Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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192 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 10, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
125 positive · 62 negative
95% range 60–73%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
681 of 858 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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60 of 192 · most liked firstReview of the gameplay - It's fine. The puzzles are decent, and the difficulty increases at a good rate. Turn off the VX option AS SOON AS YOU START THE GAME. It doesn't cause any bugs, but it makes reading some of the puzzle tiles difficult. It's purely a retro aesthetic that isn't needed. It's worth the $2.50 for the puzzles I suppose. I hit "not recommended" for this game based on the story though. Anyone who wants to create a story telling mechanic like this please repeat this mantra while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 Very interesting Puzzle Indie game. The narrative of the game and the way it goes on are very novel. However, this game would not take you so much time to finish, and you may still do not understand the story and what happened even after you finished the game. Although you are a hacker, in this game, the way you hack the document is to solve Sudoku, and nothing more. The story is a little amusing, but too obscure. The puzzle part of this game is very hardcore, you need to find how to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]IndieGems Curator Cryptic Meta & Puzzles Sorry, James is a puzzle game that dangles a fragmented story in front of you through text conversations. The gameplay has you going through computer files and hacking through their encryption. This decryption process plays out with a logic based number puzzle for each file. There is no tutorial or hints; however there is also no way to fail. If you make a mistake you just try to correct…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry, James is the kind of game that will either pull you in and have you play for an entire day; or one where you pick it up for a half hour and never look at it again. The game has an interesting but not unique formula that falls into the "Minesweeper, but not" category along other titles like Hexcells and Pictopix. That's fine as long as it brings something new to the table, which it kinda does I guess? It's a good game if you like logic puzzles but one of the issues I have is it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →okay, let's be honest. I don't really like this game. Yeah, there are some shinning points. You had to dig clues outta game, that's quite alright ideas. And the sweeping-mines-style was kinda moderate. However the playthrough was repetitive and confusing. I felt so boring at the last part puzzles, and my patience steadily got lost. Even you beat the game, you DO need a demo to understand the whole plot. I mean, seriously?? Just too much. Turing Test and AI stuff are intriguing, but the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like many other reviewers, my opinions on this game are mixed. Structurally, it's great! The puzzles are good and just tricky enough to challenge, but not so much that they're impossible. If you make one wrong move, you get a buzz, and completing it won't register as a perfect run, but you have infinite moves to do it right after that. If you're a completionist, there's a very quick reset with no loading interval, which is a blessing. Learning how the puzzle works is intuitive and fun. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i think the guide told me more of the story than the actual game did
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry James fails to deliver on its promises of intrigue. I came across this title on Humble Bundle, and was hooked on the promises of a non-linear mystery to unravel in a work simulation setting. I have found moments in the recent past where I adored this sort of world building (thinking "Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You"). I snatched it up. I am always ready to enjoy an indie experimental narrative. I never expected to come out the other end disappointed. I felt I had become the victim of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry, James is an amazing game! Very immersive! 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦⭐️🟦🟦🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦🟦🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️⭐️🟦🟦⭐️⭐️⭐️🟦🟦⭐️⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️⭐️⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️⭐️⭐️🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦🟦⭐️🟦⭐️🟦 🟨⭐⭐🟨🟨⭐⭐⭐🟨🟨⭐⭐🟨 🟨⭐🟨⭐⭐🟨🟨🟨⭐⭐🟨⭐🟨 🟨⭐🟨🟨⭐⭐🟨⭐⭐🟨🟨⭐🟨 🟨⭐🟨🟨⭐🟨⭐🟨⭐🟨🟨⭐🟨 🟨⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⭐⭐⭐🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⭐🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really bad. I mean.. really. You just keep clicking random buttons in repetitive, sudoku-like mini games. Of course the solutions are not actually random, but the easiest way to solve them is by just starting somewhere and then see where it takes you - or just restart if necessary. You're "rewarded" with countless bits of chat logs, consisting of terrible dialogue (or more like monologue) in terrible English, which must have been written by terribly horny teenagers in summer camp.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MARIIA=RAMIIA Sorry, Elisa
