Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2016
Shoppe Keep
Developer Strange Fire
Run an adventurers shop – a serious business in a fantasy environment. Stock your store with dangerous weapons, fancy hats, sturdy armour and magical potions. From the Steam store page
156 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
58
Mixed
89 positive · 65 negative
95% range 50–65%
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| Steam reviews | 89 | 65 | 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
Mixed
1,798 of 2,893 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 156 · most liked firstWow, 1000 followers? how did this happen??? I guess it's time to do one of those introduction posts: Hello! I'm Andrea, Environment 3d Artist from Italy! I worked on the indie game series Shoppe Keep, now working on Improbable Socccer and other projects as a Freelance, nice to meet you all!
unlabelledView post →The game was abandoned to sell a second game, which was also abandoned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This developer abandoned this game. Then proceeded to release -effectively- the same game, only to abandon it as well. Was exceptionally fun and promising once upon a time, but any potential was squandered. Abandonware, do not purchase.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned and unfinished. Instead of finishing it they made Shoppe Keep 2 that has already been abandoned without finishing as well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game. But damn these publishers are greedy mother F**kers with how they abandoned this unfinished, high potential game and went to make a second... which by the way, they also abandoned that game too. You should avoid this publisher like the plague, cause these types of people are a plague. The first game itself is actually quite fun, even if janky and unfinished. It is only 5$ so you can't really go wrong with it. You'll no doubt get your worth out of it. The 2nd game is no such thing.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially shop simulator like there's dozens of better ones. Order stuff, put it on display or appropriate shelf. Different items require various furniture to able to display them. Raise prices, most of time increasing more than 10% of original value is enough to scare off customers. After opening shop your deliveries pop as chest in the backroom. Pick them and place them in shopping area. Fight some goblins and other nasty creatures that appear later on trying to break shop furniture. Repair…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoppe Keep was a charming and enjoyable game when it first came out, offering a unique blend of shop management and RPG elements. However, over time, the experience becomes less rewarding. The lack of scaling in gold earnings as your shop expands can make progression frustrating, and the game eventually starts to feel repetitive. It's unfortunate that the developers shifted focus to a sequel, leaving this once-promising title without the support it needed to truly shine in the long run.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You get to a point where you can see so much potential you just wish the game was good
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoppe Keep stood out back in the day, but the execution always made it difficult to enjoy. Even if you overlook the clunkiness, the game is poorly balanced—it's too easy, or too hard—depending on how things unfold and what you build. I don't hate it, but current simulators are doing it better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was fun for a bit many years ago, but as you've probably already seen on other reviews the developer abandoned it. They then released Shoppe Keep 2, which was also subsequently abandoned. Do not buy this, Shoppe Keep 2, or really anything this developer releases
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned project from greedy developers. I regret purchasing this game when it was Early Access.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was basically a scam. They promised more in the game then didn't deliver because they wanted you to pay for the VR version. Or Shoppe 2, so yeah very disappointed half the things in the game last i played that said coming soon just were for a different game and never released. So they just got a bunch of money on false promises. Won't buy games from this company in the future because no trust now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a fun game, just abandoned with half complete things in the game and instead of finishing it they made shop keep 2. *edit* Oh, they apparently have already abandoned shop keep 2 and when i come back to this game (which is still the same update as when i left it) I can't get into my old save or make a new one. Fun :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly this game had some potential but it was left abandoned, the devs moved on to shoppe keep 2 without even finishing/fixing the first game, after reading some reviews on the sequel it looks like they abandoned it aswell...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a 45 year old biker and trucker father, and probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my Son, who is 14 now. My son got this game for from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching YouTube. So i decided to make a Steam account…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoppe Keep is an older game from 2016. It's a venerable 8 years old at the time of this review. The game is an unusual but interesting one, essentially a business tycoon meets FPS meets platespinner/number incrementer game. You have a small fantasy shop, and you sell potions and weapons to NPCs who wander in and out. You start out just selling a couple of potions but eventually you build enough gold up that you can buy more shelves, stock more potions and weapons... of course, this means…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →crying shame what they did
