Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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Game2014
Ship Simulator: Maritime Search and Rescue
Developer Reality Twist GmbH
You set sail as others return to dry land. Wind force 12. Breakers beat on the bow deck, spray blows across the bridge. On the high seas: face the sheer force of the elements! And you’re steering them – the most powerful rescue vessels of the Maritime Search and Rescue Service in search of castaways. From the Steam store page
50 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
43
Mixed
20 positive · 26 negative
95% range 30–58%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 20 | 26 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
116 of 191 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
50 of 50 · most liked firstFirst note, that despite the very suggestive title, this is not associated with the game Ship Simulator Extremes that you can also buy on steam, and is developed by a different company. This is both a good and bad thing - it's good because there are many, many fewer graphical bugs and general slowness than you get from the classic ship simulator, but it has problems that I'll get into later. My biggest concern with the game is the ship physics. They just don't feel right - a long endurance…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm giving this a 'thumbs down' not because it's a complete disaster. It's not. The game is stable, free of obvious bugs, and it is somewhat engaging for the first couple of hours. Let me run through the first challenge as a case study: You get a call that some one is in trouble. You put the pedal to the metal and head toward the arrow which indicates where the people are who need rescuing. You realize very quickly that this is taking a long time. Ten minutes in fact. That's ten…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far so good.... Not like the other Ship Sim but ok... If you go to the web site ( http://www.ship-simulator-maritime-sar.com/ ) it helps with the controls... Advance controls handle alot better in the first person view and rescue missions.... Good reading any way.... I like it...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After some issues with the controls I managed to track down the issue. An old joystick driver was giving fake control inputs to the game and making it unplayable. So be aware that you need to get rid of all inputs aside from that which you are using. The game is something different from the normal shooter or horror survival game that seems to be the norm these days. It is fairly enjoyable and simple to get the hang of. Do not skip the tutorial however or you will be completely lost. My final…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It taste like the ocean.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cargo Ship Simulator 2025! mock up of a game idea I had using assets from my current project maybe I should make a prototype? 😁 #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #unrealengine #blender #itchio
unlabelledView post →I have seen cat ♥♥♥♥ better than this,
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent game, with a decent storyline, and overall great sub-game to the ship simulator Genre. Overall revolving around the DGzRS (German Lifeboat Service) offers and insight to the operations, bravery and decisions made by these volunteers. Models of ships themselves are well made, shame about the limited free-look around these ships. The Herman Marwede is the only one which has both internal and external detail- the Harro Koebeke only having the bridge and outside to roam. Apart from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game, but its terrible. don't be fooled by the videos, theirs a good reason they show so much real world footage. low frame rates on boring missions, this game lacks in every area. its been forgotten by the devs as a lost course. even the links to the website don't work any more. save your money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game Would be nice to see a save game feature. Needs more areas to play in. More updates to
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would really like to give this game a thumbs up because it highlights people who are rarely thought of and do a very difficult job but i can't as the game has kept crashing sometimes after 1 hour of gameplay and it's made me start the mission again, even with the 4x speed i don't like having to do the same mission twice when i've got it right already. Also i don't like the limited pad support even though this has been explained by one of the devs, the last thing i don't like is the low fps…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately Steam adheres to a strict no-refund policy so I decided to go to town on the review: THIS GAME SUCKS. The controls and graphics are worse dan '80s text based adventure games. I bought it an hour ago and one thing is for sure. I will never - ever - play it again. I'm checking whether I can remove it from my games list so that I'll not be constantly reminded of this mishap. It sucks!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its an ok game that is overpriced and the gameplay fells abit cheap. Come on guys make a battleship sim instead thats good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the best ship game ever if you have mainstream pc you'll be "gud2go" no problems with game im just totally overwhelmed its a very good game many hours of gameplay also it will Teach you how to drive the Highways of the open seas cause the way they made this game is more like doing a course on driving boats and rescue techniques and how to tell tides and what the sea does and how to avoid the danger zones ive only played an hour of game but i can tell theres alot more to go man please…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →graphics were not very good and it was a bit glitchy took ages to do stuff!!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've never played a game in my life, but I could imagine losing DAYS in Container Ship Simulator 2024.
unlabelledView post →As an arcade game it's Okay, but personally I thing it's a bit of a joke refering to this game as a 'Simulator'. This game does give a basic but fairly decent idea of how sea rescues are often carried out. Graphics are nice but for some reason are unusually heavy on RAM for what you get, resulting in a poor frame rate for something that doesn't appear particularly high-spec. Controls are pretty rubbish to be honest, these would certainly benefit from having a precise control feature, such as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing game demos on stream @ 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific! Professional Ship Simulator and Altered Alma. !kofi Helping a friend in need w/monthly expenses. $100 and I play Elden Ring on my sim racing wheel/pedals 🏁 twitch.tv/boymeetsmini stream.place/boymeetsmini...
