Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2016
INFERNO CLIMBER
Developer Arc System Works
Forge through hell in this survival action RPG! Defeat powerful bosses to collect all 5 Purgatory Stones in hell. Slashing, magic casting, arrow shooting, bombs throwing, exploring, eating, cooking, blacksmithing. From the Steam store page
67 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest May 8, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
61
Fresh
41 positive · 26 negative
95% range 49–72%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
67 of 121 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 67 · most liked firstFIRST OF ALL DON'T BUY THIS VERSION!!! I bought this version of the game thinking it was the same as Inferno Climber Reborn..... Nope its the old version of the game. This game has not been updated since 2016 and if you want the latest version you need to buy it on the Microsoft Store... Not on Steam... Not only does it cost less there, but it is also the version that will support newer GPUs, CPUs, Windows APIs... its basically the better product and it pains to see that Arc System has not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chibi Zelda-Souls is a very nice summary... You start off as a character with many "lives/classes" and if u die with one, you will pick another class/character, you have to ress the dead one with a ress scroll you buy for 60 coins, and the dead one will be unaviable until you ress them or break their graves, which destroys all their inventory including money, but their acuumaleted XP will remain. You will eventually after the tutorial get to a base which is sort of like a nexus or a hub, from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting little action-RPG! I like it. Be warned that it's a pretty simple game. Very indie. Don't go into it expecting Dark Souls. The obvious comparisons are to Dark Souls, of course, but it doesn't play too similarly to that. I'll try to give you an idea of how it plays by comparing it to other games. Unfortunately that's going to make it sound worse for the comparison, and to be honest, it doesn't really stand up to these other games, but for me, it is still very entertaining in its own…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game just simply isn't polished enough for the asking price. - Unless you have an Xbox360 controller lock on won't work at all, making the entire game useless - This extends to even the Steam Controller - Isn't very well optimized, looks like an Xbox360 title but chugs - Menus refuse to work Going to have to refund this, it's sad really, seems like it could have a fun core game, but they haven't bothered fixing anything since launch, just walked away from it. Not good enough afriad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I7 32GB RAM RTX2070 Super CPU Usage - 3% GPU Usage - 5% Frames Per Second - 20FPS ⠑⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣀⡀ ⠸⠿⡀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⣀⡴⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⢄⣠⠾⠁⣀⣄⡈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠁⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠂⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⢿⣆ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⡾⣁⣀⠀⠴⠂⠙⣗⡀⠀⢻⣿⣿⠭⢤⣴⣦⣤⣹⠀⠀⠀⢀⢴⣶⣆ ⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣮⣽⣾⣿⣥⣴⣿⣿⡿⢂⠔⢚⡿⢿⣿⣦⣴⣾⠸⣼⡿ ⠀⢀⡞⠁⠙⠻⠿⠟⠉⠀⠛⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⢤⣼⣿⣾⣿⡟⠉ ⠀⣾⣷⣶⠇⠀⠀⣤⣄⣀⡀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠉⠈⠉⠀⠀⢦⡈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣽⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠲⣽⡻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣜⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣷⣶⣮⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not the "Reborn" version of this game, and unfortunately it is completely unplayable for modern PCs. I have a good PC that runs games like The Witcher 3 at 60fps, but this game was slingshotting from 100fps to single digits every couple of seconds. It's unfortunate, because I really do like the art style and it looks fun. EDIT: The Reborn version is on the Microsoft store and it works great. This game is actually so underrated, I do recommend checking it out. Dumb as heck that it still…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ever wanted Dark Souls to feel, look and play like a low-budget PS1 trash-ARPG half-assed PC port? Inferno Climber got you covered.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like Animal Crossing, Mario Bros, Zelda, Monster Hunter and Dark Souls all were put in a blender and this is what came out. A extremely long and difficult story-light action rpg with large levels, difficult enemies and bosses and a detailed rpg system that was definitely heavily inspired by all the games mentioned above. In short if you love Dark Souls, Mario and Zelda and don't mind some monster hunter style hunger and equipment management mechanics buy this game, it's fantastic.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Inferno Climber is a fun ARPG With Major Flaws (EA) My ratings/review Difficulty: 10/10 ~ My favorite thing in the game is the challenge, yes, this game is challenging, way more than it seems, it compares to dark souls in my book, also the death system is pretty unique, when you die you start off with another character lose all your stats and have to get back to your body with what they call a "Death Contract" Which can be bought for 60CP (in-game currency) Unlike dark souls (you keep all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game seems like a ton of fun, really i would've loved to get to play more than just a half an hour...but seriously though the motion sickness is real. I haven't had a game get me this bad in years...if you get sick from motion do stay away, but otherwise it seems like a very enjoyable title.