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game and unique , sometimes a little bit difficult but it is very good .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why would you design a game where the first puzzle is an arbitrary password that can only be found on its Steam store page? The last thing I want to play is something that makes me have to immediately exit it just to get started.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The puzzles are fine, though they're never as neat or tight as, say, Hexcells. The story is whatever, and it's told through poorly written, sometimes borderline incomprehensible text conversations, and none of it needed all the incel red-pilled anti-sjw noise sprinkled all over for added flavor. No one needs that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32296668-Casual-Game-Reviews/]More reviews on our Curator Page Developed by Konstructors Entertainment, Sorry, James is without a doubt their most ambitious game to date, combining a fantastic mix of an interactive but kinetic storytelling, with what they do best; fun and intuitive puzzles, alongside the perfect matching visuals and enigmatic atmosphere. Players take the uncontrollable life of James Garner, a professional hacker, working for the most…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4/10 Sorry, James, I can't play your game anymore. In Sorry, James, you play as a man named James Garner. When the game begins, you're asked by your boss to decrypt some files. You decrypt the files by completing puzzles that, as noted in the game's description, are initially similar to Minesweeper. I'm not usually a big fan of puzzle games, but I do enjoy Minesweeper and thought that the salacious nature of the story would keep me engaged. Completing puzzles reveals chat transcripts between…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The puzzles are fun, the story could have been more interesting but you could just ignore most of it and only focus on solving the puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find Sorry, James an interesting example in how context can effect a game. Usually when I write that, I mean that weaker elements can be supported by e.g. strong writing. In this case, a core gameplay mechanic I probably would have liked in isolation was surrounded by bad decisions, resulting in my negative opinion of the whole mess. At its heart, this is a puzzle game based around identifying which squares need to be filled in which colour, with the optional challenge of doing it without…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know how I never paid attention to this game's store page before; I think I bought it off some recommendation or something. Frankly, if I had seen that abortion of a translation, I wouldn't have bothered. The in-game text is just as bad, and there's no way to take a game that is essentially nothing but text seriously with all this engrish everywhere. What passes for gameplay here is some sort of dumbed down "Minesweeper for Windows 3.11" (if you can imagine that) that gets stale 5…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That's definitvly one of the best puzzle game I played this year. It looks like Hexcell / Squarecell games, but way more immersive, thanks to the story and the very neat soundtrack. All levels can be solved by using pure logic and most of them require a lot of concentration and deduction thinking. NOT a hacking game NOT a visual novel ONLY LOGIC PUZZLES I spent 12h for 100% completion, if you are familiar with this kind of game count at least 8h, and remember that all levels are solvable…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtube.com/watch?v=NGKdYF3STsk&pp=ygUWTm90aGluZyBub3doZXJlIGxpZ2h0cw%3D%3D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry James, but This Game Falls Short of Expectations Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review: Sorry James had the potential to be a gripping and unsettling psychological horror experience, but unfortunately, it fails to live up to expectations. While it attempts to create an eerie atmosphere and intriguing narrative, the execution falls short in several key areas. One of the game's major shortcomings is its lack of compelling gameplay mechanics. The interactions and puzzles feel shallow and unremarkable,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great puzzle game. The style of the screen hurt my eyes so I had to take it away. Glad taht there is an option for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry James is a unique puzzle game that blends elements of Sudoku, AIM chat (if anyone remembers that dinosaur), and desk work. Released in 2017, Sorry James looks to be one of the first installments of the Konstructors Entertainment franchise, which focuses on traditional puzzle games with a flair. Unfortunately, this title takes a giant, unnecessary swing….and misses. Sorry to say that I was rather disappointed with this title, but, honestly, it does do some interesting and cool things that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →REFUNDED found myself in front of a Log in screen with a password and had no clue what to do then went to Google, and turned out that I should play the demo first... tried to play the demo but couldn't, why? because I already paid for the game! so, every time I click on Download Demo on this page nothing happens and when I uninstalled the main game and clicked Download Demo, Steam downloads the main game and ignores the demo so I had to refund it (I thank myself and the whole universe that I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting little game! In this game you have to decrypt chat logs of two persons by solving riddles. The riddles are easy at the beginning but have a rising difficulty. You cannot fail them and work your way through them by trial and error. After solving a riddle you get to see another part of the chat log. But you only get to read the messages of one person called Elisa. You also have a chat tool to communicate with your colleague and friend Kevin and your employer Mariia, that will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn't get this for the puzzles alone, and unfortunately the story really isn't my thing. Mature & Sexual Content in a game about file decryption - I should have figured. The aesthetic is cool though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished my playthrough of Sorry James. The game had me "stumped" right from the off, not knowing how to login to begin the game, but after overcoming that hurdle we go into the puzzles. Where a new element is introduced, the game gives you a couple of simple tutorial type puzzles, before making them a little more complicated. The only exception to this was when the black tiles were introduced. A simple screen prompt would have been helpful, as I initially thought it was something…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PROS: + strangely unique + engaging story + 50 cool puzzles + mystery vibes CONS: - hides