, but a very hard one, as the concept is absolutely amazing. Basicly, it's an highly explorative Action-RPG with permadeath and pretty intense, unforgiving Combat. Now add to the mix generated swords, each with it's own stats, and the option to combine different fighting styles to create your own way to play, a world so violently beautiful it could just split your eyes in two and Dark-Souls-like bosses, sign…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36214917/]Curator Group for more reviews Blade & Bones is an action game heavily inspired by the Dark Souls sub-genre of games. It has its own visual style, but gameplay often feels far too similar to ignore the comparison. The game’s combat system has numerous flaws that make it feel like a cheap knockoff of Demon/Dark Souls. Oftentimes attacks will hit an enemy visually, but deal no damage, presumably because of unrefined hit-boxes.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A souls-like with terrible hitboxes, no parry nor block mechanic, and unclear where to go or what to do. Hard pass. Oh and your save file will erase itself if you're so bad at telepathically knowing everything in the game and die 7 times. If you haven't quit before getting tired of it, of course
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just can't recommend the game. The premise and graphics are interesting, but the entire game revolves around a poorly implemented combat system that neuters any intrigue or polish the game might have held otherwise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad combat, could use a better system. Fights involve attacking then running around until your stamina regens or there is an opening to attack. Attack, run around, attack, run around, attack, run around.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going through my entire library and putting a minimum of an hour into each game and then reviewing them, here is mine for Blade & Bones: This game is trying so hard to be darksouls or bloodborne. But they took away dark soul's blocking and bloodborne's invincibility frames when rolling. Excuse me what.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/0sREqsJW-5s Starting from an unclear set of goals or premise the light combat and open world design feels far to sparce to generate motivations for player goals for play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the worst Dark Souls clone I've ever played. It has all the bad parts of DS and none of the good. No direction, bad hit detection, inconsistent stuns and attack speed. Buyer Beware.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to make dark souls, try learning how to make a basic game first.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks really promising for an early access game... Oh. Wait.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm here to go against the grain - I wouldn't say this is bad. I might even reccomend this to a certain kind of person - By far, it's not GOOD. it's not super well designed, with interesting mechanics, or a real sense of story - but it is fun to explore the world. If it ever goes on sale, or you have 10 bucks burning a hole in your pocket and you like overly vague experiences and you want to see whats in this, then i'd say go for it. It's not a gem - it's not even a stone. It's a piece of coal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most reviews for this game tell you not to play, but i think if you give it a chance you may find some enjoyment. It may not be on the calibre of Dark Souls, but it is good. The only complaints form me are the fact that combat can be clunky and the fact that the game feels very quiet, with little to no sound at parts. Also try not to fight enemies at the very start, you will struggle until you find new swords, artefacts or blessings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game. The landscape is varied, the day/night cycle is fresh and the lore is intriguing. But the combat is awful. You can swing at an enemy and miss despite your blade cutting through their body. They can attack you and miss you by a whole arm's length and still land a hit. This might not be a problem, if not for the fact that the combat is fundamental to the game. You have seven lives, and when you run out, your save is deleted. Blade and Bones severely punishes you for its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are awful stiff and unresponsive, aswell as the hit boxs being awkward/not matching up to the animation. This is a hard pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is hard, but not in the good way. Horrid Hit detection and bad refinement of controls cause this difficult game to be even more frustrating, I got this as a part of a Humble bundle, but I wouldn't even recommend it as a part of that. I am also trying to be fair here so, I highly enjoyed the aestetic this game was going for and the ways you communicate with npcs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blade & Bones plays, talks, and acts like an indie Dark Souls, and I mean that in the bad way. In Blade & Bones, you play as a nameless prisoner(?) who's destined to find seven swords around the world, and...do something. In all honesty as of writing this review I have a mere 15 minutes in the game, however within that short span of time B&B made an absolutely horrible first impression that laid bare all of it's flaws. Firstly, the combat. B&B attempts a Dark Souls style of combat, with the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every aspect of this game is almost acceptable. The combat has great ideas, but fails to be fun or consistent. The art is appealing in its own way, but reeks of amatuer. The world is enormous, and empty of anything that makes me want to keep playing. Would play more for a better review, but sadly I would rather get my 2 bucks back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs ALOT of work on combat, its seriously basic..Not even skyrim can match how boring it is. Everything else is rather interesting but i cant force myself to go any further with this low quality combat. Best get this when its been revamped.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept of the game is nice, as well as the graphics. That's the good stuff. But the biggest issue is the broken combat. It's fun to have a Souls like game with not working hit detection, so that a lot of hits go right through the enemy, without taking any damage.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like all reviews, this is an unpolished mess. Additionally, it's dark souls with 7 lives, which is just not a good idea.