Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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Game2026
Duskfade
Developer Weird Beluga
Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night. From the Steam store page
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984 of 1,065 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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60 of 123 · most liked firstBtw, here's the game that started this whole discussion. Check this and DuskFade out. Genuinely looks fun and charming. Admittedly, I think I did a crap job selling it. PS2 KH with Arabian Nights. There you go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/yah...
unlabelledView post →In college I had hip surgery to help me walk normally & w/o pain again after years of chronic issues In recovery, I turned to a comfort game which at the time for me was KH2 Different recovery process now, but still seeking that same magic I started a game gifted by a friend Now playing: Duskfade
unlabelledView post →2026 game #34: Duskfade I grew up on 2000s 3D action platformers & still have a KH kid in my heart This game doesn’t reinvent what those predecessors did. From story to gameplay it’s VERY simple. But when simple is executed with *this much heart*, it can leave your inner child smiling for days 💙
unlabelledView post →The atmosphere of Kingdom Hearts 2 and Jak and Daxter inspired game, Duskfade ✨ #indiegame #gamedev #PS5 #playstation
unlabelledView post →Initially I had a lot of fun, but as the game progressed and it introduced more irritating enemies into the already lackluster combat system my enjoyment fell off sharply. The Academy doesn't help with this, as it introduces your heavy attack and another poorly designed enemy and then asks you to sometimes have fun platforming but mostly enter square rooms and engage in the absolutely terrible combat system. By the time I unlocked the teleporter in the Great Library, I decided I had enough.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Platformer games are nothing new to me, with some of my Nintendo Switch favorites being Super Mario Bros Wonder and Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. first discovered Duskfade when @playerdua and @zidnyman introduced it on their channel. Elements reminiscent of Kingdom Hearts (specifically the protagonist and a weapon resembling the Keyblade) and the legendary "Holy Trinity" of PS2-era 3D platformer Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, and Sly Cooper piqued my interest and made me look forward to its…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duskfade is one of those games that reminded me why I fell in love with gaming in the first place. It’s full of charm and that simple joy of exploring a world because you genuinely want to see what’s around the next corner. It isn’t perfect, but it’s one of the most purely enjoyable games I’ve played in a long time. Highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This beautiful game takes inspiration from PS2 classics like Kingdom Hearts and Jak and Daxter Duskfade (PC / PS5 / Xbox Series X|S / Switch 2, Weird Beluga, Out Now)
unlabelledView post →Duskfade is an amazing love letter to PS2 Classics. Not only is it a fun, well designed platformer, but it also has a captivating, emotional story about Loss, Family, and Grief. Topped off with Combat with a pretty significant amount of depth more than you would expect from a platformer, this game is absolutely a Must-Play!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[English version: see below] Duskfade hat mich ein bisschen überrascht - und zwar ausgesprochen positiv. Ich hatte bei einem 3D-Plattformer ehrlich gesagt nicht mit einer derart gut erzählten Geschichte gerechnet. Die Handlung erzählt nicht einfach nur die übliche „Bösewicht entführt jemanden, also rette ihn“-Geschichte, sondern beschäftigt sich mit Verlust, Trauer und dem Umgang damit. Dazu kommen interessante Charakterentwicklungen, einige überraschende Wendungen und eine Lore, die sich…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Congratulations Duskfade with release launch!!! An amazingly beautiful heartslike indie arpg! 🌌 #indiegame #art
unlabelledView post →Duskfade is an absolutely gorgeous game.
