Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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Game2013
Master Reboot
Developer Wales Interactive
Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure. From the Steam store page
198 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Aug 10, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
122 positive · 70 negative
95% range 57–70%
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| Steam reviews | 122 | 70 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
6 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
521 of 697 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 198 · most liked firstThis game looked so promising but the execution falls short and ruins the experience. Controls are clunky and the game demands a certain rate of precision, this goes for both mouse / keybaord and controller. It's sometimes unclear what to do and the game offers no help most of the time. Not possible to check keybinds once ingame, so you'd best not forget them. Lastly, I discovered a point where if you click too fast, the whole game crashes to desktop, yet you can only get past the obstacle by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Level puzzle game with a nice horror atmosphere. Even though it's dated, it's a good game. The graphics aren't great but the levels are all different and well presented. Not suitable for everyone. My rating 7/10 to take at discount
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You could argue it is unfair for me to give bad reviews to decade-old games because they will not let you rebind your keys, but like, this is not some sort of innovative feature that only came about recently. You have been able to rebind the keys you played games with since the early 1990s at least (source: I was alive and playing games in the early 1990s). What drives developers to this level of laziness? Do they think A) every keyboard layout internationally has W, A, S, and D in the exact…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is one of artistic dissociation. it can't really decide what it wants to be. the art styles clash with one another -- the 2D cutscenes, the sometimes cartoony platforming levels, the minimalist horror chase scenes, and then the cyberpunk-like interludes. this of course means there's also game styles clashing with one another. is this a walking sim, a puzzle game, a psychological horror game? each stage seems to want to do something completely different. there's no cohesion or flow…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Master Reboot is a 3D puzzle/platformer with few ups and many downs. PROS: + Overall atmosphere and story is ok. + Graphics. I loved the 3D work but i'm a guy who loves watching scene demos so dont count on me for that one. 2D artworks are not any good and cripples the overall story telling. CONS: - Platforming: For that, you have to deliver tight controls, its overall clunky (especially at the end with time limit). - Puzzles: Even exploring to understand what game is expecting from you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the my first major gaming experiences, before dipping into Portal 1, 2 and Bioshock. While obviously neither the in-game graphics or cutscenes compare to those other titles, Master Reboot is a solid, story-driven puzzle and adventure game with some quite beautiful levels (Like the field before you enter the Soul Cloud or the level with the encased neon-tree in it) and enjoyable puzzles. Some levels are deliberately designed simply to be hard rather than fun (The godawful end level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Master Reboot is the kind of game that intrigues me - it's a cyberpunk narrative game where you explore the memories of a dead person after they were uploaded into a machine to live on. Think Vanilla Sky, but with more of an emphasis on memorial. However, I haven't finished it, and I don't intend to, because the gameplay is at the level of a Steam Greenlight horror game. Some item interaction is clunky and unintuitive, and it's not always clear what you can interact with. There's the cliche…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was willing to look past the unattractive visuals, because Master reboot looked... interesting. It wasn't It was neither scary, interesting or fun to play. You mostly just roam around an open level, collecting stuff. Then a door opens and you can move on to doing the same in the level. Some levels do mix things up, with mazes and even zombies at some point, but even then it's just walking forward, clicking on things. I couldn't find a true reason to continue playing it, but I did anyway...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I rarely write reviews, but this game deserves it. Master Reboot is a hybrid masterpiece combining elements of adventure, horror and mystery games. Considering it's an indie game i'd say the devs put alot of effort in this game and makes me think what they could develop with more budget. Oh, wait! I can see that on their new game "[url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/279900/]Soul Axiom" which sets the surreal environment and awesomeness of the game on a whole new level. Also the graphics…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A mediocre game. Not awful on every front. Had fun with the puzzles, even if they're sometimes rather convoluted at times. Decided to quit after reaching the water rising jump from platform part, way too frustrating. Not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To start off: This game has the worst metacritic score of anything in my steam library. At first, I did not think this was deserved. The movement seemed a bit clunky and the graphics style wasn't too appealing, but it presented an interesting idea and I thought I would continue to play and see how it went. Though the more I played the more quickly the game seemed to devolve into a chore rather than anything of substance. Typically I have an easy time letting myself be immersed in a game, its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not so much of a bad game, it can be fun to play, but I find it doesn't stand up to how it was presented and what I expected of it. My major turn-off's are: - Huge difference of quality amongst graphics, some drawings look very impressive but others are downright ugly. (Most of the cutscene that look like poor flash animation). - There is no story. Troughougts the journey you may collect (optional) clues and journals about what has happened in the backstory, but else nothing will actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a nice surprise! I did not even read carefully the description....I thought the game was something completely different....some sort of sci-fi exploration game with a slow pace (my bad) but it's not. The game is in 1st person view, it uses Unreal Engine 3 and will last about 4 or 5 hours. It is mostly about exploration, with some puzzles and few platforming fast sections. You begin without knowing anything about yourself, or where you are. There is very little voice acting, you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very ambitious spooky puzzle game. The game consists mostly of solving puzzles in each room to escape, and collecting information to piece together the cyberpunk story. There are a lot of memorable moments and interesting surreal locations. The game is held back by some clunky movement and a couple of obtuse puzzles. Additionally, it features a lot of cheap webcomic level cartoons tellling some of the story. It's not exactly a masterpiece, but I think it's worth checking out if you are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The sound design is absolutely horrendous, the game relies on cheap audio jumpscares that are tripple the volume of the already unbearably loud game where you cant even separately change the volume level of for example sound effects, its all just mushed up in one audio level. The game is severely lacking in explanations, I'm not one to argue for games to hold your hand along the way but for gods sake, dont just throw the player into cold water and leave them wondering whether the game is bugged…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished couple of "levels" and, so far, it hasn't aged too gracefully - the puzzles are just there, the visuals are drab, the story feels way too predictable and the tone is somehow even more pessimistic than SOMA (spoilers). Buy it only if you've got nothing else to play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a casual FPS from 2013 with a decent storyline that I highly recommend. This game is a merging of a casual horror/mystery and Portal. It is one of the few games I would take the time to play again. I would like to see more from the creators at Wales Interactive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game has a good premise and great atmosphere; it suffers from abstract puzzles and design flaws. First off - If you don't like jump scares, probably best to stay away. There's several in this game; and while they're not so prevalent that they get annoying; some just seem unnecessary. Level design felt average; with nothing standing out that made me excited. Some were cool ideas, while some felt tacked on just to add another puzzle. The dev's have gone with a sort of "abstract…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No keyboard and mouse remapping. Very limited resolutions.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games" for more games like this! A decent first person exploration/puzzle game, which is ruined by some hilariously bad puzzles. Some examples: • The worst offender is a literal slot machine that you need to beat enough times in a given time limit. If you lose, you have to start the puzzle over. There is no strategy or trick; you just stare at it and keep hitting 'e' over and over again, and if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After a promising initial levels it is somehow a disappointment to relise how little this game has actually to offer. I understand this project has ambitions, but in the end it lacks not only polishing, but also a basic parts like consistency, smooth controls and story/pace ratio that will keep your interest intact thoughout the play. That lack of variety in terms of game design (puzzles, strory telling) results in game being blunt and boring. Also, graphics aren't really special, after said…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While some of the visuals are interesting, the puzzles are either way too easy or are little more than Simon Says. The graphics are very basic Unity and the gameplay is largely a walking sim. The story is thin at best and completely incongrous at worse. Pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like this shouldn't be listed as horror of any kind. I feel like i was a bit Jebaited. Just because it's dark and hard to see doesn't make it a horror game. (maybe if your very young it might be scary?) This isn't listed as a puzzle game but it VERY much is. Lots of platforming and puzzles. if your not into that then stay away. I found this uninteresting and a bit boring. It's not a bad game its just not for me. I'm recommending this, as it is an okay game, but it's not what i was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Master Reboot is a very strange game. And I honestly still not sure about what I experienced. So essentially, the idea is that you live in a future in which people can upload their memories, personality, and other traits into a cloud service. Your family and friends can then visit these memories or download and install these people’s personalities into robotic shells to continue living with them if they desire. This is a weird, but interesting concept. Unfortunately, there was a crash and some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game a long time ago, back when I was playing on a low-end PC and couldn't handle much more graphics-intensive games. This seemed like a really pretty looking game for the minimalist style it was, and I was looking to get into the horror genre without blood and gore everywhere. Well, I made it through the game after buying it. It was suspenseful and had a few jump scares; startled me 2 or 3 times. (I did the entire playthrough in the dark. SpoOoOOoOOoooky) But that was about it.