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game isn't perfect but there was clearly a lot of ideas behind it and the mechanics and exploration are very impressive. I wouldn't recommend this game at full price but on a sale, yeah grab it. Just don't go into this game with expectations of Dark Souls because not all developers have a couple hundred grand to spend. A damn good effort went into this and it deserves some love. I just wish they polished the combat system a bit before abandoning the game, it would have made all the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It certainly has a narrative and aesthetic appeal. The combat would be really fun if the hit detection wasn't so bad. Most hits won't land, and it even seems to have a better chance of landing when you don't lock onto a target. It just feels incomplete. I've only played for an hour and can say that the exploration is relatively fun, but you can't really explore much without being chased by randomly scattered enemies. The inability to land hits and the amount of punishment received from taking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game feels like a prototype at best, completely unpolished. Combat tries to be dark souls but lack any depth whatsoever. Non existent level design to guide you to location, instead relying on butterflies that you need to follow. Random NPC that feels completely out of setting (a writer in a suit lost in the woods?) that walks into mid-duel and gets accidentally slaughtered. A system that DELETES your save if you die X amount of times? At what stage did that sound like a good idea? Can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started the game, randomly picked a path to follow and ran to it. After 10 seconds of running I got stuck in a rock and had to kill myself to keep playing. 6/7 lives left before my SAVE IS DELETED. Dull and static combat with awful hit detection and slow movement. Boring enemies to fight too. I had an NPC just run straight into a fight and die while trying to talk to me. Devs. Having limited lives as the only gamemode is a lack of insight and hurts a game. I want to explore what seems to be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and simple: Terrible combat. I already regret this purchase after like 30 min of gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really don't know how to explain it, but the combat just doesn't feel right. It's obviously trying to be like Dark Souls, with its weighted combat, but it fails in all the aspects that makes the combat work in those games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the worst game I have ever played...PERIOD! Ring...ring... Hello, this is Dark Souls. Hey, Dark Souls, can you help me be a better game. Sorry, Blade &Bones but I Just deleted you from my Hard Drive. Just can't afford to waste the Space. That's okay, I'll call Lords of the Fallen I'm sure they'll have some good advice.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has a lot of potential but shouldn't be at full release, it's quite buggy and unoptimised for what the graphical quality is. The combat is pretty cool but quite janky, it plays on the same aspect of souls that you experiment, explore to find out what you can and can't handle but just come up inconsistent. The other NPCs that don't try to kill you are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying as well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blade & Bones is a third person consolesque brawler where you run around and fight a bunch of enemies. There's a needlessly convoluted series of "gestures" and other abilities that seem to be thrown in to try make the game more convoluted than it needs to be. The developers tag this as a "Metroidvania" but it's not even a 2D platformer so there's some confusion on their part, which probably explains the numerous issues here. Gameplay consists of annoying dodge based "Dark Souls" style…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could tell you what this game is about outside of what the trailer tells you, but I cannot due to the fact that the game crashes once I try to leave the tutorial room. Honestly, I like the art style, the music sounds alright, and the fighting and rolling mechanics do look a bit stiff, but it seems like it could be a mildly adequate game that I'd love to try, but cannot thanks to a persistent crash report every time I try to proceed in the game after the tutorial section. After…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too many walking, so much open spaces
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A small part of me wishes to recommend it. In a hypothetical situation where I was forced to play it, I believe I might enjoy it. Maybe? However, when it comes to pure gameplay, I simply cannot recommend it. Combat consists of a simple lock-on, dodge, and swing combo that is repeated. The weapons are tough and will break annoyingly. It's "open-world" in the sense that there's a large area to explore, but with no guidance, it just feels empty. The gameplay in the brief time I played consisted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game keeps starting up my VR software even though I have it completely disconnected from my computer. This game isnt even listed as a VR title. Cant get any video and there is no support so yeah, Dont even think about it. I'm not hooking my VR up and clearing the area for a game that really isn't worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything except the combat is pretty great (world, sound, boss design (apart from the final boss), voice acting etc.), although the lack of information given makes it hard to figure out where to go at the beginning of the game this is not too severe a problem However the combat itself is far too clunky and awkward for me to recommend this game as it does not feel fluid enough and every non-boss combat encounter feels identical, so it gets old very fast
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game, Blade & Bones, is a very rough souls-like that does not have the kind of refined combat, direction, and flow that that is needed to make that style of game work. And when I say rough, I don't mean difficult. I mean unpolished. The only real difficulty comes in the form of bad controls, movement, and combat. That being said, this game has horrible collision detection and controls with blade passing through enemies with no hit and janky, uncomfortable movement, bad pacing in the form…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for $1.50, so this recommendation is for a price like that. It is a fun interesting game to experience if you get it on sale. Combat is a little weak, but exploring the world is actually pretty entertaining. I enjoy playing indie titles, so people who want like a Triple A quality game might hate it. I appreciate what the developer was trying to do with it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cant say this is a good game, as much as I like the idea behind it and the potential it has, it's just bad. The controls themselves are simply to horrible to really play the game, it's far to choppy and rigid to be a decent fighting game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am so glad I didn't buy this game. Got it via humble bundle and it seems to be the prettiest game in the bundle. So even though reviews were so negative, I wanna try it out for myself. Something so beautiful might be bear-able. No, it's not. There's no map, so you're suppose to follow some floating magical butterflies!? There's nothing to do but run around. Then, when you finally meet someone, combat sucks. The combat system is so flawed that you'll get killed even with all the buttons…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like wannabe dark souls but it cant get the game mechanics right.
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