unlabelledView post →I played the new updated Demo for DuskFade. It has an hour of gameplay but I didn't finish it because I don't want to spoil it. I love the colorful areas, upgrades and the game definitely gives a Kingdom Hearts and Ratchet and Clank vibe which it is inspired by. Definitely worth checking out! ⚙️
unlabelledView post →I had to take a moment to collect my thoughts for this game. Overall, the nicest thing I can say about it is "It's playable". Combat is flat. Why can't I just spam magic? Why even after fully upgrading the mana bar, I can still only fire off 2 shotgun blasts? I'm not sure what the thought process is here. Every fight is just whacking them with your sword, dodging, whack, dodge and the occasional magic attack because your spells take so much MP to cast. The boss fights are even worse. You have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Treat this as first impressions rather than full review, but be noted that I'm considering refunding. Well, from what I’ve played, Duskfade is (almost) exactly what was advertised. If you’ve ever played a 3D action platformer like Jak and Daxter, Ratchet&Clank, Kao the Kangaroo, or maybe Super Mario Sunshine, then Duskfade is exactly that kind of game. Add to that a lot of charm and whimsy taken almost straight from the first Kingdom Hearts and you have Duskfade: a platformer action-adventure…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not only you can see that so much love went into the game, but you can also feel it whilst playing. The game is an absolute masterpiece in every step of the way. Loved the story, the graphics, the combat system and platforming. A super smooth experience on PC and the Steam Deck. Game of the year for sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The BigNerdGaming Podcast is LIVE with @dsundy.bsky.social, @themcmr.bsky.social and special guest @cynetrunner.bsky.social! -Why did Westen pay $50 extra for a Switch 2? -Mortal Shell 2 -Duskfade -Baldur's Gate 2 -Plus our top 5 video game franchises ever youtu.be/QRSXnQKilGI?...
unlabelledView post →Saw this new game called Duskfade looks soooooooooo cooooooool havent played any proper 3D platformer in SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long last time was Crash bandicoot 4 in 2022 i think lol god all the visuals in that game looks insane
unlabelledView post →Long story short, the game does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a bunch of inspirations from Kingdom Hearts and the Holy PS2 Trinity combined very competently. The inspirations from Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy are probably the most apparent in the platforming. The moment I could long jump off of a roll I knew I was in for peak. The game also manages to sneak in references that feel like genuine love letters to its inspirations, rather than nostalgia bait. I have some small nit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duskfade is a representation of everything that is right with modern indie games, a game with charm, a unique story, enjoyable platfroming to the likes of Classic Ratchet & Clank games and a runtime that is not too short nor too long for the asking price. I genuinely really enjoyed this game in all it's aspects, setpiece design was amazing, characters and lore was interesting and unique albeit a bit clichê even though there is absolutely no problem if you take in consideration this can be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game with nice gameplay, feels like playing good old Jak and Daxter 👍👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trying out the demo for Duskfade! Indie game ive been keeping up with lately. www.twitch.tv/elinsnatyr
unlabelledView post →Duskfade will be part of @futuregamesshow.bsky.social! I wonder what we'll be announcing... 🗓️👀 Also here's a first look at the new game art! What do you think? 🎨 #indiegame #gamedev
unlabelledView post →I wanted to enjoy this game. But it just misses every mark it feels like it was going for. Its a 3d platformer with combat. those things are in the game. but none of it has felt good to do. The game defiantly wears if inspirations on its sleeve. ratchet and clank, jak and daxter, kingdom hearts. you can see all the inspiration there but it fails to actually do any of the things that made those games so great. I went into this game hoping for a fun combat experience like i get from kingdom…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the first 4 hours of Duskfade on stream & I’m already super impressed! The game is BEAUTIFUL, and the controls feel so smooth and satisfying 😁 Very pleased with one of my most anticipated indie games of the year!! I can't wait to beat it off steam soon & talk about it.
unlabelledView post →Turns out I actually have some good news to share already! I've been invited to show off the highly anticipated indie game Duskfade by WeirdBeluga and Fireshine Games! So join me on THURSDAY the 13th at 3pm EST to check out something new and exciting!
unlabelledView post →Game name: Duskfade 💫 Type: 3D platformer. action-adventure ⭐️ Inspired by: PS2 games, Jak and Daxter, KH2 🎮 Name of main character: Zirian ⚔️ #indiegame #newgame #playstation2 #indiedev
unlabelledView post →This is the game I've been craving. As someone who grew up with Platformers as one of my main staple genres of gaming, the PS2 era had NO shortage of bangers. From my all time favorite, Jak and Daxter, to other heavy hitters like Ratchet and Clank, to some of the more forgotten gems like Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Duskfade is...exactly that. It does not hide or shy away from the fact that it is basically a 2002 PS2 Platformer on modern platforms. (Even made a nice little Jak and Daxter reference…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I recently tried out the demo for Duskfade, and I wanted to draw some fanart to go with it! Man am I excited for this game. If "clock-based Kingdom Hearts-inspired 3D platformer" is up your alley, go check out the demo on Steam! #art #duskfade #mirrorsamuraiart
unlabelledView post →I marked "recommended" in order to support the developers, and I do think it's a perfectly fine game, but I do have a lot of criticism. Overall, I'd say I give the game a 6/10—by no means a bad game, but leaves a lot to be desired. I can see a lot of potential in the game, and I would be more than willing to try a sequel if/when it comes out. I'll start with the things I didn't like, then move on to what I did like Unfortunately, due to Steam's 8000-character limit on reviews, I will have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just bought DuskFade for my Switch 2. Congratulations to @fireshinegames.bsky.social for launching the game!
