Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2015
Pixel Galaxy
Developer Serenity Forge
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together. From the Steam store page
104 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Aug 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
81 positive · 21 negative
95% range 71–86%
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| Steam reviews | 81 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
2 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
164 of 191 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 104 · most liked firstPixel Galaxy is a game about survival, growing and adapting. You play as a lone pixel that has to make friends and recruit others to build up a bigger pixel that is capable of defending you against and shooting other enemies. It sounds simple but as you progress into the game it ramps up the challenge, the game has 6 difficulty modes as well as the option to replay invidiual bosses or a chance to fight them all in Boss Rush. Gameplay is pretty simple here, you move around the screen and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first the game does not look that fun and interesting to play, but after just a few minutes it gets really addicting. It's a small but relaxing game and fun to play. A must for fans of this type of games. It even has Mac support which I am using now to play the game ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love me a good twin-stick bullet hell game, and while Pixel Galaxy isn't bad - it just doesn't have enough to keep me coming back for more, or merit the asking price. The idea of building yourself modularly by bumping into functionally different blocks and then using them against enemy blocks is cool and fairly innovative. The music and high energy atmosphere also work well. I think the problem was pretty much everything else in this title - the single-screen score chasing isn't enough. Also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A simple and fun game, that's rather difficult to master. As a vulnerable you need to hit and attach other pixels, especially shooting ones to do your fighting for you. This becomes rather difficult as if they easily kill you as one hit and you're done for. Due to this you really need to acquire as many pixels as possible as they need to be your shields, and get destroyed. You can also rotate yourself so you're able to try and balance out the pixel build up. It's gets very awkward if you have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Novel and fun concept. It's minimalist and you might even call it an anti shoot 'em up. The enemy ships or pixels become part of your own ship if you touch them while you avoid their bullets. The more enemy pixels join you, the more bullets they shoot, but you cannot really aim them even though you can rotate in 90 degree turns. Your ship constantly changes shape. There's always the risk-reward factor at work, and it's part of the appeal. Levels are very short and randomized with different…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is evil, in the nicest of ways. You start off as a tiny little pixel, and there's dozens, hundreds of other pixels out shooting smaller pixels at you. If you ram yourself into them, they'll attach to you. This is good, because often these enemy pixels shoot things, and if you can shoot things then you can clear away pixels you cant just ram into. This is also bad, because now your ship is bigger and it becomes much harder to dodge things. It's the simplest, rawest and most brutal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: +Cool visual style! The color scheme changes regularly throughout, and you can tell thought was put into the different color schemes. +Boss battles are fun! +Enemy formations/waves are fun and are visually interesting. You can tell that the waves are handcrafted (or at least it seems that way), and it's nice that the wave order seems to be partially random, so that the different difficulties aren't exactly the same every time you play them. +Enemy/abilities stay interesting. I kept…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've had the pleasure together with my 2 co-hosts of having the developer of Pixel Galaxy on for a podcast. Here we give our impressions on the game and listen to the developers feedback. One warning guys: This game is HARD! The podcast can be seen/listened to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN5XyLhBEGU Hope you guys enjoy it! =)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, imagine a tough bullet hell game with super deep ship constomization. Now imagine that 'ship customization' means making your ship out of enemy ships while you're dodging bullets. If that sounds like a good time, here you go.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pixel Galaxy is a really fun shoot 'em up. I'm not sure about the reasons, but the game just keeps calling me back to playing it. The enemies and you are "just" differently colored blocks, but they work very well together and the music fits to it, too. (I personally really like the aesthetic the game presents) I played the game using an XOne Controller mainly (Keyboard works fine, but I still recommend a pad) and the analog support is nice. You can use the stick to move either slowly or fast…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →playing Suika Game Planet for the first time and why is the super evolution music such a blatantly obvious imitation of Pixel Galaxy by Snail's House lmao
unlabelledView post →I wish this was more enjoyable to play, but it's not. It is very difficult to see where you are in comparison to your allies and your foes-- the constant changing of colors and the increasing flow of bullets and enemies ruins readability. The flow of gameplay is just not fun (in my opinion, could differ for others) because you try to build a ship of all these parts, but the layouts of "waves" makes it impossible to keep them, and to try and retrieve some blocks, it feels like I'm just running…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pixel Galaxy hellishly expels a barrage of pixelated bullets across its procedural cosmic spaces of various difficulties, yet the sharp spikes in challenge negates any enjoyment to be had amidst the blocky chaos. WHAT I LIKED: + Absorption is your greatest strength. Cleverly, the enemy pixels and their differing attack types can be conjoined to the one pixel the player starts off with. Eventually one pixel becomes a fury of bullet-propelling, laser-sniping, dual-bladed pixels that act as both…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A criminally underrated gem with an interesting mechanic for combat. Hard as nails too. Heavily recommended to those of you who like shooters.