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's supposed to be a puzzle game, but all the "puzzles" boils down to just walking around slowly looking for brightly colored things. The controls is slow and awkward you get stuck in invisible collision boxes everywhere and the edges of the levels are lazily just a red grid that appears when you get close. The "action" is constantly interrupted by unskippable cutscenes all the time. And you randomly die a lot. It's also buggy and the graphics sometimes get stuck in super blurry rendering.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is an interesting idea but the gameplay and level designs aren't. They design levels that are open but block off sections with bright red wire fences instead of making intuitive level design that nativly shows you where you can and can't go. The puzzles are decent but there's nothing to write home about. The levels are wildy inconsistant.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe it's simply because I really love sci-fi stories that I give a perfect note for this game, but you cannot find a similar game anywhere ... I'm not saying the game is better than System Shock 2, but it's certainly there breathing on its shoulders. The story about downloading someone's memory/counsciousness inside a virtual world may seem farfetched for some, but if you look into it a bit (Intiative 2045, Google Deep Mind) we might be getting there sooner than we think. I guess it can't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Master Reboot is a first person adventure/horror game. The ambience and the levels are pretty good, but the experience is overall a letdown. The game crashed just before ending a level that took me 30 minutes to complete, and for me, that's a big no-no. Not only is the game full of jump scares that are so obvious they're almost cringe, the puzzles are also extremely tedious... I totally do not recommend this game, there are much better adventure/horror games out there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The overwhelmingly positive reviews got me to buy this game and I expected something beautiful and complex. What I got was a rather humble thing. The graphics are horrible except for a few effects. The bulk of the game consists of a hub area from where you can access other levels by entering the scattered buildings. Each has a theme, for example: Hospital, Graveyard, Fairground, Childhood, Street. Some challenges: Shoot targets in a fairground booth, replay a tune on a little musical…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has a ♥♥♥♥-load of "ambiguous packages"... and crashes every time on the Unreal engine intro sequence. Why does it do this? Does anyone else get this?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite a good game about discovering the truth of your life and discovering where you are. You are seemingly in a virtual afterlife ,but have no idea who you are or what is going on. Through enjoyable puzzles and light platforming, you recover your memories and discover the face of your adversary. It's quite a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game I loved it right down to the last detail. this is my second favourite horror game I have ever played and I think it deserves more popularity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to get into this game for the second time to complete achievements, and immediately remembered why I didn't get far the first time. The controls are really annoying, and there are barriers that feel like they are specifically there to force you down a certain path. The game itself feels really empty- there are big areas that feel like they should be great for exploring, but there's nothing there. And you get locked out of areas for no reason if you happen to pick up a key or whatever it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It took me a long while to decide if I wanted to recommend this game or not. I didn't believe it was good enough to recommend based on it's own merits, however it isn't a bad game either. If there was a middle option, I would have chosen that. Ultimately there's just a myriad of better games out there, both in content and quality, that would better suit you. GAMEPLAY First off, this is a short game, I beat it in just under 4 hours. with a second playthrough / achievement hunting you might…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I couldn't get through 30 minutes of this. It drops you in the woods with no direction other than invisible walls to guide you -- super lazy game design here. Nothing compelling about any puzzle. not sure how much I paid for this but I sure hope it wasn't 14.99 because that ♥♥♥♥ would've bought me like 5 beers and those would've brought me a lot more joy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed this game a lot, even though I'm not really a horrorfan. In fact, this is the first horrorgame I played through without giving up so I definitely recommend it. Keep in mind though that it may not be that scary for hardcore horrorfans. In addition, I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who prefers a clear story without any gaps to fill with own interpretations. Cons: - platforming passages can get frustrating mainly because of clunky controls - relies too much on jumpscares - some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent puzzle-game in a sci-fi setting. More than ten years old = buy it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Between the cringe artwork, the cringe storyline, the cringe gameplay and the cringe graphics, I give this game: 55 out of 100 ducklings
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrid experience. The premise is solid: you (apparently) are dead and inside what they call a "Soul Cloud" where you memories linger after you die. How can someone completely mess such a good premise is beyond my knowledge. You have no written or oral stories told, the little you have comes through a few notes (the majority of them being simply pictures with supposedly some relevance to the "plot"). Truth be told: the developers didn't have a good writer. The player goes along completely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got this on sale looked promising with creep pasta factor but the way the graphics are done gave me a massive headache so I ended up stop playing. As for game play the puzzles are interesting but its a HEAVY PUZZLE GAME like the 7th Guest or Myst. Stay away if you have no desire on playing these types of games. I enjoy them occasioanlly but I had the notion there would be some scares and crazy pasta but that's not what this game presented me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was not a big fan of this one! The aesthetic felt weird, but it might do it for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a unique story, and the way it is presented is done quite well. The alternate endings really made me think about which ending was truly better, and provoked further thought.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Manly Senpai Played It
