Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
Developer ▲ Pyramid Games
Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story. From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
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137 positive · 45 negative
95% range 69–81%
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| Steam reviews | 137 | 45 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
761 of 1,003 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 190 · most liked firstA tedious waste of time. An appealing and certainly unique concept quickly turns into a time killing "simulator" from hell. The game starts well enough, with narrative and some basic structure, which you presume you will be following (while listening to supremely cheerful and grandiose sounding music, which I had to turn off, because it kept playing when nothing was happenning). However, few hours in, you start getting into the "really obnoxious, time consuming, but never complex in any way"…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a warning to anyone who is thinking of buying this game. It still has bugs which can render it unplayable. That first couple hours of the game were decent enough but then I hit a bug which made it unplayable. Any time I try to return to the Museum, I get hit with a loading screen that never ends. I literally left it "loading" for half an hour while I went and did something else and when I came back it was still "loading". Looking through the Steam Discussion pages, this is an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I turned on the legendary Jurassic World soundtrack in the background. Then I dug and dug and dug, and before I knew it, I'd been playing non-stop for an hour. If you're interested, it's an absolutely fantastic game. The only issue is the car controls; otherwise, I enjoyed it immensely. I'd play this game for 100 hours; I highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Strong points: I really liked the idea of going out and digging out for fossils Decorating the exhibits was cool and it gave you a lot of freedom The option to have the fossils being cleaned out by the museum staff is time saving Weak points: Small pool of dinosaurs, it gets repetitive after you've armed your 4th dino of the same kind. Poor driving mechanics, I didn't like driving around a lot 'cause it feels like the vehicles are really difficult to maneuver. A lot of the achievements are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have dinosaur autism like me boy let me tell you what game you'll love.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game so badly, as a kid that grew up obsessed with dinosaurs and the concept of becoming a paleontologist, but sadly the controls, lack of direction and bugged achievements quickly ruined it for me. I appreciate the immense attention to detail (that you would expect from a paleo sim game) but unfortunately it becomes too complex too quickly. The game barely tells you what to do and when to do it and I became stuck multiple times within just a handful of hours that it just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's definitely not for everyone- probably a majority of people. Being a paleontologist, of course I really enjoy this. You may also like it if you simply have a general interest in the field or dinosaurs. It requires a bit of patience- preparing fossils (that is collecting, cleaning, and putting together) takes a lot of time and requires some precise movement for the cleaning segments and putting the bones together; some people like this, others don't, you know yourself best. The graphics…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought base game and both DLCs on sale. At first, it was fun and I thought it had a compelling start. Then the issues came. It's extremely repetitive, slow, and a grog to get through. Car physics are annoying. There were multiple times where I got stuck with a surplus of fossils and had to painstakingly drive them between zones, this took way too long because of debris on the road, and the mentioned bad car physics. Debris on the road that you have to manually get rid of painfully slow just to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Dinosaur game that I would like to see expanded upon in this or a future game. Suggestions: - More Dinosaurs obviously and at least one Sauropod. - The ability to assemble your skeletons without the highlighted area showing where each bone goes. - An Auto assemble once you have already put together a Dinosaur of that species. - Discovering a new species since this is every Paleontologists dream. Allowing you to name it. Nothing crazy though like a Theropod bigger then T-Rex.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like others, I wish there was a mixed category. This game has great potential and could've been outstandingly immersive. However, there are few gameplay flaws that I just can't look past (spoilers): -You can only travel the northwest US/southwest Canada. And since the game is going for realism, you can only find a limited number of dinosaurs, and I mean LIMITED. So limited that the game makes you dig up multiple skeletons of the same species. I had to do the longiceps twice, which each have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Frustrating. There's only so many times you can refer to the Steam discussion board before you start to think, "this isn't a game, it's a chore. There are other things I'd prefer to be doing." The game's a nice idea. But let's just say it doesn't quite live up to potential. Those 7 hours when Steam says I was playing the game are mostly me doing other things.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently in at a dead end job. Studying in my free time to learn about paleontology, want to become a paleontologist one day. This is the happiest day of my life
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utterly janky controls. When in veh, to look up, you have to move the mouse DOWN...???? When you release the mouse, it 'auto' centers itself again, thereby completely crapping out your POV. Tutorials are in Chinglish (or translated by someone with only a junior school level education. Tutorials can be utterly useless as they do NOT EXACTLY describe how to use some functions. For example, crates are currently full, can not call a drone to move these crates, can't move them myself to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My kid is playing Dinosaur Fossil Hunter and it’s actually a pretty good game for a 4 year old
unlabelledView post →Game has unfortunately been abandoned. Could have been cool but really isnt all that special