unlabelledView post →I can barely get 15 fps on a more than capable machine.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor graphics, lagging, bad controls, uninteresting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the sim but can't work the throttles or wheel without the cursers. They either are full on or full off for the throttles or hard right or hard left for the wheel, and the mouse is not the best way to manouver in tight quarters. Maybe I'm missing something but because of this I'm not sure it rates a thumbs up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How they can call this a SIMULATOR I do not know its an arcade game at best. It started off ok but on the level where you have to keep the fire hoses on the fishing trawler is highly annoying. The Hermann Marwede sounds like a speed boat this is the main rescue ship going backwards takes forever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible game. frame rate low. glitch in coding. Didn't have much time to write for this review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, at the time quite good, especially for the team. If you're into Sea Rescue, this is a great game, if not, not quite.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is impossible to control that stupid little boat, and the main ship's bow thruster is jammed left - if ppl are training on this, expect a lot of failed rescues.10 mins in the game is totally kacked and impossible and boring as flack. What an embarrassment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is the best ship simulator. It has a very realistic gameplay, but the graphics are middle. It´s a german game, but also in English available. I can recommend this for you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Total rubbish against the TRUE Ship Simulator Extremes in all ways. Just gets so boring after about an hour so not worth the money!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The playability of this game sucks....... It's very hard to follow what you're meant to do, with the radio being useless for advice. An example is the mobile phone call mission and it talks about transfering the radio coms into the sister ship and people on a cliff waving... I have the name of the cliff, but I have no idea where that is and all it takes me to is a way point no where near a cliff and refering to the game manual is no help in regards to gameplay. Great idea but badly executed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So its getting a dislike for a couple reasons. Pros -Story is alright not good not bad - Game is easy to learn now i will start will the cons - The game and controls are simplified to a mind numbing simplified extent - The game isnt a true simulator its more a story telling game - Just about nothing in this game feels realistic -They pretty much tried to replicate simultor features with BS time consuming tasks. Not fun at all. I cant recommend this for anyone wanting an actual game... not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the ships do not control well
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i downloaded this game, having a dedicated gaming laptop i thought it would handle it but no!! i have looked online and have discovered it isnt just me having theproblam of about a frame a second!!! i have an i5 processor and an a 10th of a gigahert away from minimum!! if anyone has any advice it would be appreciated
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →must get.. Its a fantastic Sim!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The graphics are bad, as the resolution does not fit my new laptop- it is not a good game in my point of view.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game....great idea for a game. Mechanics could be better and ship customizing should be an option but i'm enjoying this game at the moment.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play HC Ship Simulator here: www.roblox.com/join/r03nm
unlabelledView post →Total waste of money, plus adding that the developers never answer
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What i did not like about this game was the lack of realism of the ship controls. A big rescue vessel turns like a Jet Ski. Way too manouverable. Same with acceleration and deceleration; Ships seem to have no mass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My 4 year old loves this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a great one. It is like an adventure-simulator. I think many people misunderstand this fact, and criticize this game not being an all round sim. In reality, the game focuses a lot on narration and credible, based on real emergency cases, missions. It is real that it lacks completely a damage model for the ships, and maybe (I say maybe) the wind and streams effects aren't enough strong (or, better said, they are non perceivable adequately just because they can't do damage to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The final part of the mission on the Baltic sea i could not due to it being bugged with the radio. Some missions are hard and some are extremely long, If i could have anything added to this game is would be random accidents in freeplay. Instead of it just being boring, freeplay accidents would make it more interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pure BDSM in last missions for both seas when you need to find 100500 castaways in darkness, mysti, hard stormy sea. Simulator? No piece of chocolate. Where are castaways jackets blinking in light? Where is helicopter helping to search? Where are other boats? And where is real judgment of time? 30 mins in north sea water - they are dead - stop mission. Not simulator - just shirt missions design.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awful graphics and gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far i've only completed the tutorial and got 5 achievements for that; nice! The frame rate is quite good 50 - 60 most of the time in 1600 x 900 at 'nice' quality one step lower than the highest quality which is called 'fantastic'. At SGD 3.20 (80% off) i think it's a good deal, i mean steal. Things you can do: You can walk around the rescue boat and board the daughter boat at the back. You can launch a rope to attach to another boat to tow it. You can use the fire extinguisher view to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is a really good simulator and is very realistic but it has some annoying and tedious in places it looks really good and has quite a good bit of content too if i was to add 1 thing to it it would be to add the soundtrack so you can listen to the music from the game :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had pretty low expectations of this game and they we're only just met. Encountered a bug early on where my joystick or steering wheel was causing an control conflict. Once I'd resolved that, the game is alright. Nothing fantastic but a good game in its class. Voice acting is average at best, cringe worthy at times.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would I recommend this game? Yes, to any ship fan I would. Is it perfect? No. I must admit some aspects of this game are mind-boggeling. But the setting is so unique, if you are into ship-games, then this is for You! THe story is interesting, even tough predictable. But what really makes this game special is the fact... there is as far as I can tell no sea resque game out there other than this. So if it is on sale or if you are a geeky fan, get it. If you expect hyper-realism and complex…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →in the chapter Crash , Bang there is a bug, when you deply the daughter boat to take victims to shore, you can not relaod the daughter boat or finish the rescue , so you can not go any further in the mission , please help!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is similar to Ship Simualtor Extremes and it is quite simple to learn. It can be fun if you enjoy driving a boat and ocasionally do some rescues. At first, the controls of the small boat can be frustrating but once you undestand that it is better to steer on place and then move forward, it all becomes more simple. In other words don't use A or D together with W while driving the small boat. Use A or D to turn in place and then use W to advance. I had no issues with the FPS or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game, I got stuck on a mission and wasn't able to continue the career, but otherwise, very interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clunky gameplay, frustrating mechanics, despite it being more on the arcade side of things.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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