Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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Game
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Empress Of The Deep 2: Song Of The Blue Whale
Developer Gogii Games
Anna must find a way up to the floating Temple of the Clouds and with the help of her mystic animal guides find and save the children of light from the evil Empress Pandora. From the Steam store page
84 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jul 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
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70 positive · 14 negative
95% range 74–90%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
98 of 120 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 84 · most liked firstWell done! After playing the first installment, I wasn't expecting much from this game but I'm glad that I decided to play it anyway. There is a decent amount of progress both in HOG scenes and puzzle design. Also Gogii Games managed to fit in some well processed plot explanations, accompanied by some bonus content. Following the explosion of the Arc of Humanity, Anna manages to escape in the nick of time. We awaken - this is becoming a thing now: passing out and waking up in completely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wrote a detailed review for the first Empress of the Deep and I don't feel up to writing another so I'll just quickly list the similarities and differences. - Number 2 is slightly longer than 1, much more so if you spend time in the bonus area and playing the new ZEM game. - Graphics are better. In fact, I've played this game more than once simply to view the beautiful scenery. - Puzzles aren't too difficult. - More and clearer hidden object areas than the first game. - Story is still very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” ― Plato, The Republic Song of the Blue Whale is the sequel to the original game and extands Anna's story past her escape from her underwater sarcophagus in the previous game. Whilst her evil sister is destroyed her machinations continue as her ghost, literally, haunts Anna as she attempts to ascend to her throne. All the caricatures and cliches from the previous game have returned, but the delivery is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you played the first game in this series then you will enjoy this game. If you're a fan of the genre you may want to pick a better game, however. At a sale price I would recommend this game, at full price no. While it is improved somewhat from the last installment and does last longer, it's still very easy to finish in one sitting. The story was a little better but also more confusing, I still have no idea what kingdom Anna is even an empress of or what the heck is up with the spirits you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off let me say, skip the first game, you don't really need to play it to get what's going on in this one, save yourself the cash and the headache. Much, much better job in this game, lots of content even if it did only take me a few hours to get through it. I guess it feels substantial because of all the things you need to do. Graphics are great once again, mini games now come with a question mark so you can see what you are meant to do and the HO scenes are the right side of difficult.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short version: 73% Empress of the Deep 2, the middle part of a trilogy, faithfully follows the footsteps of the first game with even more astonishing visuals, better gameplay, and a more rewarding puzzle system. Long version: Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale changed little over the previous title: it still feels like a mixture of Myst-like adventure games with classic hidden object mechanics, plus a few easy puzzles added on top. This continuity is reflected in aesthetics that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ They improved the graphics a LOT compared to the previous episode. The 3D environment has much better resolution and textures, so the game actually looks great (the HO scenes less so). They also used hand-drawn art for the close-up scenes, which helps a lot. + Still very easy puzzles and quick-charging hints. The puzzles so far were mostly recycled from the previous game. + The HO scenes' graphic quality improved too, they are mostly easy now. The game kept some of the unexplainable objects…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The hidden object puzzles were meh, the other puzzles were far too easy. I couldn't get into the story at all - partly because of the bad voice acting, and partly because, well, it was stupid. There are many far better hidden-object puzzles out there, so I would skip this one. (But I'll still continue on with the last installment in the series, because I'm a stupid completionist)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for 50 cents and it's not worth it if you pay the full $5. It only took me around 5 and a half hours because I wanted to get all the trophies of this one mini game. Gameplay is a little better than the first, if you did buy the first installment of this game. For everyone else who made the wise choice of not buying the first one, gameplay was about average with almost zero creativity in making it enjoyable. You can't make it more difficult so it should take an adult with a clear…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember Empress of the Deep? After failing to save the Ark, thanks to your evil twin sister Pandora who had with her a giant explosive, you're waking up on a beach, with a new mission: get in the Temple of the Clouds or the Palace of the Sky and free the Children of the Lights and their guardians. However, another voice is also speaking with you, so, unless Pandora faked her death, you have to listen to Jacob and this new protagonist... The plot is expanding: Pandora cursed the floating…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After finishing out the first one, I started on the second one and I was more pleased with this one! The story was more put together, you felt more connected and weren't as annoyed with the main character. You play as Anna once again - waking up after escaping the underwater kingdom - but this time you must find your way up to the floating Temple of the Clouds with animal companions you save through the game and try to save the Children of Light from your evil sister before she unleashes the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Impressive. Much more detailed than the first one, but the HoG scenes are still stupid. But we have good news here: improved storyline (not perfect but much better), longer, betrayals and surprises, wonderful scenery... 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Story is ok but I don't think I understand all. HOG scenes is better in this game then in first game. Puzzles is ok and not too hard. Cool places and art.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Empress Of The Deep 2: Song Of The Blue Whale is an ancient game from 2007. It's a whopping 16 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks proper widescreen aspect ratio support (it's locked at 4:3) or support for any modern gaming display resolutions, hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge. This…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Continue your journey as Anna as she attempts to restore her kingdom and memories. The complaint with the first game is that it was too short and as any true sequel Empress 2 is twice as big and has twice as much to offer. Since this is a hidden object game and since you've mostly likely already played Empress Of The Deep 1 there's not much else to say, it's bigger and there's more of it, so give it a shot if you enjoyed the first game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale (2007) Much like the previous game in the series the puzzles remain fun with no time limits to rush you. You continue the story of Anna after the secrets uncovered from the first game. The look of the game is still that "classic hidden objects" look as the game kept a lot of what the made the first game great. Worth a shot if you enjoy hidden object games. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pros - gorgeous looking and colorful background artwork - good voice acting - engaging fantasy world and atmosphere - story is intriguing - hidden object elements are fun. - hint system very helpful - there is auto save - there is also a stone match mini game cons - after a while game's quests and puzzles turns out to be repetetive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like the first entry in this series, it's especially easy. However, there are now more and better hidden-object scenes,. such that you can honestly classify this as a "hidden-object game." But I enjoyed it less than the first one. The go-there-do-this gameplay is boring, the story holds no wonder, and there's no additional revelation about the game world. It almost feels like a bonus level for the first game. But production values are OK. If you enjoy especially casual point-and-click…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A dolphin told me to believe in myself and a beaver helped me save a stone Buddha baby. Totally worth $0.74.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic game with still some of the best graphics I have seen. On same this week 9.9-9.15 it is a must have. Go for it you wonl't be sorry.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was one of the games from my childhood, when my parents and I used to play games every night. I played it a few times after that by myself and completing it several times. Even then I noticed the great visuals, art style and sound effects. And now I just remembered this game from somewhere (I think I just heard the sounds from another game and remembered) and immediately wanted to buy it to have it and play it again. And I managed to complete it in just 2 hours, including the ZEM with a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my mom made me like hidden object games from childhood and I played a lot of them, my favorite ones would be the the Sprill game series made by Five-BN studios, which I strongly recommend to buy on bigfish if you're into hidden object games the game is good/ OK for a 2007 game, but there are many stuff that holds it back first I'm very disappointed how the game utilizes its resources so few. the scenery when you enter an area can be quite beautiful and makes you appreciate the early 2000s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HOG are my go to relaxing game but I just can't recommend this one. The game holds your hand too much by making everything you can interact with sparkle and basically telling you exactly what you need to do. The voice acting is incredibly boring and made me want to sleep. You can't speed through conversations. You either skip the cut scene entirely or listen to the whole dialog. The only pleasant part of the game was during HOG scenes. Whenever you click on the correct item it makes a very…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →consume butterfly dolphin
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of back and forth. Hint is basic and doesn't actually help.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the perfect example of how to improve from previous episode which boring and average, and turn this as a better game. The price is quite worth for its content, So grab this one if you have few hours to play because this game is not take long to finish.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is great and the graphics so beautiful. The game also has amazing sound and well designed puzzles. I like animal guardians, too. Cons.: - map wasn't useful I hope steam will release Empress Of The Deep 3 because I wonder if Anna found her people.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well I haven't played the first part but after completing this I am looking forward to buy first part also...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game 2 in a series, though story wise ok-ishly independent; the game gives you a summary of game 1 to read if you so wish. You play Anna in first person, trying to save the Temple of the Sky from the curse set upon it. Decent, linear story, with quite a bit of backtracking, much like the first game. Very averagely entertaining, as the first game. Enjoyable art though the 'blurryness' of it makes it harder to see the hidden objects in puzzles. Hidden objects outside of the puzzles in this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is absloutly amazing, i really love the story of it and its extremely fun, i definitely recommend it for people who love puzzles and stories
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summary A hidden object game where the story continues off the first game with improvements mainly to its graphics but still suffering from generic gameplay. Pros + Decently fun time sink Cons - Lots of backtracking Overview Empress of The Deep 2: Song of The Blue Whale is a point & click adventure game that's a direct continuation of Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret and picks up instantly where the first game ended continuing the story. There are significant improvements from the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea that attractive women in video-games are somehow 'offensive to women' is insane. Hidden object games are targeted exclusively at women, & here you have the main character being a conventionally attractive white woman. She is not ugly, she does not look like a man, & she does not look like she has too many chromosomes. & yet action games presumably targeted primarily at young men have deliberately ugly female characters. /rant Good stuff: - Despite being an old game, runs just fine…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2nd game works pretty well goog game + effects still had problems with full screen
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This may have been good back in the day, but on a modern PC it's unplayable. It does not support widescreen, and running in windowed mode on a HD monitor it's so small you need a magnifying glass. Worse, though, is how slow the transitions are. I'd expect even if these were slow back in 2007, they'd be OK on a modern PC. But they aren't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would have enjoyed this game a lot more if there was less maniacal laughing. Like, there are ♥♥♥♥ tons of "ambient" maniacal laughter. Doing a puzzle? *high pitched laughing*. Navigating maps? *high pITCHED MANIACAL LAUGHING*. Trying to sleep after playing the game? *GETS WOKEN UP AT 4AM HEARING HIGH PITCHED MANIACAL LAUGHING*. Very obnoxious. Other than that, it's decent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, nice scenarios (still, creappy laugh once every 5 min is a little annoying, would have been great if they could take it off once a zone has been cleared) Totally worth the buy, good gameplay, good puzzles (not complicated, but enjoyable) story is good and charcters are nice. Get it on an offer price for full satisfaction.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The successor to Empress Of The Deep, which i loved dearly, was even prettier than its predecessor... and felt a little extra... girly? Crystal dolphins to power your animal healing powers... it felt like that might turn off a few players. as someone who has always fought to be "one of the guys" it felt a little weird, at first... But heck, I watched MLP and enjoyed it, so restoring harmony is a thing I can be down with. also, being able to shout FREE THE SPACE BABIES and have it be a relevant…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HAVEING A HARD TIME LAUNCHING THIS GAME.NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT I AM DOING WRONG????