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't even think of buying it. I remember it being raw but fun back in 2015. It HAD a better gui and controls and gameplay flow and... well, everything. But right now, it's just some abandoned mess. Shoppe Keep 2 is an abandoned mess too though (or should I say Abandoned Mess 2?). Shame on devs. They could've just added some new items to sell to the 2016 alpha to make it a playable abandoned alpha. Instead, they tried to make something begger and then in the middle of the process they were just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I believed the negative reviews. Everything in the description read wonderful and exactly what I usualy enjoy to play: something like Cozy Keep (check that game out for a version of this that acually feels like a modern Early Acess game), but with a whole town and freedom to roam it! But...now I understand what the evaluations say it's abandonned. This game, as it is, should be free. Because it is, indead, abandonware. It's simple: The shadding are very bad/ during the day, it looks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It isn't bad, so much as incomplete. The adventurers don't scale with your shop very well, and the amount of gold you can get out of a shop scales in huge jumps, then very slowly unless you enjoy spamming christmas trees and the like. That gold doesn't translate into your champion (An NPC that you send on adventures) being able to complete adventures better, in fact, the best strategy to find items for your champion... Is to search the trash can out front. Anyway, it isn't a bad game, I'd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really enjoying this game, until while opening my save I noticed that my levels got reset and were back on level 1, but my money, items and furniture were the same as before. Won't even try to play it again, since I would get mad to have the same issue twice
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A first person, medieval/fantasy shop sim. Presumably there's a game in here somewhere but with inscrutable UI and gameplay and a pile of text only tutorials, I couldn't figure out how to play it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoppe Keep? More like, Shoppe Stink. Seriously though, don't buy this game, its a money grab. Shame on you, developer, for releasing Shoppe Keep 2 before even finishing this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YANOGA REVIEW GRAPHICS - ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Very awful 3D-Graphics with downright ugly characters. Although I must admit that the items look ok. MUSIC - ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ The same Medivel-Tavern Loop over and over again. Killed a couple synapses in my short playthrough. STORY - ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ No Story - But 1 Star for the unique idea of leading a fantasy-item shop. GAMEPLAY - ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Well... The first time the gameplay is reaaaaaaally addictive but after a couple of hours you can really feel that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs haven't made a complete game. Ever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is clunky as hell
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfinished game that was abandoned to make a sequel...that they also didn't finish. Avoid these devs!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned, janky, nothing to do, poorly explained
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't get this. Have the devs even played a pc game before? controls are terrible and some of the game design is unintuitive. Also a lot of wasted potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic 10/10 (minus the devs killing the franchise) I still have the dm on my old twitter from their account when they first said it would come to Xbox and then later said "nah nvm" when they FIRST started to kill it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know if it's clear from my hours, but I do enjoy this game. Mostly because I enjoy a game that I can pick up for an hour or two, zone out a bit, and put it down again. Which is what this game is best at, if you're expecting something with substance and story, this won't be the game for you. The game is filled with tutorials for easy playing, and anything that's unclear, is super easy to find online. While it's repetitive, the game never hides that from you and I feel that's kind of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ugly, clunky, and buggy, but still somehow totally enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game had potential but unfortunately there is not a lot to do. At most this is a game most would play for a few hours then never play again. After a certain point, maintaining the furniture, taking inventory and sending out your champion becomes extremely tedious, this game is very grindy. Only played this long for the achievements which were extremely annoying to point I used mods.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i loved this game, i still do and play it when i get nostalgic. too bad they abandoned it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was fun for 2017 but it has been abandoned by the dev, the controls now suck, the options doesnt work properly, and its overall now a terrible game. SuperMarket Simulator is a much better expereince for this kind of content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoppe Keep is a fun and addictive game where you get to run your own medieval shop. You start off with a small store selling basic items like bread and apples. But as you progress, you can expand your inventory and sell more exotic goods like potions and weapons. The game has a charming art style and a great soundtrack that will keep you hooked for hours. The controls are easy to learn, and the gameplay is straightforward. One of the best things about Shoppe Keep is the ability to customize…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yeah, soooo i kind of think this game might be underrated. it took a looooooooong time... but i finally found the time and patience to get into this! it's super rough, and lacks a lot of quality of life elements, for example, the fact that you cannot move placed furniture... you have to destroy it. doing so does not refund any money what so ever... or another example... the lack of a tutorial. everything is buried in menus and is not accessible or intuitive at all. it throws a lot at you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grinding hours and hours to unlock new armors for the champion, then going to the trashcan and finding the fullset its pure peak, recommended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game's fun if you know what you're doing (aka sell stuff to people in person and farm exp even before building a proper shop), pretty bare bones and it doesn't really have a reason to "exist" if that makes sense, one day you'll just be satisfied/content/bored of the progress you've made and you'll stop playing it, there isn't an objective at all. I wouldn't recommend it normally but the price is THAT low where I'll recommend it anyways, more like a "game you have in the background while you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I stay in business by killing anyone that is not buying from my store and instilling fear into the local population
