Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2015
Tallowmere
Developer Chris McFarland
Raise your shield. Indulge Lady Tallowmere and her lovingly violent dungeons. New rooms are created every time you play. How deep can you delve? From the Steam store page
188 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Lemmy) · newest Sep 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
154 positive · 30 negative
95% range 78–88%
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| Steam reviews | 154 | 30 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 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
Very Positive
776 of 858 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 188 · most liked firstIt's fine, as long as you derive sexual pleasure from being stun-locked and then dying. A typical playthrough involves you collecting various weapons and armour with mostly useless and invisible stats, delving deeper into the dungeon, then getting stun-locked and dying. Recognizing enemies and avoiding their attacks is generally easy, and difficulty is mostly built around not being able to recognize enemies off-screen, engaging the enemies you can see, and then getting stun-locked and dying…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't seem to get enough of this game. Just when I think I'm really getting somewhere, and I'm loaded up with tons of great gear I've collected, I end up dying in some ridiculous fashion. The good thing is that it's not that hard to get back to where you were. Once you start gettng used to the controls, and the behavior of enemy AI, you can get through the levels faster. The cute pixelated graphics, combined with gory deaths and silly dialogue gives this game a certain charm. Highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Steam Keys Giveaway] Please turn my poor financial decision into your holiday fun!. I bought another Fanatical mystery pack when I was there getting Wildermyth. >_> This was actually not a terrible pack for $4 and change, though it was all cheap indie titles. For anyone curious about the pulls, I kept The Crackpet Show (splashes of Happy Tree Friends and Enter the Gungeon) and Tallowmere (a low-budget, goofy but somehow intriguing roguelike side-scroller). The other ones don't seem like my…
unlabelledView post →Low cost, and amazingly fun game. Just buy it, you won't regret it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow! I think I'm in love with this game—even though I stink at it. And I love it primarily because of the gameplay. This game is a platformer. Modern platformers sometimes frustrate me to the point of tears. For some reason I don't mind here, despite the challenge. This game is a roguelike. Sometimes, your starting gear and level just royally screw you over. But unlike many roguelikes, sometimes the game's RNG's are profoundly generous and you can sail right through. But instead of feeling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the reason you buy random games on steam. You buy them because you're looking for something like this. I can't really say enough good things about this game. I've had it for a while now and I always come back to it, sometimes for a few minutes before or after work, or if I get a good run going it can easily turn into a couple hours. Basically you kill enemies in randomly generated dungeon levels, find the key to the exit, proceed to the next level. The farther you go, the stronger and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like that there are no restrictions - a true sandbox where you can be OP but so can enemies. However, every level is the same (aside from bosses) so it becomes boring very quickly. My last run was 1hr and I died from boredom. Wouldn't be so bad if there was some permanent progression but there isn't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very annoying level generation, game design. In the beginning it is likeable but as you gain levels realise that you always die because random bullsh*t. Level 30 and up takes a looooot of time to finish and 1 (1!!!) mistake makes you waste you 1 hour run even if you were careful. This game hates you, return the favor.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Delightful, addictive, therapeutic, and infuriating as hell.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1: Has to have some of the weirdest sound design in a game on steam. 2: Inventive level design and gameplay. 3: Good balance of difficulty. 4: Under £2. Yeah, this is pretty great to be honest.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addictive little game that is quite fun. Easy to learn and can be tough to master. I find it to have many very funny moments like sacrifcing the kittens for more health, the way the Katana sword works and the various enemies attacks and death animations. there is alot of blood and gore to be sure, I dont find it to be in bad taste however and I think that it adds to the enjoyment of it all. For $1.99 this game is a great deal and will most certainly be worth every cent!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Childish game with the worst controls ever. I have no idea why this game has so many positive reviews.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This would be a really great game if 98% of all deaths weren't the result of being juggled or stunlocked. If you can put up with that, give it a try. Unfortunately, I can't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a simple roguelike with an okay first five (30 second) levels and then it gets... pissy. You have to get in front of every enemy's face with your melee weapon and shield the entire time. Your enemies have nothing but homing projectiles that go around you, stun effects, fire effects, frustrating positioning, and all-around pain in the A to kill. The spikes and gas faces are just there to top it off. You can't stand in the same place for more than 1 second. You can't hug the wall while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun game, but with some significant problems added to it. It feels like a fun game that takes cheap shots at you from time to time. -No manual aiming, your projectile targeting is automatically selected for you (often the closest target, or first within line of sight). Grenade aiming becomes very awkward and inconsistent, sometimes an enemy being underneath you causes you to throw grenades at your feet, even if you don't have line of sight. -Jumping sometimes causes you to do a back flip,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nah. I mean, the controls are terrible AND punishing. When things are THIS exacting, the controls need to be equally precise. Also, you can't even control where you shoot! You only control the direction and then pray that the game chooses what you want to aim at. Good idea (I guess), but terrible execution.