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love this game i love dinosores i have books on them i have a wiki of them in one of my books and i have loved them since i was young this is a good and Educational game for young ones that are into dinos and would like to know more about them. 10/10 <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun but Please fix the games awful camera stutter when on foot, add DLSS so the game doesn't shoot too 100% GPU usage at high resolutions on a card 5X stronger than the recommended hardware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's repetitive, but it's nice to zone out and listen to an audiobook as I dig out an entire hillside. Speaking of...yeah, the extra tools and such are kinda pointless if you just can dig all the dirt and stone away from the entire location. Still, I enjoy it, probably not for everyone. The decoration is okay, I would have liked to hang the pterandons from the ceiling but oh well. I feel the biggest missed opportunity was in education. It would have been fantastic to say...get a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The ultimate dream: Get to dig up dinosaurs AND make enough money to afford living.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it for about 6 hours, not 7, the rest was booting it up, exiting, fixing settings, then playing it. Then after a 6 hour session or so of actually playing it and not opening the game for a few days it magically does NOT function. I get to the main menu and I can click NOTHING. I have searched the problem and the solutions are: A. Make sure you dont have a controller plugged in that has buttons being pressed by accident B. Move your save data to make sure nothing is corrupted C. Delete…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game, with a caveat. It's janky. A lot of the controls are floaty and don't feel great. Driving is as much of a mess as the other people are saying. It's not well optimized and a lot feels unpolished. The tutorial is also a little frustratingly slow. However, I still very much enjoy it and recommend it to anyone who loves paleontology and is willing to look past the issues. It has a simple yet overall satisfying gameplay loop for someone who is interested in paleontology,…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gets the rating of "recommended" from me, but only with a rather large asterisk. It has its fair share of glitches, baffling design choices, unintuitive menus and annoying achievements, which can be more than enough to scare away some players. But underneath them I did also found the game to be a lot of fun in a relaxing, slow-paced way. I could spend hours doing the fieldwork, just shoveling away tons of dirt to uncover new fossils from the ground! I guess it scratches the same itch…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To preface my review: I love dinosaurs. Always have, always will. This game is absolutely perfect if you love dinosaurs, puzzles, comfort and adventure. I come to this game every time I've had a rough day at work, or I just need something positive in my day. The game has lots to offer and much enjoyment to be had. Now, I do have some gripes about certain things, but none of this affects the game itself. The advertising and public marketing has raised my expectations more than the game has…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a bad game just way too repetative, though it could be really fun, if it had coop and more museum stuff
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately i was really excited for this game. But my LORD this is the most frustrating thing i've ever tried to play. Controls are horrid, janky and hard to see what you're doing or why. There really is no "tutorial" even in the "tutorial" section. Driving the vehicle is boring and frustrating. Walking is even slower. Then the actual digging prospect isn't realistic in how you have to use a dozer to dig and how violent you are with the digital fossils. I couldn't even complete an hour of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no idea what's going on at any point in this game. I tried giving it the benefit of the doubt and understand the game, because who doesn't love dinosaurs? But the controls are unresponsive, the goals are non-existent, and the tutorials explain nothing. I got stuck at the second level, which is actually the first level but set in modern day (even though the opening "flashback" had its own flashbacks). I genuinely had no idea where I was supposed to go or what I was supposed to do. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →personally i dont get the hate! i love this game! i played the beta too and just love all the designs and over all the mix of the job and every day things like fixing a road and such! if i where you i would buy it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really wish the option wasn't just "yes" or "no" to reccomendation. I'm really enjoying this game but I also have some gripes. Let's break it down. Pros: +Paleontology simulation. This game let's you play "paleontologist" and dig up dinosaurs and clean them etc. +Design your own museum. Designing the displays is fun. It feels nice to take pride in your museum and create your own displays and such. +Decent graphics. +Decent number of features. The gameplay loop has you doing enough different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish steam had a mixed option. Pretty much the same as any other review will say. EXTREMELY repetitive. I think you could even say it falsely advertises itself a bit too. The prologue very much sets it up as this narrative focused game, so you'd assume that you are going to be following this narrative the whole game. You aren't. There's no more of it after the prologue, at least that I've found. Most of the games strengths come in how it is one of those repetitive task games where…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game starts with a "tutorial", where you draw a dino with numbered dots and build "models", which are just wooden blocks. This is all the game thinks you need to know on how to play the game. Then the game tells you to DRIVE to the site, except the game then tells you to stop and USE A DAMN CHAINSAW TO GET A TREE OFF THE ROAD! This is the main issue with the game it adds too much non fossil related busywork with the game doesn't really explain how to do. Why does this game have driving…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, for a 2022 game it just feels clunky, im a huge dinosaur lover, like im in the middle of making my room dinosaurs i love them so much, it just is not fun to me, I feel like if there was a graphics update to it and maybe some things to really jazz it up id enjoy the game more, this just is not a fun game to me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the tutorials are garbage, the driving sections are boring and too long, the museum display sections are confusing with no help to tell you if you got it wrong. Already applied for a refund. Do not get this game if you want fun, you will get frustrated and confused by the lack of in game help to tell you if you are getting things right.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33401179/]Follow my curator page for more recommendations! Dinosaur Fossil Hunter calls itself a simulator, but it's far too casual to be one. Or at least a good one. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of finding fossils? I'm going to take a guess it's the process of very gently brushing and cleaning fossils. In Dinosaur Fossil Hunter, there is never a need to be careful. You can throw those fossils around all you want without…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems cool, but it says full controller support which it doesn’t have, and performance on my pc handhelds left a bit to be desired. Might buy it after it gets some much needed updates but currently I don’t recommend especially if your trying to play with a controller
