Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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Never Mourn
Developer Primal Seed
Explore the world of Never Mourn in this rogue-lite action adventure. Death is never the end, merely the beginning of your next adventure. Use ancient necromantic magics to raise an army of undead daemons and do battle to close the rifts of Never Mourn. From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
132 positive · 49 negative
95% range 66–79%
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| Steam reviews | 132 | 49 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
9 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
273 of 364 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 190 · most liked firstI'm a simple man: I see a Necromancer game, I play it and recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay is nice and fast but I really dislike the fatigue system, This mechanic should be removed and it would be agreat game. The reseach tech tree is a bit boring and lacking fun nodes that ramps up your play style.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core gameplay of this game is great. Kill mobs, resurrect them as your minion, they will fight for you till they die then after, you just resurrect what ever bodies are around, creating your undead army. Why I can not recommend this game at the moment: it just has a lot of bugs and the optimization isn't very good. 1. Your run will end if you pick up a passive/upgrade that changes your skill in someway but only to find out it doesn't work(bugged) and makes that skill useless. 2. Like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best Necromancer gameplay I can think of at the moment. Biggest pro: Necromancer Other pros: Fast engaging combat, many engaging builds to play - really feel like a necromancer with all of them. Cons: Zones are a little repetitive, so far only 15 different minions, including re-skins (they are adding more.)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun game with a lot of potential, but there are some flaws. First off, the art direction is good. The player character model is great and environment is beautiful. The ability effects are cool too. Monster design is meh and generic, and you'll be seeing a lot of the same kinds of monsters. The gameplay is good. Switching between the two spell types is neat and makes the game feel tactical. At first, you'd be led to think this is a mindless hack and slash - but it isn't. It is much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No updates in months. Game is ok but unless it gets some more content quickly it's probably not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the demo version of the game and tried two or three runs in the early access version. I can already say that the game is very promising. The core mechanic is really innovative and there are a lot of possible builds for the character and her army, which allows the player to try many different gameplays. The art is also really cool. Can't wait to see all the features that will come in future updates I recommend :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't recommend this game in it's current state. It's flawed on a fundamental level. The necromancer gameplay loop is interesting, but gets stale fast. The game is super bare bones. Yes it's early access but I'm really starved over here, especially how much of a slog the core gameplay loop is. Not to mention how claustrophobic it feels. You have to stay within the big circle to fight and within the narrow path when going to new fight zones. It gives the impression that the game is nothing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game. waiting for the release!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PLEASE provide colorblind support... this game is amazing, but my enjoyment is incredibly limited. I'm not usually held back by my colorblindness in most games, but for some reason this game is incredibly rough for me. Minions and enemies look like the exact same color and its extremely annoying. I can only figure out who is who by realizing that either my attacks arent doing damage, or my heals arent healing. It sucks - and again, never have experienced it quite this bad. Please let me…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very good idea with pretty weak execution. It's super addictive for a couple runs, then the very real flaws become hard to overlook, the most glaring being that it's really, really hard to keep track of what's happening at any given moment. Basically you're doing fine and all of a sudden you realise their guys are not dying, but 2 of your greater monsters and all your lesser minions are dead, you're below half health and you have NO IDEA what happened or how it could have happened so fast.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game itches the spots that I was craving excited to see it grow
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really tough one and makes me wish steam would allow a neutral review. The concept of this is top notch, but it's early access and it shows. It badly needs more variety in enemies, bosses, and environments (right now there are only the same three levels followed by the same boss every time). A procedural, randomized world with random bosses at the end similar to Remnant: From the Ashes would suit this game really well IMO. It's also riddled with so many bugs, from spells not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't even tell if these devs are still working on this game, but this serves as a perfect example of why I don't buy early access games. I thought that two years would have given it enough time to be polished but I was wrong. This game is empty and very boring. It's so sad because the idea is great; but the devs didn't even take advantage of using this cool idea! There are so many survivor games where the main character is the focus for upgrades, so adding the aspect of minions being the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the idea behind the game but the amount of content is very lackluster, and the meta-progression isn't varied/extensive enough to incentivise more runs. It's still early access though, so hopefully future updates will improve the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Right now this feels like an interesting demo, and not worth the full price. Maybe worth the couple of dollars I payed when discounted by 75%, but it needs a lot of work before it will be worth buying at full price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game Once you hit level 30 though, there's no point in playing anymore, no more unlocks and the gameplay is the same each playthrough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like game, I can be necromancer in game, game is in early access so I understand game doesn't have lots of content yet, but I will wait. Game has great potential. I wait for more content to be added, but game is fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most of the upgrades in the game have more downsides then they do positives, enemies will randomly focus on you instead of your minions leading you to randomly explode and die, lesser minions die too easily. a lot of abilities and upgrades are generally weak. Allys tend to stay consistently underleveled compared to monsters you end up fighting as you progress through the game, leveling abilities takes WAY too many levels to get an upgraded version (at least i assume thats what it does…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it but my main note would be if the enemy unit is within the animation it should be hit. God speed