as a logic puzzle game - VFX toggle needs to be off to see - story is locked behind gimmicks not everyone will like Comment: Right away - this is a mystery game hiding as a Steam puzzle game. So you have to expect elements of the mystery, for both the gameplay and story, to be outside the game. I had to start with that because I WISH I knew this coming into it. That absolutely changes the player's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some good and challenging puzzles, but a confusing storyline built on out-of-order text conversations with an abrupt ending that never really gives you that feeling of satisfaction. If you're here for the mystery, this is not the game for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzles are great. Honestly, if it were just the puzzles with the aesthetic/music I'd recommend it. The story elements are so bad it detracts from the game as a whole. Pointless out-of-game tasks are given to progress the narrative. I didn't like the story so why would I download the demo in order to progress in the main game?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry, James is a somewhat pretentious 2D hybrid of a "hacking/desktop sim" and a crap ripoff of Sokoban from the 1990's. You "hack" a computer by playing Sokoban and are rewarded with a trashy, badly written bit of visual novel exposition. There's nothing really here worth the effort, you can read e-books for free and if you want to play Sokoban, that's free too. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 LEVELS. Half a hundred levels, soo 50! the number you are looking for is 50
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember kids, always peer review your writing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sure, you have to dig for the story. Sure, it has a narrative buried deep that it doesn't just spell out for you. Problem is, after all that digging, the story isn't very good. You dig, and then the payoff is not at all worth it. Finally unearthing the story that the game hides from you was like hunting for buried treasure, finding it, and then opening it up, only to find a pile of ♥♥♥♥ inside. Waste of time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry, James, but I have to thumbs this one down. The extremely fragmented and confusing story is even more confusing by the bad English grammar (which, at first, I thought it was intended since it's chat messages we are reading in-game) Also, adding stuff outside the game to support the story seems cool and interesting but when it's poorly done, like in this game, it will just make you miss a lot of things. For example, there was no way I could have known that I "should" have played the demo…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No, it's not a game. It's transcript of one's online conversation and pack of primitive puzzles. Here is whole game: you are asked to "crack" access to some files. "crack" is solving a puzzle. You may read those files. They contain transcript of chats. That. Is. It. Full stop. Wanna hacking-like experience? Check Hacknet or TIS-100, but not this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been wanting to play this game for awhile, but I'm honestly very disappointed in it. The concept is decent, but it doesn't explain ANYTHING. Not how to log in, not how to solve the puzzles, and not really what is going on in the game play. A game is not enjoyable when you have to constantly exit out of it and playthrough it with a walkthrough or ask for help in the forum. It doesn't even tell you if it's saving your progress or not which is more than a little bit distressing. A help menu…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know, I felt really offended that the store page had clues to the game. Like, when I take on the challenge of a puzzle game, I hate having to go and look for answers. Within 5 seconds, I actually HAD to go and find answers. Maybe some see that as 'refreshing' or 'meta' but it left a really sour taste in my mouth. I got through the first few puzzles, and the story didn't grab me. The puzzles weren't intuitive. I closed it, and I'm 99.9% I'll never open it again or miss it. What a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good puzzles. Some Hexcells vibes though the mechanics are very different. You better know what Alt+Tab, Alt+F4, Ctrl+V do. Because for some stupid reason the game opens up with a login screen and no quit button. So you launch the game for the first time, immediately hit the wall, and you can't even quit the application normally. So you must Alt+F4 or Alt+Tab to find the login/password on the store page here. Dumb. Like, it was annoying enough for me and it is definitely going to gatekeep less…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction Sorry, James is a puzzle game about a hacker prying into personal conversations of a woman. Pros & Cons Pros: + Addictive puzzle gameplay + 90s hacker movie aesthetics + Good sound design Cons: - Nothing interesting happens in the story - Strange 4th wall break puzzle in the beginning - Very short (~2 hours) Story You’re playing as a hacker named James tasked with decrypting some files for your employer. Those files contain private conversations between a woman named Elisa…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cryptic story fed in fragments of decrypted chat after completing logic puzzles. Puzzles were very enjoyable, with a great difficulty curve. The story was interesting, though open to interpretation, you have to play the demo, and read everything to have any understanding of what's going on, and even then you kinda have to fill in the blanks yourself. Not for everyone, but I enjoyed both aspects of the game, story and puzzles. Would recommend it JUST for the puzzles alone if you enjoy puzzle…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the game's subpar story, Sorry, James is a rather strong collection of logic puzzles that are reason enough to play this game if you are a fan of those and get this game cheaply.