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see the idea behind the game, but the idea doesn't work well. There are many "pixels" to collect but these "pixels" are shooting at you from any direction, so that it is nearly impossible to survive for long. You can start a new game very fast, but after a while the game becomes repetitive and boring. sadly I can't recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of fun! And the dev gave this away in the charity Jingle Jam, so deserves a load of respect for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A danmaku where you can't see anything. Unfortunately, it's a few design decisions away from being a fun game. Non-shmup fans will probably not enjoy it. Shmup fans can find better. The music is great, though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried playing this and just raged and raged and raged at it. I don't mind difficulty; I do mind this randomness and super-difficulty with too much seeming reliance on luck.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fast paced and nice game for killing time and this game was pretty difficult, sometime this make me frustrated why i always died and now im realize that i just really bad with bullet hell game, and i just idle at home screen just for listen the soundtrack Oh yea and music was pretty cool. If you like bullet hell you should buy this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally a twin-stick-esque shooter that takes more skill than just circling the screen! Great rhythm too, new rounds start super quick, lots of interesting random patterns so has that 'just one more round' style of thing going strong. Even the colour palettes the levels shift through are really hypnotising... Oh and the soundtrack is really uh, 'crunchy'? Gets stuck in your head really quick. Fantastic! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly don't think this game is very good. Maybe it's partly that I'm bad at bullet hell games, but there is a lot that makes it feel overwhelming. It feels like there is often way too much happening on the screen, to the point that it feels like luck is the only thing that determines my progress in a level. It seems like there is meant to be some strategy with regard to picking up shield blocks and rotating your ship to block incoming shots but I found that with so much happening it was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic game, super simple and very engaging, plenty difficult, diverse gameplay. Bad if you are susceptible to seizures, though. Luckily, I'm not, so I can play the game safely.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing wonderful full fleged game, its unique and its fun but mostly it takes though and can be hard but is fun enough to not make you frustrated when its hard. I have never rated and reveiwed a game before this one and i own 7 other games but this game was good enough to me to be.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am borderline between recommending this or not. The concept of the game is great and unique. You run into enemy blocks, and if you are successful, you add them to your ship along with their firepower. The shooting is passive and totally dependent on the blocks you collect: if you collect a block that shoots one shot a second, your ship will now shoot one extra shot a second from that block. You can then destroy blocks with your uncontrollable firepower (including the blocks you are trying…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Collect all the pixels! ow..ouch...owww..urgh...dead. keep it small? dodge..ow..dead. Well...here we go again...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is amazing! Id recomend it for anyone looking for a good time. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine you are but a pixel, and it is through combining forces with other like-minded pixels that you will be able to take on anything that stands in your way. Well that's basically what Pixel Galaxy is with bright colors, a strong soundtrack, and lots of challenging fun. You see in this pixelated space world, you start off as a single pixel, and if you get hit, well that single pixel gets hit, its game over, lights out, please try again. Here's the interesting thing though, its not all about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game if you've got some time to kill. Can be very addicting and make you want to try one more time to beat your best time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Insane difficulty but extremely fun to play. Although if you hate difficulty spikes or bullet hells in general then you will not like this game. Simple yet highly addictive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Music is great and the different pixles that shoot in unique ways is an awesome way to keep me coming back for more. Even if I want to throw my laptop out the window. Also, gotta love the huge amount of achevements in the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An instantly addictive retro arcade game, it's just as much fun to watch as it is to play!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What can i tell about this game. Fun to play, you build your ship from you enemies, which is also something new. Graphics and sounds are not to bad , also price is not to high. Try it, you won't be dissapointed. Rating 6/10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RemBg-95w9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJ7-XQydKs
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seriously, best game ever. Graphics are absolutely perfect. Everything about this game is fun. Its challenging, but not too much. The best part is the bosses though. They are so well designed, fun, and and there is just so much going on! I love this game, and it deserves a lot of credit. A must-have!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played so much i am started to get that tetris disease