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played the demo and bought it immediately, it's a good game, fast paced and pretty hard for those who like a challenge.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yet another abandonware Early Access scam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Good early necromancer gameplay, but being abandoned in Early Access means you should avoid this. PROS: ➕Has some great necromancer gameplay CONS: ➖Abandoned in Early Access (?) ➖Very clearly in a beta state Final Verdict – [EA/10] Another prime example of the risks of funding a game in Early Access is Never Mourn, which has seemingly been abandoned. This is a shame, because the few games I played, it has some neat features that I really liked. The necromancer-style gameplay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This isn't entirely a thumbs up for the game. In its current state it's poorly balanced, lacks content and replay ability. Where the game really shines is the concept is sick, being able to pick minions, and adapt your army to whatever upgrades you get feels great, and has tons of potential. The game would benefit by just upping the scale a little, fights need to be bigger, more friends, more foes, I want to be able to put together more diverse comps instead of just opting for the most…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a solid foundation but could use a bit more variety. Since your minions and the enemy are the same you will quickly see all unit types available. While your greater daemons have a decent selection, 50% use a swapped colour palette to show they have different skills. This can make them difficult to tell apart in the heat of the action. Your lesser daemons however could really use some more variants. Currently you have the choice between melee dps or ranged dps. Something like a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has some long-term potential once it gets fleshed out, but there's maybe only 30 minutes of content right now before it gets repetitive. If you like the odd, mindless grind.. maybe you'll be into this, but I would wait (for a while) until more updates land. Even on sale at $8, that money is still better spend elsewhere. I'd refund, but I'm past the 2 hour mark. Don't say I didn't warn you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game hasn't had any changes in for ever and eventually you run into a critical mass of enemies where they simply outdamage your minions so hard that you end up with nothing left. It has a meta level progression with unlocks but that progression is ass, some levels do not even give anything. Also has a rather boring talent tree.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you dont got 10 bucks to play as a necro then you DONT LOVE NECROMANCY!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't complain much if you get it for 10 bucks. It's early access and gets frequently updated, but it's a 1 man project so don't expect it to be too perfect soon. Performance is a bit of a struggle (some fps drops here and then) even with my 3070 but not to the point it's unplayable (maybe yet, and I didn't get far enough). Captures the Necro fantasy pretty well, whether you want to be more of a scythe swinging melee dps, caster or minion support. I invested into an eruption/shattering build…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is already great ! and has even greater potential ! I cannot wait to see further adds. The gameplay is great and the switching between controlling your character and your minions is very smooth. Same for the character movement and attacks ! The progress tree is nice and the variety of minions is quite interesting. Lots of funny combos :). The overall feeling of progress if very cool and the spells add really a lot. Tiny donwfalls (that can be corrected as the game is still in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A marvelous game for the necromancer fan in us all, a solid foundation and responsive developer team that has put time an effort into this, going forward this game has the potential to have thousands of hours of replayability and unique options for a new generation of rogue-lites. I would fully recommend giving this a try and watching how well the future is for this game. The keyboard controls are intuitive and snappy, The customization from level to level is low but impactful at the moment but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic core of the game and considering that it is made by a team of 4 people a really amazing job. The game makes you really feel like Necromancer, balancing life and death, summonning units, healing and killing enemies with spells. Definitelly good pick for any summoner or healers players from other games, that want to see what it would look like if their character was not a support but main character. Still, while I really enjoyed the game and give it a thumb up, in it's current state…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it has potential, but its far from ready.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended based on fun to sale price ratio. Generally the gameplay loop is fun, the skills/tree is enough, and the game is engaging. But it gets old fast and you realize you've seen everything in the game after a few runs. Upgrades are somewhat too few and far between. Sometimes you get an upgrade and it doesn't apply to what you're focusing that run. Sometimes a whole shop is wasted on options that don't fit into your build. Maybe you want to do a lesser minions build and you get one level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't recommend yet. Build and encounter variety, as well as player skill expression, are lacking compared to other good roguelites. There also isn't a compelling enough reason to keep doing more runs. The game teases a bit of a narrative element with the intro cutscene and mirror self encounters, but doesn't do much with it. The meta progression doesn't feel interesting or impactful enough.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one game takes way too long to complete and feels like a chore to finish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! love the concept and the mechanics! looking forward to more content and monsters in this game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loads of fun :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cool roguelike. worth what you pay. def not completely fleshed out setting wise, but has a solid gameplay foundation to build on. cool necromancer mechanics. good balance between being a horde manager and a single high damage dealer. good roguelike build possibilities.