Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2009
MDK
Developer Shiny Entertainment
MDK is a 1997 third-person shooter video game developed by Shiny Entertainment for Windows and subsequently ported to Mac OS by Shokwave, and to the PlayStation by Neversoft. The game was published on all systems by Playmates Interactive Entertainment (PIE) in North America, while Shiny handled the European release. The game tells the story of Kurt Hectic, a janitor who reluctantly attempts to save Earth from an… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
286 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
LovedLoved
148 positive · 42 negative
95% range 71–83%
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| Steam reviews | 148 | 42 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
96 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
289 of 367 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 286 · most liked first🦎👽 VAL'TY DEMO is ONLINE! 👽🦎 🇧🇷 Brazilian Retro FPS game Inspired by MDK and Turok, but from an alien perspective. 👽 Play as Val'ty, an infamous 46-year-old reptilian mother accompanied by her 9-years-old daughter, and you're evil... Kinda. 🦎Share to get Val'ted!🦎 vikintor.itch.io/valty-demo
unlabelledView post →The Steam release of MDK is a bit of a letdown. It inspired me to make a fan patch for the game since, not only does it not include any glide wrappers to make the game compatible with modern systems, it also missed a LOT of original content from the game such as cutscenes, artwork etc. Using my patch though you should be able to experience the game as it was meant to be. In my opinion MDK is a pretty awesome shooter. It's insanely easy to play (especially with a modern WASD+mouse control…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find pretty hilarious that MDK has a code left by the developers that completelly bypasses the CD check, the game requires the original disc in the drive to play. But if you use the code "-iamapirate" you can play it without the disc.
unlabelledView post →MDK is a must own! MUST OOOOWWWNNN !!! The first time I saw this game was on a PC in a Tandy Electronics store in early 1997. lol, boy I tell you, I played it as much as I could. Which was only 15 mins. But when I had to leave, I knew I had to get away from games like Doom, Quake, Heretic, Descent, Blakestone 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem 3D ... etc. These 3D platform shooters were the next big thing! The graphics amazed me back then. Now that I play it, I gotta admit it isn't as great as I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If i was just rating the game i'd mash the "yes" button as hard as i could, but unfortunately the steam version was released very broken requring hunting down fan patches and modifying game files to even work, and even then it's still really buggy. Then to add insult to injury, the steam version is missing the end credits video when you beat the game. Get the GOG version instead of the steam version, it installs and plays without modification and is the complete game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🇧🇷 Brazilian "boomer shooter" retro fps time! 🇧🇷 VAL'TY will be a cool little game. 👽 Angry alien mom and daughter against the human-centric hegemony in sci-fi/fantasy. Mostly inspired by MDK and Turok. (work in progress) Wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →Working on #Val'tyFPS. A retro FPS that makes you play as an alien mom and her daughter. Inspired by games like MDK, Turok and Daikatana. Don't worry, your companion (Val'tynha) cannot die and you can teleport her to your location anytime, alien technology. You only fail if Val'ty (player) dies.
unlabelledView post →Earthworm Jim 3D is actually really good, but for some reason they named the game “MDK”
unlabelledView post →👁work in progress 👁 Just doing some tests for #Val'tyFPS (Not an actual level) I want to know how my fav animated "skybox" work for some future interesting flesh areas. If you don't know yet, Val'ty's game is a short FPS inspired by games like MDK, ParanoiaScape and Chasm The Rift. #WIP #retrofps
unlabelledView post →With a new tool released for MDK that allows me to edit game files, I've managed to replace Level 1's musics with their high quality counterparts from the PS1 version. I'm pretty happy that this is finally possible.
unlabelledView post →What is the game about? 🦎Val'ty What is the hook? 🦎Val'ty Why does the world need another simple FPS? 🦎Val'ty is in it. Who's the target audience? 🦎Val'ties #Val'tyFPS is our short game about a silly reptilian family. Inspired by games like MDK, Chasm the Rift and Turok.
unlabelledView post →My love for whole life. I finished this game abou 200x and I will do it again everytime I need some good nostalgic relax. MDK was best game of year 1997 and still is one of the best action games in the world.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A true underrated classic! A little dated at this point, but it really just needs some minor control tweaking. Trapped in 480p but otherwise, its fun as hell.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →VAL'TY is a short retro fps mom-game inspired by alien conspiracy theories, MDK and Turok. Play as Val'ty and her 9-years-old daughter Val'tynha, eat enemies, find new abilities, and stop Ashtar Sheran's plan to subjugate dissident aliens. Demo available. store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →Playing MDK, this game fucking rules, i like this robot also.
unlabelledView post →You will love our indie game if you enjoyed: - Turok - MDK (1 & 2) - Chasm: The Rift - Dance Dance Revolution - Creepypasta, Arg, Easter Eggs Wishlist here store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →This is a cult classic and i still have the Cardboard Box, played it a ton back in the DOS days :) I have strong nostalgia goggles for it so i would absolutely recommend playing this... probably not an objective opinion. I don't know how this would hold up for somebody who has never played this before... i would guess not at all. I really can't tell you if you would like this or not. That said, i can not recommend buying it on Steam, you should probably buy it on GOG instead, it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@retroblast.bsky.social’s recent post got me reminiscing about the Dreamcast and I recall watching my older cousin play a game called MDK 2. Never heard any of my friends talk about it and have seen zero mention of it in about 25 years. Has anyone played that one? I thought it looked fun, as a kid.