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun SHMUP-style game, engaging visuals and soundtrack. Pretty addictive, definitely gives a "just one more round" vide.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Put a brilliant idea in a clearly way. You need dodging and gathering at the same time. Stay alive!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is ridiculously fun and bursting with creativity. I've never even played a bullet hell game before this one and I love it! The local co-op is also really fun to play and it lets you laugh at your ridiculous deaths with your friends! It's got a bit of a difficulty spike but there are many modes to play and I still think it's fun even when I do suck at it. It's a great game whether you're playing casually or seriously. The soundtrack is amazing, the graphics are sleek and colorful, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm always skeptic when it comes to bullet hells simply because they tend to get old rather quickly but this game is not your traditional bullet hell cause you have to "befriend" your enemies in order to gain extra armor and attacks. Plenty of difficulty levels to choose from, lots of weird achievements to collect, awesome music to listen to while playing, and even more fun if you can get a friend to play with you (that's why I don't have many hours on this account cause I usually play this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played during Xbox Pre Pax Party and just got hooked. -Gameplay is fun and fast paced, and offers a fresh approach to arcade games with similar mechanics. -Bosses and diferent pixel types make encounters interesting and fun. -Soundtrack and sound effects take you back to and old arcade while graphics keep your eyes amazed with the crazy color changes and effects.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super addicting game, once you start it up, you won't want to stop for hours. The difficulty increase really challenges you to push on with the game, when you die on boss waves you really want to get back to the boss so you can push through to the next difficulty and see what the next difficulty has in store for you. Whether you want to play for hours, or just a quick jaunt in the "Pixel Galaxy" this game is an awesome way to spend your time. 10/10 would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While frustrating, this game is incredibly fun. It's easy to learn, and the controls are very responsive so I never feel like I died unfairly. On top of the exciting and dynamic gameplay, the visuals of the game are gorgeous. It's amazing how good pixels can look when you give them a high-contrast color scheme and pair them with awesome arcade music. I could play this game for hours and not get bored. I've only unlocked easy mode so far but it's way to hard for me to be boring. A great game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/HBaX0pr469o Despite some of the brute force elements of the implementations the risk/reward formula for building a ship is well delivered in this twin stick shooter.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The main mechanic is enjoyable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →90% off for this pure arcade fun & also include 8 trading cards!? What the hell U waiting for~~~ JUST BUY IT!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the idea of the game a lot, the soundtrack is great, and it's just fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring! I'm glad i bought this at sale for 0,99. Its NOT worth the 9,99 it normally costs. The music is good though...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game very suddenly became one of my all-time favourites. I've played many bullet hells. None like this, without frustration as well as endless replayability. This game has somehow encompassed both. Excellent soundtrack as a further plus.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting concepts, and it pulls it off well. I love this game, and this publisher!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, creative bullet hell.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is great to past time and it reminds me the game galaga. :D Hope you improve this game. :D LOVE You!! <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's challenging and fun. The variety of enemies and ship building keep it from becoming monotonous.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More Reviews @ TheVideogameBacklog.com Ever wanted to pick up spare pixels and use them as weapons against other rampaging pixels that are coming to end you? Yeh, I can’t say that thought has ever crossed my mind either, but now I’ve lived out this specific fantasy of someone over at Serenity Forge in Pixel Galaxy. It’s a bit of a trip and I have no idea how this game ever came to fruition. All I know is that it’s a game that comes off as rather easy and then laughs at you when it inevitably…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addicting time waster! This game is amazing, Especially the visuals! Soundtrack is great and makes the gameplay just that much more awesome. Although... I wouldn't call it 100% addicting, it CAN get annoying at times :P But yes... I would recommend the game! Why? Because it's an "Addicting time waster!"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bullethell with significant replayability that will remind you of the focused franticness of Super Hexagon. Even most of the negative reviews I've read live this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome, one of the more fun shooters I've played, and there's local Co-op!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game that made me like bullet hells
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What I like Chaos! LOTS AND LOTS OF CHAOS! CO-OP. The game is a lot more fun to play with someone. Lots of different pixels. A varirty of pixels to buld your ship with. Bright changing colors. Boss fights. LOTS of achievements. What I didn't like Sometimes a little to chaotic. Your bullets change color so sometimes you don't know which bullets are yours and which ones to avoid. Sometimes when you get to a new boss you die immediately because you don't know what it will do. Overall This is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →after just a few minutes I felt like in an arcade room, very cool feeling!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been looking on steam for a good local co-op AND single player game recently and this has been the best by far. It creates great entertainment with friends at school when our classes are boring, or for when I just want to sit down and master the challenges that face me. And most importantly, it runs magnificently smooth on my craptop! The graphics are really good and the soundtracks are catchy. Good job developers on this game, my money was well spent. I might not have played this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an intense bullet hell style game but once you get the hang of it, it is really fun to play, especially in cooperative mode. Music and graphics are very catchy. Only issue is that you don't get much warning when the boss arrives, and often they enter the screen where you are and obliterate you instantly which is really frustrating.
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