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is positive review.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a mediocre indie game - the sort of made for YouTuber's to play when they run out of AAA games. Nothing really stood out to me. It's just a bunch of bland levels, in a sort of bland story. Textures are rare, so most of the game is just colored polygons. While there aren't any JUMPY jumpscares, there are occationally some attempts at things suddenly jumping out at you. There's also the sounds: You can turn down the sound completely, and all the horror will just disappear: All the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very good introduction to the horror/puzzle genre. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I really liked the atmosphere, what ruined it for me was the clumsy controls which were especially unfit on the platform jumping levels. Also the excessive use of lazy jump scares got old really fast.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an esoteric FPS puzzle/adventure game where you negotiate various puzzles to tell some kind of "artistic" self-journey. Some of the graphics look pretty good while other areas have really clunky graphics - the art direction is very inconsistent which is distracting. What is more of a game ruiner is the controls - while most areas are puzzles, either platformer style or whatever, some parts of the game require action/reflexes which would be tolerable in a pure puzzle game but the janky…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very beautiful game, with just the right amount of fear stimulant for the scaredy cats out there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Curator review of Rushimarudo and Tensei Games' Dungeon of Erotic Master Reboot “Dungeon of Erotic Master Reboot is an engaging retro-inspired dungeon crawler RPG featuring fun game mechanics that'll keep you playing for hours, beautiful hand-drawn art, and smooth animations.”
unlabelledView post →Man, this game is ROUGH. I like puzzle games and I like older games, so I'm not a graphics elitist in any way, and I like the visual style, as low detail as it is, but what bothers me is how janky the scripting, animations, transitions, etc are. There are so many bizarre hard cuts and glitchy cuts and broken animations that I find it really hard to believe that no one noticed any of it. Interaction with objects in the world (and the platforming) are equally clunky and unpleasant. The puzzles…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR An exploration game with simple puzzles and action sequences, Master Reboot feels unfinished, which works well for the atmosphere but not the gameplay [14/20⭐, 8h🏅, 1/5💡] Context Master Reboot is an exploration game taking place in a virtual world. I bought it completely at random on a sale, and was surprised to find some real nice and creative ideas. Unfortunately, they are undermined by crude/rushed realization. Writing The game takes place in a virtual reality within the game’s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not for me. I was just really bored with it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a mediocre horror game with good visuals. The environment is pretty, but gameplay is dull.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Consider this game as you would a student film; smaller, simplified, creative, and more obvious errors on show. This is my impression of Master Reboot. A short game where the designers to make the most of their limited resources to tell a deeper story, marred by some odd choices in game play I’m more willing to put down to a lack of experience or budget than any willing intent. The story intent The plot is this: You play a person who goes in to the Soul Cloud, an online system storing the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know this has been said by tons of other users, but: I really, really wish Steam had a neutral option for reviews, as opposed to a simple binary yes/no selection. It makes deciding for games I'm torn on way harder than it needs to be. Whille Master Reboot doesn't exactly tread new ground in transhumanist fiction, it does explore it in a fairly unique way by taking on a more personal, character-driven approach as opposed to played out, high-concept 'what ifs'. As someone that both writes and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You will really enjoy this game up until the end. The devs felt like it was a BRILLIANT idea to implement 'time' for the final boss. You have 200 seconds to complete 5 short stages. If you fail just ONCE, you're screwed and you'll have to restart the entire thing from the beginning. I went from loving Master Reboot to freaking hating it. Play at your own risk. *Edit: Finally completed the game (after 8 or 9 attempts for the final stage) and feel less annoyed with the end, now. Guess it just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, this really is a mixed bag. Graphics are really inconsistent, sometimes low poly, sometimes detailed, sometimes colorful drawings, sometimes paintings, sometimes children's drawings. I wouldn't mind bad modelling or texture work, but if it's so inconsistent, I am not sure I recommend. The story is told through various small fragments and cutscenes and tells the uninteresting and utterly tedious lifestory of some girl, although I am not sure why we should care about her at all. Gameplay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Within 20 minutes I got quite bored. Wouldn't reccommend this game to anyone.
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