unlabelledView post →Anyone playing Duskfade, how is it?
unlabelledView post →I'm live now getting even further into Duskfade for Indie Sunday. Think I've got two chapters left? It's pretty fun! Later, we get into the end game missions of Worms Armageddon for the N64. It's getting quite difficult though, so we'll see how I do twitch.tv/thabeast721 youtube.com/@Thabeast721
unlabelledView post →Duskfade Day 3! New emotes! Ive missed this game LIVE www.twitch.tv/mattmamatt301
unlabelledView post →3 of 4 major areas done in Duskfade, and I cannot wait to see the credits lol Even my positive of it being a very pretty game has the caveat now of "but sometimes it is way too visually busy" The platforming definitely got more interesting, but it took faaaar too long to get to that point
unlabelledView post →Jak, Ratchet, and Kingdom Hearts all as one game?! Come watch me play #Duskfade live on #Twitch! www.twitch.tv/themistressd...
unlabelledView post →Duskfade feels like someone found a lost PS2 platformer, gave it a glow-up, and somehow made it even more charming. It gives so much Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Kingdom Hearts vibes. But it doesn’t feel like a copy of any of them. It takes that old-school feeling and does its own thing with it. Nostalgic feeling 10/10. The combat is a 10/10 for me. It’s fast, smooth, and just really fun to play. I honestly didn’t expect the combat to have this much depth from a platformer,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Guys this game right here is exactly what ive been waiting for. A freaking KH, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly cooper all put into one. Finally we get an original IP and this one does not disappoint. Fantastic game enjoyed the demo and now that its out im enjoying the game. ZERO issues, Zero Crashes works on my AYN THOR as well what more could i ask for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Somewhere in a parallel universe, Duskfade is an N64 game. ✨ What's your favourite Nintendo 64 title? #indiegame
unlabelledView post →It starts off strong, then drops the ball hard. That last part was so insufferably bad. Still its fun for a while. The end was just not for me. Edit: To Elaborate a little further: Combat: I feel like the combat starts really nice, but never adds to it. Combat is "there" but its really nothing exciting, it gets more and more annoying with every Area adding a new enemy type. It likes to compare itself to KH2, combat there was constantly evolving, here not so much. Exploration: At first the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best thing I can say about Duskfade right now is it is a very visually pleasing game
unlabelledView post →Admittedly I am still early in the game, but so far the world design is excellent and truly takes you back to the simpler times of action platformers. Unfortunately, that is where the enjoyment really ends. The biggest knock I have against it is that combat is one note and lacks impact. Enemies just continue to attack you right through your attacks making your attacks feel weightless and lacking in that satisfying punch. There is enemy variety, but the combat does not evolve with each new…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play Duskfade, it's an incredibly charming love-letter to PS2 action adventure games like Rachet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, and Kingdom Hearts Just beat it yesterday and I need this team to get the money to make a Duskfade 2 so I can enjoy another PS2-era game.