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who really enjoys management and simulator games, this game seemed right up my alley. However, in most of my time playing it, I was scrambling to try to simply figure out how to even play. There is a lack of an actual in-game tutorial, instead only giving you barebones text only tutorials that fail to provide much guidance at all. Due to the lack of an option to speed up the game and slow pacing, days tend to drag on. From the few days I have played, I did not experience many…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game It's a bunch of fun. Well worth the price tag for the hours you'll be entertained. If you like running a shop or management/tycoon games you'll like this one. Everything is explained with short concise written tutorials and I find it to be fun despite the slight repetitiveness. Getting the helper robot is probably a good thing to do early to keep yourself from getting bored of stocking. 7.8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is great, but the interface, graphics, music, and voice acting make this totally unplayable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It sort of scratches that incremental game itch. There's automation and advancements. It feels like an active type of an idle game. It's cool. Tending to your little shop is relaxing. Restocking can be automated. Zapping thieves can be automated. Too bad you can't speed up the time... The way the game works fundamentally is probably bad or something but as long as the numbers go up and it gets faster over time due to my actions, I'm not gonna bother dissecting it. It's cool. My only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Be warned: This game is no longer worth buying. The developers for some reason decided that even though this game isn't fully finished, they abandoned this game and started working on the sequel which also has mixed reviews on Steam so do with that information what you will. Overall this had potential to be a good game but they spoiled it, tried again, and then spoiled it a second time.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never finished the game. was fun for early access but come on that was 2016 and it's still not done.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing this game for a few hours I can recommend it. This game is a great time killer and I love to play it while watching YouTube videos or listing to music. 9/10 would recommend. Edit: Would 200% recommend Lung collapsed while playing and it stayed on for 2 days while I was in the hospital. Not a demanding game at all 10/10 would leave open while I'm in the hospital again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Score 7/10 Full review https://steamcommunity.com/groups/thepgswildthings/discussions/9/3710433479223191017/ More reviews - ThePG's Wild Things https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30872797-ThePG%2527s-Wild-Things/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice singleplayer game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was looking for a a good shop game to play and this was not it easily the worse one i have played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've never played a Shop-Game that was as clunky and unintuitive as this one. Having a "tutorial" that is just a bunch of text in the menu just doesn't cut it. Never did, never will. A bit more guidance could have made this great. With the last update having been in 2015, this is as dead as it gets and What you see is what you get. As it stands, this is a big no from me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First game I ever bought on Steam, 11 years ago back around October 25th, 2015. My playtime at the time of writing this is all I ever played at the time. It was on a really horrible old ex Office PC, It couldn't even run this game. Now, why am I writing this if I never got past the Menu? A weird form of Nostalgia is why. Now that I have a PC that can run this apex of gaming graphical design, I think I'll finally give it a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ngl I just lowkey saw how one famous YTber was playing ts and my child brain was like nagging old bro to buy ts and like idk it felt like peak gameplay ultra geforce gta 6 mega gaming at that time, but now trying it again it just, idk, fine? idk lol seems boring, gonna recommend only in honor of my childhood memories
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was debating really badly about what my recommendation should be. I'm trying to be unbiased and ignore the fact that I used to watch my favorite youtuber play this when I was younger. The controls? Janky. It's a hassle to place down items and to take them off. Pricing? Confusing as ♥♥♥♥ if you don't search it up on the internet. The tutorials in-game don't do much to help you. I have 2 weeks in-game and it doesn't feel like I made much progress. I have yet to buy the tavern, the cauldron,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, so Shoppe Keep would probably only endear to specific public who likes subgenre of management sims - store management. But it’s quite budget one. So you man the store that sells good to adventurers and townsfolk - so stuff like potions, swords, herbs and so on. You yourself is not gathering it mostly, cause you can only travel within city walls, so not really the best place to get ore or wood. Majority of goods come from ordering them on delivery, with some coming out of people in town or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoppe Keep is a quirky and light-hearted shop management simulator developed by Strange Fire and published by Excalibur Publishing, offering a refreshing twist on the typical fantasy-RPG formula. Instead of slaying monsters or completing heroic quests, you step into the role of the merchant who outfits adventurers before they head off on their exploits. This reversal of roles sets the tone for the game’s playful approach to commerce, chaos, and customer management. From the opening minutes,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a unique concept when it originally entered EA, but the visuals are poor and the mechanics are kludgy. I cannot recommend it now compared to other games in this genre such as Supermarket Simulator or Gas Station Simulator.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i think its a very good chill game better then shoppe keep 2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it was a very good game in its hype time i miss it and im gonna play it again if it aint to diffrent from before
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