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I forgot how much I hated my first hours with Dark/Demons souls. I'm still in the first non-tutorial area in this game after four hours, so I don't know if I'm the most qualified person to review this (having not seen much of the game proper) but thus far I give it a thumbs down. It's a SoulsLike game with a chibi artstyle - even has the thing where the first boss fight will wreck your everything. Think Zelda Souls, or perhaps Salt and Sanctuary 3D. It's got a fun, simple combat system - you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Am I really one of the first people to write a review? Dayum. I only got to the first Base (not a spoiler, you can easily get there in some fifteen minutes if not less I think, I like to take my time so it took way longer), and so far, the game is quite good. The controls are decent, even though the character's movement is not as realistic in AAA games, some enemies are well-positioned (well done, skeleton from the second trial), only the inventory management and bow controls seem somehow…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Your only reward for completing this game is the right to say you have beaten it. There is no satisfaction from being skillful. There is no respect from your peers. There is nothing you will learn. Just turn around and walk away. Do not embark on the path that only leads to your own grave.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What I played was good, just one big problem, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it made me motion sick. I recommend it to Zelda and Dark Souls fans I don't recommend it if you get motion sick.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't even play the game what's the point of even having the option to pair a ps4 controller when it doesn't even recognize it also the inputs for the controller are all wrong I just want my money back
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It unfortunately didn't live up to my expectations. If you consider buying this expecting something "Dark Souls" - like (those were kind of my expectations) you will inevitably be disappointed. Inferno Climber may be a good game in it's own right but it didn't feel right for me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good game thus far. Would like to see what weapons will be available after EA. Really like that it works completely with my PS4 controller without any extra software. Just plug it in and it works for this. Music is decent. Combat seems fairly fluid. Graphics are ok. Only encounter minor frame rate drops when entering a completely different part of a zone, or teleporting into a zone, otherwise it seems pretty consistent. Feels like a combination of elements from Dark Souls and Legend of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chibi Dark Souls. Will update after I play it for longer. (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ real life :V)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey, hi, how ya been? Been taking care of yourself? I'm fine. Inferno Climber. My least favorite favorite(not a typo) Souls-like. Inferno Climber is a game published and developed by Arc System Works. You know, the same Arc System Works that developed the incredibly polished series of Blazblue and Guilty Gear games? THAT Arc System Works? Yes, the very same. Inferno Climber, to its credit, tries very hard. It tries its absolute cheeks off, and leads me to believe that ArcSys actually set…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like dark souls but wish is was bad? then this is the game for you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good so far. You'll probably find a lot of people talking about the positive ways in which this game reminds people of Dark Souls so I'll skip that part and say that the enemies are pretty cool looking, status ailments are used in kind of interesting ways (the revive item, a literal written contract, can be destroyed by fire so you will need to avoid enemies that cause Burn) and most of my problems at time of writing come from the fact that the Early Access doesn't have all of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Threw a rotten egg at an enemy. It cracks open leaving its insides on the ground. Walked over it and slipped. My health potion flies out of my inventory and smashes into the ground. Absolutely brilliant.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Inferno Climber is a wild game. Yes, it looks like Dark Souls. If you're expecting combat of that depth, don't buy this. The real flavor here is in the wild survival sim mechanics that, by the end of the game, have you eating garlic chicken to boost your attack power and farming fruit from trees and eggs from your chickens to make that food, as well as an atmosphere that only becomes more and more oppressive as the game proceeds. It's cheap, it's unpolished, but it's really, really rewarding if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have to make enemy slip on banana peel, decide to throw banana, because of janky controls miss the stationary enemy and throw it behind him, walk towards the banana peel, hitbox of banana peel to large, char slips on banana peel droping oil bottle and fire bottle onto himself and dies. Basically sums up the game, controls and such aren't tight enough for this kind of game and cause to dislike the whole experience while I try to figure out the 10 button combo to drink an hp potion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a godsdamned masterpiece. Combat is amazing, exploring, bosses, just wow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DISCLAIMER: This is a first impressions review, and NOT a full review, if you want a full review, then please read better reviews then mine PLEASE NOTE: This review is/was written when this game was in/is still in Early Access. Think twice before buying/playing this game Ever wanted to play a similar game like the Dark Souls franchise but didn't have the strength to enter the darkest depths of From Software's franchise? Then I would recommend INFERNO CLIMBER, developed by Arc System Works,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my friend said this is rip of dark souls