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sound: 7 Graphics: 7 Story: 6 Gameplay: 8 Commands: 8 Fun: 7 Time to load / lag: 9 Bugs / Problems: 9 Final score: 8
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great sequel to part 1, a nice hidden object search game like no other. I give it 9. Only drawback is the map system and the sometimes useless hints.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Improves on the original in almost every way, but still fairly short. Still recommend. Wish the third one was still up for sale here!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →is good, i like easily would make A tier at minimum in terms of hidden object games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely loved this game as a kid, it felt so good to play again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I throughly enjoy the years I spent in darkness not knowing if this game was just a figment of my you could say imagination. After I discovered that this game is indeed real and NOT ILLUSIORY, I decided to obtain this beautiful childhood memory once again. This game has incredible scenery, a lot of sea animals (whose im big fan of by the way as u can see from my profile picture) and Pandora who is lowkey really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hot. I wish I was Jacob in that statue in the hub lowkey. As I said she is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The graphic of the game is beautiful... Good for those who are looking a casual game and enjoy in playing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale has an interesting story and a unique underwater atmosphere, but the gameplay can feel a little repetitive in places. I enjoyed the exploration more than some of the puzzles, which were occasionally too straightforward. Still, the setting gives the game plenty of personality, and there are some memorable moments. Overall, a decent adventure, although it could have benefited from more variety. Enjoy :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a good experience. Cluttered and generic.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reminds me of old school Myst from when I was young. Love the nostalgic art style, and the story is a little cliche but I love the game because it's just so satisfying to get the tasks done. No achievements to worry about, lots of i spy like puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great sequel to the first game. I still love it even after playing it over and over again.The graphics are nice and the minigames are not too hard. The story is noce as well and all in one a nice experience. I can highly recommend this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was more challenging and innovative than the first game. The story continued, and was very fun. Zem is a fun game added as bonus content. Very satisfied.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"A bunch of stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥" is the most eloquent description of this game I can come up with. The story is straight up magical nonsense rubbish. Hidden object scenes are beyond cluttered and ugly. A big chunk of the voice acting is this annoying droning moan. "YOOUU HAVEE TO PIICK UP THEE SEAHOR--" Oh my god fine, just shut up First time playthrough: 2 hours 18 minutes 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a decent HOG. It's not incredibly challenging, but its interesting and comes with a fun little minigame that you can waste plenty of time on. All in all I would say that its worth the price if you get it at 50% off or lower.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the story of this game puzzles were not to hard but enough to make you think. Very relaxing game. Easy to lose yourself in. Wish it was a little longer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a great HOG. I thought the story was good and the game progressed logically. There are tons of HOG scenes and they are a little tough to make out sometimes. I had to get my reading glasses out. Each section also had several objects that you were collecting sets of throughout the world. You were also always collecting diary disks to unlock the bonus section and little birds to collect magic power. It was really focused on HOG and there weren't many puzzles to unlock, except and easy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent follow up to the first story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A sweet game with a lovely story. Thanx
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An hour in, but it feels like less. I have completed the first major quest, and I can honestly say I am enjoying this one. It is pretty much your typical hidden object game, with a fun, mystical story line which I imagine extends from the first of the series, but I in no way feel lost for not having played that one. So far I have always managed to figure out what to do next, though on occasion it took a little while. It is useful that when you finish an area, a notice pops up, and stays up, so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enjoyable retro feel. fun puzzles and nice artwork
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i would say great game for the price, but its a great game in general. The mini game is super fun as well, and the puzzles aren't too difficult.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have both games 1Empress of the Deep and 2-Empress of the Deep 2:Song of the Blue Whale hope they make more of these games my name is jimmie
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