Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
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Dread Dawn
Developer Kioop
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue. From the Steam store page
184 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
60
Fresh
108 positive · 72 negative
95% range 53–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 108 | 72 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,649 of 2,277 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 184 · most liked firstTLDR: While the setting of an emerging apocalypse is interesting and unique, the game manages to mishandle all other aspects leading to an ultimately unfun and disappointing experience. PROS: ➕Interesting setting ➕Deadly, large hordes NEUTRALS: 🔹No achievements CONS: ➖No way to rebind keys ➖Very basic English dialog ➖Frequent vent zombies dropping ➖Story mode is just fetch quests/crafting ➖No way to skip tower defense countdown timer (literally waiting 10 min?) Content (Game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI slop, don't bother. I was incredibly excited and while the core mechanics have potential, the game feels a little clunky. Most art assets were generated worth AI. Don't give these developers money. EDIT: Since those who comment on reviews feel that I'm being unfair: The push for AI has had an intense environmental impact and all major AI models are trained on art scalped from the internet without the artist's consent. Businesses who do not hesitate to replace artists with machines do not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game uses AI art, stolen assets from Dying Light 2, has a very poor translation, and they banned me from the discussion board for asking them to address the stolen assets and AI art. Update: Devs are harassing people who negatively comment on their buggy AI-abusing game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've just beaten the game and I'm glad I didn't listen to the bad reviews. This game is actually fun to play. I don't know why people are sh*tting on this game for? Perhaps they played an earlier build that had bugs and whatnot, but my playthrough I did not run into any issues at all. As of this writing it took me about 73 hours to beat the game, granted I've cleared out two of the three maps or major regions. Each map is huge so it will take a very long time to clear them out and search…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing for 41 hours to try to see the ending, it seems like it's unfinished. Like, it says the main story is complete and I can do side quests, but I feel like I was owed an ending here. If a 2nd game of this comes out, I'm just not getting it. Dialogue is badly written. It feels like a pre-teen was left in charge of writing the main character and it just makes no sense that 10 slices of bread nets you a girlfriend. Who you then cheat on repeatedly, but act like you don't want to.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not fully finished yet. What the trailer depicts, that may be director mode, but sadly these developers just do the same thing over and over. Steam NEEDS to seriously ban or remove these games from their lists. But it is a business, and profit comes first. Not quality. Please, they are game developers. They've got to listen to the criticism. And it is driven by people who test these games. Firstly, the game has some pros. Five pros: 1. Horde mode, and surprises. Sometimes, some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's quite fun. Reminds me of some old flash games. However, I feel that it should be in Early Access because there are too many issues as it currently stands. It is not in a v1.0 state, a lot of missing little things and stuff that doesn't properly work. Survival Mode also needs to be improved upon because while you can get a lot of money there is currently no NPC traders as far as I know. There's barely any loot anywhere, barely any weapons and the only use of money seems to be to hire other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is pretty good but could you bring back the before the outbreak but for survival mode? Everything starts 20 hours after the initial outbreak so itd be nice to start from the very beginning and watch everything unfold
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Game is not perfect, its essentially a Project Zomboid meets the Last stand (the Adobe flash game) and simplified. Gameplay feels like PZ but with NPCs. Story is fine nothing to right home about. Guns here are better than PZ, sorry PZ gunplay is straight up trash. Overall the game feels like an Flash game made in 2014, but the overall content and mechanics made it feel fresh. If you're on the fence go watch some youtube vids about the game. It's quite cheap and I had 21 hours and I've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A 26GB game that is nowhere near completed. This should be in Early Access, but since it is not I have to judge it as a full release. Utter garbage. If a random company is installing 26 gigs of junk on your machine that should be maybe 1 gig, you should assume it isn't for your benefit. 0/5