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Dreamcast font at the start got me really excited! The game had a good feel, like Quest64 -- nostalgia abound! However the controller support is terrible. Changing the camera angle felt floaty (it continued to move a little bit after letting go of the stick) making navigation a bit disorientating. You can't rebind controller actions other than what is your 'accept' button (x/o or a/b for ps or xbox schemes respectively). Menus for swapping items and weapons are extremely clunky with a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Legitimately the best game on Steam.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cannot get smooth framerate on GTX 1070. WTH ugly UI and character models, refunding it now
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Inferno Climber definitely has the potential to be a great game for fans of action RPG’s. And, as I’ve said earlier, considering it’s still in Early Access, the game works surprisingly well. All in all, Inferno Climber is really a game to keep your eye on!"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Criminally underrated and no where near as well known as it should be. From the gorgeous (and in my opinion adorable) art style to the lovingly crafted environments, it's easy to tell this game has a lot of heart in it. The combat reminds me a lot of Souls-Like games, however being able to jump adds a layer of strategy that those other Souls-Like games lack. Little details, such as your armor design changing depending on the helmet you've got on, or your visor going down when you guard, are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm very mixed on this game. There are lots of little really interesting ideas in it that I like but it's also very janky and the jank overshadows some of the niche neat things in it. So here are some neat little niche things you can do. You can throw bottles to attract enemies, throw eggs or banana peels to make enemies slip. Use heat seeking arrows to hit archers around corners. Cure parasites by lighting yourself on fire. Burn poison spewing mushrooms. Hide in treasure chests. Combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not saying that those who say the game is poorly optimized are lying, but it's running well for me. I would like to continue and finish it at least once. but it's too difficult. it was really made to be a little piece of ♥♥♥♥. its clanky yes but i'm used to it by now. but in the poison area you put roads that even if you are beaten you can't finish exploring. patrols of enemies. and even hunger. that if you don't poison yourself you die of hunger. also.. plus the worst thing is that if you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why did I buy this again? 2024 Pile of Shame Edition Still Working on Windows 10 out of the Box in June 2024 Specs: Xeon e3-1231 v3 3.6Ghz Asus B85M-G Mainboard RTX 2060 12GB OC Edition by ASUS 24GB DDR3 Ram All Drives SSDs Flawless 60 FPS - 1080p IC is quit nice to play, has a strong and fresh game-play loop, only hindered by lacklustre Controls and a sinister Control Scheme. This control Scheme changes the game into a Memorizer-SHMUP like Experience. You need to know whats coming next to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adorable tiny soulsy that captures the dreary feel far better than a lot of other attempts. worth a shot for the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has a simplicity and charm I haven't felt since PS2 titles. All I can really think to say is that it has a warmness to it that comes from older game design.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a blind in progress Let's Play here: https://youtu.be/_5jcODY_j0g I do like this game, but its an odd one. Its sprinkled with just odd design decisions through it; you can only read at a special table, you can only res your dead character after buying a special contract from Death (your working for the guy, you'd think he just hook you up, but no, he just LOVES to rip you off), and the treasure respawns. Ya, the treasure respawns in all the zones; that fine, but you start with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is... an interesting game. Not bad but not great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor man's Dark Souls. Tries hard but fails.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ocarina off time/majoras mask/ meets Dark souls, what more is there to say? it may look like a PS1 or N64 game but it makes up for that in creativity, it's a good game, if you like souls, or zelda. check it out, you won't be dissapointed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a huge review written for this game and then hit back by accident. (I might rewrite it when I haven't been up all night playing this game) Summary: This game is cool, mixes elements from a few different beloved game series, has a charming art style, you should get it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →did not enjoy the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →INFERNO CLIMBER, developed and published by Arc System Works, is an action RPG that mixes deliberate, Souls-like combat with survival mechanics and dungeon exploration, resulting in a game that feels both ambitious and uneven. It clearly draws from familiar influences, but instead of refining those ideas into a streamlined experience, it layers them together in a way that can feel experimental, sometimes rewarding, and occasionally frustrating depending on how much patience the player brings to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You feel disconnected from your character... Though I don't doubt this game has a lot to offer, it needs polish on the basics. The camera controls gave me motion sickness, the menu system was difficult to control (and didn't pause the game - meaning I could still move my camera and character while navigating options), movement felt too slow, combat animations needed to finish before your character could rotate and attack elsewhere, etc etc. There were also just random bugs - one example: I got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So clearly this is trying to be a souls-like, but "cheap" comes to mind. This makes me motion sick. The enemies are not varied enough. The game is super confusing as far as figuring out where to go. The combat is way watered down compared to Dark Souls or Zelda. It just isn't on the same level at all. If you found this game because you are looking for a Souls-like experience, move along.