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The puzzles are..easy. The game is interesting. The messages were enjoyable. The amount of sh!t it took to start the game is some questionable sh!t. Regardless 8/10. Cool game, my brain prefers ice cream though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jeez I wish I hadn't let this game idle, because I'd really like a refund. The English translation is awful - I feel like I'm reading chats between two Russians immigrants still learning English. In some places I had to reread lines just to make sure I understood it correctly. In other places it's passable, but irritating. I'm not sure where the game takes place, but it's still pretty unacceptable to have such consistent bad grammar and typos. Another thing -- there's a login page right at the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I enjoy the puzzle mechanics, the story was a huge...dare I say...turn off. I just couldn't get into all the sexual stuff in the story, it seemed gratuitous or unnecessary, story just wasn't for me and without the story it seems pointless to finish the puzzles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do not recommend. The puzzles can actually be kind of fun. Towards the end I became a bit frustrated and bored with them, though. But the rest of the game is just bad. The story is non complete. I dug to try to understand it, and it was not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed my time with Sorry, James, and would say it is worth the money. I do feel the atmosphere and expectation it sets with the trailer and overal design are much darker and 'horrorish' than the game merits. I have also been told the game at one point included a meta element: that did not trigger for me. However, that element would definitely alter the interpretation of the story. Overall I would say you should probably play this more for the puzzles than the story, as they are genuinely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is very beautiful and interesting game for such a small price. The game atmosphere, which is created by just a few simple features, is immersive and aesthetically pleasing. It has its own way of narration which can be defined by how the story uses the timeline, how much information about characters and events are given and how much information is deliberately hidden …etc. I personally think this type of story-telling provokes imagination of the audience and forces them to an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hope you like minesweeper, because this game is just a badly written "raunchy" single-sided chat log locked behind increasingly difficult minesweeper-like puzzles. You don't get anything more than that. The trailer promises a very different game that simply isn't delivered. Even worse than this being such a 1 dimensional game, the chat logs you unlock with all of your hard work are boring, unrealistic drivel. It was clearly translated to English by someone that isn't very fluent. I bought this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not a fan or one to play puzzle games but from the store page description alone (and the cheap price of $2.49), "Sorry, James" seem to be something right up my alley due to its seemingly mysterious story and questions that got me hooked. Unfortunately though, Sorry, James tends to heavily lack in that sole aspect. The game starts slow and never really picks up momentum, even towards the end, the game doesn't hit a climax and leaves one wondering what this game was truly about. I kept…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game through Humble bundle, so I did not see the login and password. Let the buyer to search for a password for a game which he has already bought is a stupid design idea(my opinion). And that only to start the game. The game itself: Too repetitive puzzles and the extremely glitchy/old monitor graphic effect is annoying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →holy fcuk гра іммерсивна, заставляє думати. дуже дякую розробникам 10 Еліз из 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →11/10 Inmersive as f*ck Really loved the game. I was so into the story that I found myself looking for every bit of information that there was. Never played a game like this. <3 <3 <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got a friend request on Steam!!!! I finally have a friend!!! Rating Infinity10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gotta write about this one - not a masterpiece or anything, but the game deserves a playthrough if you like both puzzles and piecing story together. - Puzzles are original as far as I can tell. "Inspired by Sudoku and Minesweeper" is a bit misleading; it's closest to nonograms and I see no relation to sudoku. - As a puzzle game, it lacks QoL features such as undo and marking/drawing - Most puzzles have multiple solutions, which can be a positive or negative, depending on your preferences. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FORTUNATELY I don't need to finish the game to know my review. Flashing lights + asinine 'aesthetic' restrictions are annoying enough, but they also hurt me. also some folks might want to be aware for more severe reasons e.g. seizures. Why they cared to list none of this on the game page but were self-involved enough to use the game description as game content is beyond me. Glad I didn't try to play this offline, or it would have simply appeared broken to me. forced fullscreen + no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish there was a "maybe" option for recommending this game. Basically, I played all the puzzles, and really liked them. So if you enjoy those types of logic puzzles, where you get a grid with some numbers and then you have to click on a bunch of squares depending on those numbers? Great, you'll have fun. I think the difficulty curve is pretty good too. But the reason I land on "maybe" is because I read a few of the logs and completely tapped out on the story because I just wanted…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, James sorry... Emm it`s like a visual novel 18+, but without any scenes. I have never seen such a wild plot before... Each new file shocks me more and more. (Just for reading) Please play only in good games, if you want I can help you [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42577670] My curator page
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
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