unlabelledView post →Great game just like I remember it except one HUGE problem... They completely cut out the ending! After you defeat the final boss the game just abruptly ends, no awesome song and cutsceen. Also the screenshots they showcase on the steam game page are all from the beta version of MDK and none of those are actual screenshots from the current game. I'm happy to see the game on steam but steam has a lot of cleaning up to do with this game. Edit: I hear that steam may have patched this problem with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Take a sec to wishlist my game: VAL'TY! VAL'TY is a retro FPS where you play as a reptilian mom who has to prevail in a world that always sees you as the enemy. Get them Val'ted! Eat your enemies!👀 Inspired by MDK, Turok, and Chasm: The Rift. store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →I decided to showcase my game Val'ty and 3 games that inspired it (like in the previous trend), but this time all in action. 👽VAL'TY 👽MDK 👽Chasm: The Rift 👽Turok
unlabelledView post →I'm making Val'ty with @lunaayarts.bsky.social, a game about a reptilian mom who takes the "bring your kids to work day" seriously. #Val'tyFPS is a mix of Turok, MDK, and Chasm: The Rift. Also inspired by D&D, alien conspiracy theories and arg. Get Val'ted (whatever this means)
unlabelledView post →Pros: ✅ The compatibility on modern PC's, on Windows 11, is surprisingly good. I played the 3DFX version, which runs smoothly and looks great even today, though it’s possible the original version could cause some problems. ✅ The story is almost non-existent, though there are a few logical plot points that give you enough understanding what and why are you doing the things you do in game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm working on #Val'tyFPS (very early in development). It's a simple FPS game inspired by ParanoiaScape, MDK, Akuji, Chasm: The Rift, and Quake II. It follows a quirky alien and her daughter as they invade a living spaceship. Featuring maggots to eat, plushies to collect, and walls of rotten flesh.
unlabelledView post →The inspiration behind Val'ty game: Jump Pads > Rise of The Triad Teleportation sphere > Turok 3 Secret keys (not in demo) > Turok 2 Sniper Mode > MDK Level Design > Turok and Chasm the Rift Sidekick > Daikatana Machine Gun > MDK and Kiss Psycho Circus Main Menu > Playstation demo discs
unlabelledView post →If there's any upside to be found, at least fans of Earthworm Jim can rest on the knowledge that most of the better parts of that game were probably helmed by the folks at Shiny, while Doug mostly did concepts and artwork. Which is why MDK was the true EWJ sequel, and they did that without Doug.
unlabelledView post →I played this game as a kid and it's just the way I remember it. So much fun and nostalgic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the first third person shooters, and still one of the best. If you didn't play this when it came out you need to get it now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like Retro FPS's? How about sharing VAL'TY? A game where you play as an "evil" 46 years old alien mother accompanied by her tiny and fierce daughter. Inspired by MDK, Turok, Chasm the Rift and my own previous titles. Demo soon. Wishlist to get Val'ted! store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
unlabelledView post →An old classic (maybe a bit underrated) third person shooter. Thought its not very known, its a very cool game, with a good ammount of action, funny moments (The world's smallest nuclear bomb used to open doors through the game its a little gem) and big open locations. Unfortunately, the Steam version suffer of some bug and glitches, (quickly fixable thanks to the Fan Mod released that you can find it here, http://steamcommunity.com/app/38450/discussions/0/864973123467667345/ ) and a very bad…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Apparently many of the old Interplay games available on GOG/Steam are getting huge price spikes, with the Redneck Rampage collection going from 9.99$ (start of July) to 29.99$, Toonstruck now 20$ (still 9.99 on the Epic Game store) or MDK 1/2 jumping from 10$ to 20$.
unlabelledView post →bioware should bin off whatever they’re working on right now and do another MDK game
unlabelledView post →MDK *10/10 This game is a Gem. Unfortunately its age always prevented me from trying to play it on modern systems, because I was sure it would give too many troubles because of old 3dfx compatibilities issues. I WAS SO WRONG. But not because there are no issues. Of course this is the classic "old-game-released-forgotten-and-unsupported" so as soon as I launched the game all I could see was the character and the skybox... No walls or enemies or items or other models... LUCKILY there's always…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →55. MDK (1997) Found this game randomly while looking through old games and honestly its now up there on my favorite games of all time list, the gameplay is kinda simple but there's a decent amount of variety where it never got too stale for me, it was just a fun time to go through and i want more.