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game wants to be dark souls so bad and fails at every attempt. What the hell are these awkward overly complicated controls? Good luck doing something as simple as using your inventory or picking up and item. They try and hide the mediocre graphics behind bloom and blur effects. Nice try, didn't work. I wont be wasting anymore time on this one. Luckily I got it as a part of a bundle and didn't have to pay full price for it. I recommend you dont.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Souls shagged Zelda and gave birth to a challange. It got solid comabat and it works. A bit rough around the edges yet. http://gamers-haven.org/haven-reviews-inferno-climber/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some performance issues on my end but loving this Souls-Like so far. Best to buy on a sale though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game has its charm and mixed in quite a few ideas to differentiate it from "Dark Souls", I just cannot say that I am a big fan of its unique features, namely the "Hunger-meter", equipment breaking now completely destroying the item and death now locking your character, until it is recovered using a different character.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I've played maybe 100 hours of this on the Windows/Xbox PC version, and cannot stress enough how unique this is. It's not just a soulslike/zelda-clone but something with a lot of charm and yeah they did shoot for the moon and maybe try to shoehorn in a lot but it all still works together cohesively. It screams passion project and cult classic. I just hope more people pick it up and give it a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I've been streaming this game all month and it's probably the best three buck fifty you can spend online without taking your pants off. All of my favorite parts of Zelda, Dark Souls, and Immersive Sims but in the fever dream logic of some deep nerds at Arc System Works moonlighting between guilty gear projects who spent like two hundred bucks total on Unity store assets.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Motion Sickness
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a slog, it doesn’t respect our time. It take many hours to farm good equipment and upgrade it, and you will need good equipment from the desert forward, the game becomes insanely hard there without it. But if you spend the entire day farming for good equipment, and even so commit a mistake in a game hard like this one? Now you need to get your equipment back with a second character, spend another day farming and god forbid you commit a mistake with the second character as well, now…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After nearly 30 hours of gametime, I have lost interest in finishing this game. The way the death system functions aswell as the amount of downtime there is has ruined the remaining good bits this game had. After you beat the desert, this game becomes a backtracking fiesta.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the food mechanic is aggrivating but it exists to keep the player moving so it accomplishes its job well. there are a few things I wish were tweaked like getting comboed before you can recover from a downed state or the camera being a little drunk sometimes. Over all an amazing lil gem I'm looking forward to completing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely one of the worst souls-like games out there. Honestly, it might been be one of the worst action RPGs. The game is rife with technical problems, like frame drops and clipping through the floor. Even when the game is working properly, it does not respect your time at all. The extra steps added to respawn after every death are tedious and add nothing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Make no mistake, this is a really hard and punishing game, so it's definitely not for the faint of heart, but from what I got out of it, I felt it was a well-crafted experience for people looking for an even harder version of Dark Souls (or, based on the graphics, maybe more accurately a harder version of Kings Field)! As a Dark Souls esque game, from what it lacks in the gorgeously connected world and lore, it makes up for it in fun gamey levels with lots of interesting obstacles, and an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →==Brief description== This game combines Demon's Souls, the linearity and progression of Dark Souls 2&3, Legend of Zelda's combat mechanics, and Survival RPGs with a dash of roguelike elements. It is a very rough jewel with some very rough edges, but still a jewel in the rough, and oddly enough it's roughness actually amplifies it's beauty. The review will stick mostly to gameplay due to STEAMs word limitations ==Gameplay Mechanics== The game plays roughly the same to 3d Zelda games, there's a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ultimately it was a waste of $2.99 dollars. It seems cool and if you think learning bad/clunky mechanics is fun, then this is for you. But if you would rather have a game with good mechanics and learn it better then you probably shouldn't play this. If you like Dark Souls it'll probably be worth it. There are definitely interesting sorts of little mechanics that are exciting and well done. Like you can light sticks in a campfire blah blah.
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