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As you may have noticed, I have less than an hour of gameplay. In those 50 minutes of playtime, the game crashed four times; one while walking around, three when transitioning between scenes. One of those crashes also broke my save, forcing me to go through the school scene a second time. I did, however, manage to play for up to 10 minutes uninterrupted, and in those 10 minutes I found a visually appealling boring game. The game looks good, movement doesn't feel bad at all and it clearly has a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is mediocre. I wanted to like it, but the gameplay experience is just too poor on all fronts to enjoy properly. A lot of people (probably thanks to the dev) are comparing this game with Project Zomboid, but let me tell you that's a bad joke. The only thing in common with this game and PZ is the camera perspective. It prides itself in saying it has NPCs, but the dialogues are terrible, the AI is buggy and the NPCs were programmed to literally take no damage from traps probably…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i enjoyed the concept of the game but it is simply to early to be worth playing, may come back in a year as it is unfinished now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of people seem to be disappointed in this game because it's not as good as Project Zomboid. But in my opinion it's a totally different experience. First of all - graphics are nice, sounds are mid and music... there are not many tracks, the game is pretty much mute. This game is about killing hordes of zombies, there is no stealth and looting is done very differently, making you rely partily on trading. Base building is essential compared to Zomboid and is much more streamlined, same…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just saying no for now. I know if this game keeps getting updated itll be amazing later on. This is everything ive been wanting in a zombie game for a while now but its not fleshed out enough. You can only craft a few items and the level up system is kinda meh. Just choose between health stamina or hunger. Very basic. Its somewhat like project zomboid but actually playable for people that dont want to grind hours reading books and watching the in game tvs and what not lol. So if you wanted to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10. Its pretty fun after a few hours in where it begins to open up, but the Devs hurt themselves putting this game in full release instead of early access. Now I haven't encounter any more bugs since the latest patches so that's a plus and it got my attention so far with the story missions, side quests and at the same time I can explore at my own leisure. But OMG it so freakin tedious to search a million places for just 1 to 2 items at a time; I mean you can literately search everything. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're a zombies game fan, you're ok with 2D games, and you like survival games, I recommend you give this game a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it at 25% off but really it's only worthwhile at $10 CAD and less. It's basically one of those old school flash games attempting to be Project Zomboid. It has all the features I would want in a game (NPC interactions, building, defending a base) but each aspect is completed with like 2/10 quality. Still very buggy (NPC interactions and scenarios especially) and missing some basic features it should have as a full release (e.g. can't quick stack into crates from inventory, you have to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →had the game for a VERY short time before I refunded. WAY too early of a game to be considered full release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game wish there's a coop mode so we can play it with friends tho.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its alright i guess project zomboid better
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spent the first 6 hours maxing out my inventory capacity searching for satchels in every single trash can, locker, desk, shelf, and table in the starting school section. Now I can finally begin the prologue and start the game. Highly recommend the game for all the loot goblins out there
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I usually do not write positive reviews for games on steam, I usually only leave a review if its negative, this is my very first positive review on steam. However there was a particular attention to detail in this game that inspired me to write this review. When you first go to the police station in the mission to find your sister there is a police officer you talk with who is injured sitting in the lobby of the station, of course once you find your sister your ran out of the station in a cut…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI generated ♥♥♥♥ everywhere and scuffed asf, sad to see, was hopin this would be a good one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →20+ Gigs of of hundreds of thousands of pixel assets file from an unknown small indie dev? Ai usage is very likely. The game itself is not bad, It's a cross-breed from zomboid's 2.5d isometric graphic and 7 days to die's horde mechanic. The npcs are serviceable as a walking turret, but no deep story npc...the only "unique" npc are the 4 mc's gfs (their stories are shallow as a puddle of water) Only buy it when discount and if you love pz and have enough of spiffo dangling the npc carrot in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just bought this. Good game, I think. I only played for 5 minutes. However, No controller support at all (I should read the description BEFORE purchasing games). I am attempting to get a refund. It's 2025, controllers are the standard now. Give it a try, if you don't mind a mouse & keyboard usage. I wish it had controller support.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Given that I had to factory reset my pc to uninstall this game, I have to agree with all the people calling this malware. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dev is ♥♥♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont listen to anyone who post negative reviews this game is a masterpiece many people wanted it to be projct zomboid but this is its own category love this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dread Dawn is an experience. I spent three days straight playing through it and figuring out how the systems worked. I can definitely say it's not for everyone, but the dev is active, and currently adding features that the community wants. The game itself is simple focusing on your attempt to defend your school, but the story somewhat is measured, feeling half done, but with enough possible room for expansion. The combat is somewhat simple as well, but satisfying to use combat items like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly Great Zombie Experience I honestly had a blast with this game. I ended up spending way more hours playing than I expected because it’s just genuinely fun. If you're on the fence because of the negative reviews, I’d say give it a chance — it might surprise you like it did me. As someone who’s been playing zombie/action games for years, I’ve seen pretty much every variation of the genre. This one feels different — but in a good way. It doesn’t just copy the usual formula. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why a negative review? well let me see. 1. Rope is something you should be able to craft but cant. 2. Zombies should drop cloth (at least sometimes) because they are clothed. 3. Buggy as heck. Its far from a finished product. 4. There is no way to heal mission related npc's so once they get low on health they just run around and are annoying 5. They play what sounds like a recording of an airport attendant announcing a flight over every tv...... why?? 6. I would like to see a bow in the game,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It just needs more time in the oven. Like 2 years more to be even considered "minimum viable product". Currently its a pre-alpha in early stages. Has a potential to be the best isometric zombie game, ever. But it's like 5% there now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this feels so much like a poorly translated manhua its crazy. the game really does not put its best foot forward by having the prologue be following an arrow for 40+ mins to go to cutscenes of dialogue that are either barely parsable or completely redundant. considering the game "will feature a large number of story-driven cutscenes" it's a hard pass from me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Dont know why this game keeps getting bad reviews. Maybe because I don't play games on a potato. But Anyway. To start, this game is not project zomboid. In my opinion, that is the appeal of it for me. The game is its own survival game. People say the AI in the game is bad, but the AI in project zomboid is far worst. Not as much content as project zomboid with mods, But I think you will find more items than you think without being overly complicated. The game has a faster pace than project…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely fun simple, but deep game. Can't stop playing so far and loving it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This. Is. Pure. Fun. each character (i count 25 at least) has it's own beginning scenario. It has a survival mode as well as proper story mode. I am more of a survive type gamer. Did not fall short of it's promise- if anything, they need to update the description of the game. It's better. I whole heartily love it. Also it is actively worked on. Not abandoned. .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an early access game pretending to be a full game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible movement. It looks like a 3D Flash game. Not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games genuinely good. If you go in expecting project zomboid your gonna get burned, this feels closer to those old school flash games on your browser. In fact reminds me of dead frontier a LOT. Though I hope the devs sees this, please for the love of mercy change the ambiance inside the school dorms and the footsteps, the footstep sound is awful and sounds like the audio is bugging, and the dorm sound can clearly be heard stating to board your flight. Change the airport effect please lol.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like this game was a project of love but ended up getting way out of hand and way overstepping the devs actual skillevel in complexity. I want to like it because I love a massive half-way sandbox zombie survival, but I just don't like it. It's way too clunky, combat is kinda off and repetitive even after an hour of playing. There is no interacting with anything except to loot it or trading with random survivors who run around like morons. I see no reason why this would be as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game runs like absolute Garbage, Has no settings inside the game other than basic brightness settings. I can play top of the line games at High frames but this game I'm barely pulling 15 frames? The game itself will warn you when your frames are low then tell you to go into your settings and modify your graphics card, For what reason? I should not have to modify my Gpu in order to play A cell phone quality game just because the dev doesn't know how to set their own game up. Probably could…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No update since December 25 and still no gamepad support so you can play on a deck. I feel this game was and is unfinished and not worth buying for now maybe worth £5 but £10 still feels steep for a game of this quality as there are better style games which are not needed to mention if you know your zombie games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wtf is this review bombing, the game is actually really good, the type of fast paced survival game with an immersive environment