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →got bored quickly, was not my type, but in general nice game, lots of grinding, for me, too much :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good paleontologist sim. Despite being abandoned, crazy vehicle physics, and tedious skeleton cleanings if you do them yourself. Its entertaining enough building your museum with your newly assembled fossils, just driving around finding all the treasures and skeletons. Another review mentioned things in your path that isn't realistic, like rock slides or fallen trees aren't a thing in real life. You're given tools to get rid of those things. Besides, nothing PlayWay publishes is realistic.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the only thing is since your doing all this alone a dog or cat companion would be cool that you can have with or help you with ur dig that would make it so much better
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My favorite part was when he said "Its dinosaur fossil hunting time!" and Hunted all over the place!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just lost 12 hours of gameplay. This is a common problem that many users have complained about for a long time and nothing has been done. Do not buy this game because you will be frustrated by your save games disappearing and hours of gameplay lost. The cloud is useless too, it doesn't solve the problem.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dinorawr bones + reckless driving. Hell yeahhhh!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Perfect game for the avid dinosaur lover or paleontology dreamer. such a detailed and in depth experience to not only excavate the dig sites, but to clean the fossils and put them together as well. i havent gotten too far into the museum customization but so far thats also nice to use. as a player i am excited to see where this game can go because im sure updates are as vast as the dinosaur encyclopedia
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not Recommended a 6/10 game Got it for very cheap still disappointed with this purchase. Here is the how game works you travel to a map you have a base camp with all the tools and fuel. You first need to pack excavation tools and drive to excavation site and setup the camp. Then you find fosil and pack them in empty crates which can be 4-6 max crates avaiable (while you can easily get 8-12 fosilsfrom one site) if you need more you need to go all the way back to base camp and bring more (4…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →let's me dig for fossils without getting my hands dirty- 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game but it was so tedious that it became boring. There are a lot of aspects that were really great and fun, but it was just too tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very peaceful game to play when you just want to relax. So far, i have only played it for 11hrs, but its fun and zoning out while excavating the rock and dirt. However it is a bit annoying having to grab empty crates form the hub every time you need them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →collecting all the bones and decorating museum very fun very cool
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This year I put Dinosaur Fossil Hunter away. However, Clover Put and this Monster Slayers game will be there because it is all my husband has played for a month I swear I got Promise Mascot Agency, DREDGE, Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
unlabelledView post →This game is insanely fun. Relaxing and chill, but just exciting enough not to get boring. Yes I am an absolute dinosaur enthusiast, so maybe that's needed too to really enjoy it. But tbh being able to assemble the skeletons is a great opportunity to marvel at them :D Well worth the buy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a shame this game basically seems to have been abandoned. Its a bit repetitive and doesn't have NEARLY the content that it could have. But its an interesting concept that could be so much more than what it is now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is everything I could ever want from a fossil hunting game and more. god I love fossils.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know why I like this game, but I do. It's unusual, well scripted and crafted, with good progression through features that make the nitty gritty of cleaning stones and finding boxes a bit easier. Yet, it's just finding bones in rocks, cleaning them and displaying them in the museum. I bought it quite cheap and after 5 hours I've got more than my money's worth. From here it's all bonus worth. Would recommend if you can cope with the repetitiveness of find and cleaning bones.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really wanted to be positive on this but the movement in the field and driving is a game killer. Jerky, unresponsive, just awful. So bad they should have left it out. It is a painful chore to get to the dig site. Negative fun It is less painful but still painful to move around the dig site. Negative fun Cleaning, assembling and displaying the critters is ok. Positive fun The Archaeology part is good but game play is not intuitive and tutorial is misleading (three crates carried by green…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a kid, did you want to be a Palaeontologist? Got older and realised it's a difficult career to get into? Do you enjoy the sounds of clicking and satisfaction of cleaning bones for hours? Then this game is the one for you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has made my inner child so happy. If you ever thought of becoming a paleontologist this game is for you. I didnt think I would like it as much as I would. It is very relaxing . The few issues I have is when cleaning bones trying to turn the bigger fossils is annoying. Also you do have to figure most things out on your own. Over all I love this cozy game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely a cozy game that scratches a particular itch. Controller layout is a little odd compared to most games but it is easy to adapt to.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still very bugged, can't remove or move the first exhibit, physics are laughable, it feels like the devs just gave up, which is very sad because I had such high hopes when I first saw it on kickstarter...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its very fun though i think the devs should add a choice where you can choose your gender
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a good concept and the actual game its self is fun for the correct audience however the development team have pretty much abandoned it and have not added any significant new content for over a year no new maps or bones to collect.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great, chill game for fossil/dino fans when catching up on podcasts or while vibing to tunes.
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