unlabelledView post →MDK is the sort thing that isn’t well captured in words. One can describe it in such terms as would make it appear entertaining if ultimately unexceptional. Perhaps the best description would be something like 3D Contra, with Contra’s mixture of platforming and non-stop movement and action, only without the variety of power-ups and such. Instead you get a variety of expendable items and, as perhaps more befits its fully 3D environment, some sort of sniper riffle with several types of ammo.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good old PS1 era game. Fast and trippy gameplay, just run in tunnels and shoot with your eyes closed while listening to one of the best original soundtrack ever. Try it on one of those nights you have 3 hours to spare, it's fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's just something really special about those 90s PC game soundscapes with their 10000 different beeps and chunks and whooshes, but also just the crisp sound of footsteps and whirring machinery in a half life or an MDK. Great stuff. You probably remember exactly what a game sounds like.
unlabelledView post →Well done Kurt! MDK is a fast third person shooter that puts you inside Kurt's remarkable coil suit to fight against aliens that are trying to conquer Earth. For that, you're equipped with an infinite-ammo chain gun and a sniper rifle, combined with a lot of items (nuclear bombs, did I mentioned that?!) that can be obtained along the game (I mean NUCLEAR BOMBS!). The campaign is linear, with six worlds to complete. It's a classic, tremendously funny. I still can enjoy it like I did in 1999.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Val'ty is a game being made by me and @lunaayarts.bsky.social It is an alien mom game inspired by MDK and Turok. No Gen AI! The game's story might be 'cringe', but I wrote it by myself. Val'ty's character is kind silly and weird, but so what? That's her Val'tian way. Cool updates soon.
unlabelledView post →You play as an alien mom with her sidekick (daughter) exploring weird worlds in a quest to destroy a machine created to domesticate alien species. Inspired by MDK and Turok. It will be a short game, I'm making it with @lunaayarts.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →MDK Murder Death Kill It has Worlds Smallest Nuclear Explosion, awesome. A great PS1 scifi game from childhood, brings back some good memories :). Try it out if you like to play older games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDM is video game music after all Song: Hyper Potions x MDK - Nocturne #terraria #edm #videogamemusic
unlabelledView post →Not sure why this has so many positive reviews, this port is straight up garbage. It's almost impossible to get this game working properly without experiencing bugs and crashes. The "fan patch" doesn't even work. Great game, Horrible port.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is truly awesome! but when i downloaded it and started the game i didn't find the textures. but i fixed it thank to this patch http://steamcommunity.com/app/38450/discussions/0/864973123467667345/ ) i really recomend you to download this patch. this game has poor quality but you will forget it cuz of the amazing gameplay. the controls suck but well well. recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just implemented sniper mechanics, considering it is a game inspired by MDK. I also made it harder to hit distant enemies if you're not using the sniper. Now it needs more D&D elements as well, as it's also inspired by my D&D character. Maybe a Mimic character?
unlabelledView post →If it wasn't for nostalgia clouding my judgement and making me buy this in 2023 with the hopes of it working as intended at launch i would have stayed away from this game. While i had fun in the 2000s with this, today is not enjoyable at all to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes.. it's definitly refreshing to play this game again after so many years. This is the very first game that offer mortal .. gernade.. and many different object interaction that's uncommon for FPS game at that time. Replaying this game after 20 years it feels quite a bit easier then what it was but it's still so much fun to zoom in and kills an alien that tries to taunt you miles and miles away. You play a ganiter that works for a madscience and work with a humanoid looking dogs to save…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My first shooter, Graphic: S3 Virge 4MB CPU: Intel Pentium 150Mhz RAM: 16MB Windows 95 BEST EVER 4 EVER
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got this in the sale, because I loved it originally. Tried on multiple PC's, of all sorts of different specs. Doesnt work, parts render, parts dont. I know its old, but if you're going to sell this, a bit of testing on modern systems ( i7, geforce etc ), wouldnt go amis. Dont sell it, if its not going to work. Dont waste your money. Such a shame!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah, my school pc game memories were MDK and Nanosaur
unlabelledView post →"What were your biggest inspirations for creating Val'ty's game?" - D&D, UFO conspiracy theories. And games: MDK, Turok, Chasm the Rift, Kiss: Psycho Circus #ama
unlabelledView post →Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiegames #indiegamedev #mdk Day 3, Shiney Entertainment's MDK
unlabelledView post →Another fun game that marked my childhood! I still have my original CD here... Definitely a must-have!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Murder Death Kill
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic Fun!! The way computer games should be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow. I knew you folks would like it as much as I did. By the way. While I'm at it, Consider checking out the demo for my game: It's a retro FPS about an alien mom, inspired by MDK and Turok. (There are no cows there, but who knows, maybe in the future.) store.steampowered.com/app/4880010/...
unlabelledView post →Interestingly, this game shares designers with MDK: Nick Bruty Tim Williams, and Bob Stevenson. And if you never played MDK, you should do it.
unlabelledView post →Many games try very hard to quirky or outlandish, be it's Portals pin point precision writing or Borderlands trite characters equating shouting to zaniness. None though seem to quite so effortlessly succeed as Shiny Entertainment. MDK basically has no writing or characters. It has briefings, announcing "giant mine-crawlers" comically attacking tiny inconsequential British villages (most likely the developers home locations), but aside from that, anything approaching characterization or plot is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just completed MDK. What a fucking video game!!
unlabelledView post →Booted up MDK 2... it's definitely the most Year 2000 ass game ever made, but this bad boy still holds up.
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