unlabelledView post →Having finished the game, I would give Duskfade a solid 7/10; I've enjoyed the platforming sections, the scenery is beautiful with a wide selection of areas to explore, and of course I enjoyed seeping in the nostalgia of old PS games era, with the most noticable being, of course, Kingdom Hearts. But I feel like the combat is only really servicable for the game and doesn't expand much, and many of the collectables are only to cash in for flavor items, like in-game played OSTs and cards of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been playing lots of DUSKFADE these past few days!! I’m loving it!!! It is definitely giving me Kingdom Hearts, Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter Vibes!! I’m about 40% done with game 🥳🥳🥳🔥🔥
unlabelledView post →I’m really enjoying Duskfade so far. I haven’t finished the story yet, so I can’t really judge the whole thing or say how good the ending is, but honestly, I’m having a lot of fun with it. The combat is a 7/10 for me when you attack it feels like there is no weight to the weapon the monsters just attack through your attacks. other then that It’s fast, smooth, and just really fun to play. I honestly didn’t expect the combat to have this much depth from a platformer, and it’s probably my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Scuff issues today were a little MEAN. Got hit with the double whammy of the PS5 booting into the Duskfade demo instead of the full game. Then, when I downloaded the game, it threw the net into complete disarray. Stream still ended up being a LOT of fun! We'll be back next week with more!~ ✨
unlabelledView post →it's kind of crazy Duskfade has a graphics setting preset called Steam Deck, implying the devs worked with deck in mind but then I launched the game on deck and it > automatically sets my audio bars to 0 every time I open the settings even if I JUST set it back to 100 > camera stick won't work
unlabelledView post →This Indie Game Is Giving Me Serious Jak & Daxter & Kingdom Hearts Vibes - Duskfade #duskfade #gaming #indiegames #gamingvideos
unlabelledView post →Duskfade is like easily a Top 3 best game of the year and it's like insane how good it truly is
unlabelledView post →Game #17 goes to DUSKFADE!! This game was really special!! It brought so much of my childhood back into one game and scratched that itch for Kingdom Hearts!! Truly a great game!! 🔥🔥
unlabelledView post →sorry meant to put the link lol This game is called Duskfade and we'll have news on a release date very soon! ✨👀 linktr.ee/duskfade
unlabelledView post →Are you looking for a PS2 game? You found it. Duskfade gives the appearance of a Kingdom Hearts game but it really plays more like a melee Ratchet and Clank. I recommend it, especially if you know going in that you are getting more of a PS2 B games with all it's quirks. Pros: - Presentation - Gameplay feel - Bosses Battles Cons: - Stale Progression - Gated exploration (Have to revisit the zones after you get ALL powerups) - Unrewarding exploration (Often rewarded with currency that is very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel bad giving this a bad review because I had enough fun to at least beat it, but this is the most 3/5 game I've played in a long time. I was interested in this because they compared it to the PS2 era platformers like Ratchet & Clank which I loved, but I think the better comparison is Spyro the Dragon, specifically A hero's Tail - floaty and unchallenging platforming - Repetitive unengaging combat - Painful story - Endless collect-athon with no interesting rewards other than stat increases…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GOOD MORNING! I'm up early early! And it's FRIDAY. That means we can do whatever we want. We might play a retro game? We might cover Duskfade? Or maybe we'll work on my Dark Souls Remastered Multiworld seed! Find out, I guess! flannel.live
unlabelledView post →The good: - Nice visuals. - Simple but compelling story with some mysteries that I was looking forward to learning more about. - Some funny NPC bits here and there. - Decent combat once you unlock more moves. - Good, clean UI and controls. You never really have to access the menu during exploration or combat. - The game expects you to revisit stages once you unlock skills and attacks to look for collectibles, which I thought would be a chore, but actually enjoyed. The bad: - Combat is very…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great little game that'll kill about 10-15 hours on your first playthrough depending on whether you're a completionist or not, due to optional backtracking to earlier zones once you have the right gear. For me, I was fine with just doing as much as I could on the first run and moving on, so my playthrough was around 12 hours. There's an all round nice flow to the pacing through each area, with several beautifully designed biomes. Duskfade is a love letter to classic platformers both visually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had such a lovely time streaming Duskfade today! Give it a look and see if you might like it -> It's 20% off until Aug 27th. Thank you again @fireshinegames.bsky.social for my key as well as another key to give away ♥ We'll be playing more Sunday, Aug 16th @ 10:30 pm PDT ♥
unlabelledView post →New illustration on paper. Yesterday I redid the demo of the game Duskfade that comes out next month in French , because the 2025 demo was only in English. So I wanted to draw the main character. And I can’t wait to play the game ! 😁 #fanart #duskfade
unlabelledView post →Dude Duskfade looks SO GOOD, I've been looking for a game for a while that scratches that PS2 platformer feel itch youtu.be/hPV20ncmotY?...
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