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is brimming with potential, but I would not expect much content at current stage. Highly recommend wishlisting this at the very least and checking in periodically.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will preface this by saying that I come from a position of a player who doesn't like "pet management" playstyles. I prefer to play a game, not have a game played for me; thankfully, Never Mourn lets me do just that while still maintaining its necromancy flavor. The game is very cool and fun, and lets me try a different character build in the familiar confines of a genre I regularly enjoy (action roguelike). My current playtime doesn't include what I spent in the demo: I reviewed it in an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What I Loved: Necromancy Mechanics: - The core gameplay revolves around resurrecting your enemies to build an undead army. Each minion has unique abilities, adding a strategic layer to your battles. It's incredibly satisfying to watch your army grow and evolve. I have yet to try to buff my character I only invest in the minions ! - Fast-Paced Action: The combat is intense and requires quick thinking. Switching between attack and support skills in the heat of battle makes for some thrilling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Huge fan of necromancer games, sadly not a huge fan of this one. I was sadly bored enough that I couldn't push through and unlock more abilities. By the second run, I was done. This review is just a first impression, sure, but I just could not force myself to play through it anymore. There is nothing here that wows or hooks me. Even Unliving (considered to be a mediocre necromancer game) did enough interesting and cool stuff that I couldn't help but stick around for several hours. Sound: +…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems fun! Switching between the weapons, one being for healing and reviving, and one being for basically just damage, coupled with keeping your army healthy, keep you constantly thinking and moving. It's a good time so far, and can't wait to see if move forward in Early Access.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had fun playing. The gameplay is creative and the graphics are cool. The difficulty level is quite high and there is obviously a bit of a learning curve so you should try it out if you're looking for a challenge!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very wierd working achievements but game play is surprisingly well after unlocking enough stuff from the skilltree.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat is just a chaotic mess. The skill tree is one of the more boring that I have seen. Overall, the game would be much better served as a traditional action rpg than whatever hack and slash thing it is trying to be.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As an avid summoner fan I am very excited for this game's journey. At the moment it lacks some polish, but it's very fun regardless. The greater/lesser summon system is unique, the abilities all have good core concepts, and even the dual mode gameplay grew on me (it was a little awkward at first swapping). Overall, I really recommend this title if you're a summoner fan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PSA: Our friends at @thecolabgames.bsky.social are giving away a free digital art book and soundtrack for their game Never Mourn. You can download it between now and the 15th September www.thecolabgames.com/news/never-m...
unlabelledView post →Smite your enemies & resurrect them for your own nefarious plans... now for less! Necromancing roguelite action game 'Never Mourn' is currently 70% off on Steam for a limited time! #steamgames #indiegames #indiegaming 🔗 t.co/DXvGfZJgnz
unlabelledView post →very fun game, but please for immersion sake give the character some combat voices.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game, hard to put down. "Just one more run" before bed type of game. Has good potential, and pretty cheap also. Could use some achievements, and can't wait to see what the full version has to offer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the foundation, but as it is the game has a few issues. There's an insane memory leak, I started the game with 300 FPS and about an hour and a half in I was down to 25. I know this was not due to increased minion count or whatever because after restarting I was back at 270. I also noticed that the mend spell I had replaced healing touch with was reverted back to healing touch. The game also needs to just be harder. I'm usually pretty good at these kind of games, but I should not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(Français plus bas) I can't really review this game objectively, as it has been the core project of one of my closest friend over many years. It's a bit like seeing it grow from seed to spruced tree, or like seeing a friend's child develop from birth to childhood. And on top of that, I don't want to dwelve too much over any "indie self-made-man-success-story" type of narrative, as I'm sure Steam is full of those stories of brave individuals grinding their way solo or with their team to make a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally a good necromancy game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently I can't recommend purchasing, as it seems a bit too buggy. I reached the red portal with the temple area background but it started like a new run and with a tutorial. I quit the run and the game wanted to resume my progress, which was a few rooms before the red portal. The game is fantastic for the price and how it plays. Definitely something unique and interesting. I just recommend waiting a short while until the game gets a bit clearer on progression.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware. Showed promise
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game with great potential. Buy it if you love to play as a Necromancer!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Classical "jump away from red circles" trash - nothing more - Oh, actually there is something more: in order to cast a spell you need to push right click + toolbar button + left click, so 3 buttons instead of 1 to cast a fireball. Whoever designed that should probably stop making games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The digital artbook for the roguelike Never Mourn has been made available for free until September 15th! Primal Seed and The CoLab are also allowing people to download the soundtrack for the game too. www.artbookcollector.com/post/never-m...
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