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far the game is fun. I like the style and the way the game feels. I dont know how people are saying they have performance issues unless they have windows 95... Overall solid game so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i like what this game is trying to do. dont get me wrong but it seems to be a looooooong way til its "there" still feel really underbaked at the moment. there is fun to be had, but if your unsure then give it time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an unfinished game, not very great. If you want to buy it wait for it to go on sale for less than $7.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont really get the negative reivews, i think the dev's doing something interesting here and actually a bit unique compared to alot of other zombie games that have been in the limelight for a while now. the visual style especially is rather unique and looks really bleak and foreboding. kinda wish there was a tutorial that was seperate from the long 'prologue' though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not great. Constant stuttering and freezing, desktop crashes, buggy interface.. Just, not a great game. Keep an eye on it but yeah don't bother right now. Plus very periodic content updates and its TWENTY FIVE GB. Refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very buggy, there is little to no settings options, the story line is dry and makes no sense. There made npcs randomly talk in bubbles that tend to spam the screen with repeats of the same sentence only slight variations. The game feels like it was rush out into the market just so they could get money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like the game needs more time to cook in the oven.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Settings>Display>Graphic Settings>Browse>(select exe)>Options>High Performance - no FPS issues. 7.5/10 for a 20-40hr game at $20 (USD). There is a periodic tower defense location, but most of the time you are being ambushed out in the world and must quickly defend yourself and/or others. Pros: - A surprisingly long story. - You can fight or craft defenses/traps anywhere to chew through the hoards. - A variety of enemies that are a mix bag of deadly. - QOL elements are not distracting at all.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best zombie game I've ever played farming ,Tower Defense,shooting that perfect for me :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game but don't know why this game needs graphic card settings.... please fix this... btw i like the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just Dying Light (with less parkour and more tower defence-ish features) from a birds eye view. is it one of the best zombie games i've played, no. Is it bad? definitely not If your favourite thing to do in Dying Light was fly-kick zombies, this game will be for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I saw this game, I loved it conceptually. Seeing the civilization slowly crumble and being forced to adapt to new reality in real time? Hell yeah! However, the problems began to arise from the frist few minutes of playing. The game asked me to switch something in my Graphic Card settings? I tried to follow the instructions, but apparently mine is simply not fit for that, so i get 15-20fps. The controls are uncomfortable and are unbindable. The "press Q" mechanic was hard to understand and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trash ASS Game.Shame I can't refund now. Now I get why PZ is the BEST
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game has gotten more updates in the span of 2 months than many games get ever. one of the best zombie games i've ever played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. Combat is scuffed, and is distasteful; Some zombie types are either just too basic, or just too overpowered and can only be killed with things like pipe bombs, which makes melee combat feel useless 2. Story is seriously in need of rework still even after months of continuous updates, like in the intro, the main character you play as would just be talking to a dude that's so far away and its just kinda weird. 3. Opening the inventory lag bombs the absolute ♥♥♥♥ out of your game for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know this is a more personal thing but I just didn't really enjoy the game. The controls felt weird and it was just an odd experience. Played for about an hour so to give it a fair chance before I wrote it off, but I just got bored of playing. The game will also just freeze sometimes and you need to shut it down before playing again. I bet for some people this game is great and I am happy for you, but for me just not my cup of tea.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →multiple bugs, sound cuts out or the loud scream that hurts ear that wont cut out for minutes. the background falls off the map or water turns into land that causes you to fall through the map. it truly feels like a cash grab or they gave up on the game and after 79 hours i can truly say i tried to give the game a chance however with more games coming out and new opportunities in dlc's in other game say its not worth it to play this game.
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