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If they get rid of the mass amounts of enemies that stun you and it might actually be a fun game. Hard to play when you have enemies stunning you constantly from every single direction.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely love this. Props to the creator for achieving such a fantastic balance of gameplay and challenge.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tallowmere is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs. This mobile app is a dopey, extremely badly made "roguelike" platformer with lightweight RPG elements... and boy, this one is so bad it's comical. The developer had apparently never played platformers before and didn't know you're not supposed to be able to jump infinitely, but you can, and you just flail around with a crappy axe. The RPG elements are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game becomes a total chaos (in a good way) when you have the rocket launcher equipped. Best of all, it's costs 1 pizza. Why don't you try it out?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garbage, player-hostile design paired with extremely poor visuals and constant annoyances. Would not recommend unless you enjoy suffering.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love this Tallowmere thing i love his dev i love the entire, whole universe. ________ ________ also do not forget to grab the .apk Android version here (a dlc gift from the dev): https://store.steampowered.com/app/367180/Tallowmere__Android_Version/ and then, wait, calmly, patiently cause Tallowmere 2 is... is...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the most Bang for my Buck I have got out of a game in a long time. Great Rogue-Like game, neat random generated rooms, well thought out enemies and weapons.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels like Spelunky mixed with the quirkiness and graphics of You Must Build A Boat. There are rocket launchers with unlimited ammo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My recommendations: - Anodyne ([Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.Anodyne.mobile) | [Humble Bundle](https://www.humblebundle.com/store/anodyne) | [Humble Widgets](https://www.humblebundle.com/widget/v2/standalone/anodyne/Sndn9sjSnlz)) - Chloe Playtime ([Amazon Appstore](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QBZ3D6R) | [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rmstudios.chloee)) - Codemancer…
unlabelledView post →I love this game, and yet I hate this game at the same time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's weird... this game looks and plays like it's made by an amateur, and it breaks a lot of game-design rules. But at the end of the day, it's fun, and that's what counts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can get a lot of fun with this game. Also, it's hard on advanced levels; fun and cheap, anything else?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such fun game for such low cost, this is a must-buy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →::: spoiler hidden as the list can be long; also should I list games not on Steam? - 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure - A Vampyre Story - ABZÛ - Anodyne - Battle Chef Brigade - Celeste - Codemancer - Coromon - Dandara - Divekick - Downwell - Dreaming Sarah - Dreamscaper - DUSK '82 - Etherborn - Hollow Knight (& Silksong) - Ittle Dew - JackQuest - Knight Club (friends required for this one) - Kraken Academy - LiEat - Lost in Dungeon - LYNE - Micro Mages (includes ROM!) - Momodora III (iirc…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 only 4$ sooo if you want it grab it all around janky enemy stun is so long that your dead by the time it wears off 9 hours of gameplay were afk card farming
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My fiancee won't let me use grenades because I keep killing us. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If it wasn't for the proceduraly generated Dungeon layout with sometimes TERRIBLE trap placement I would call this THE DARK SOULS of 2D Roguelikes. The weapons are so distinctive, the enemy behaviour can be adjusted by adding handicaps called "punishments" at the safe house / spawn area. Music and SOunds are basic but get the job done. Controls are iffy. Sometimes you land where you want and sometimes the retarded airjump turns into a roll which leads to your head touching wall spikes. FKING…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way too much fun for just $3.99.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting little arcadey roguelike. I find it to be what many call 'cozy' similar to the old Win3.1 game Castle of the Winds. Although this game isn't nearly as complex as that game, despite being much more advanced graphically. I saw everything it has to offer hours ago and am just trying to go as deep into Lady Tallowmere's dungeons as possible, but I find myself coming back to it when I'm between other games or just momentarily bored with my current PC game. Success is kind of contingent…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got Android Version first but was happy to pay again. Awesome rogue like with RPG elements with different enemy types, weapons and additional stats that you can mix and match depending on what you want to play. Simple, small price and lots of replayability.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game if you like rogue-likes, blasting enemies with a rocket launcher and infinite jumping through generated 2D dungeons and dying while your brain tries to make that jump from "Wow I am so good and far in the game, my equipment is so good, no one can ever harm me." to "Nice...looks I'm dead again."
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i discover this little indie game and love it. you should give it a try well worth it price!.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tallowmere probably means frustration in some language. While I'm usually up for some tough challenge, the level of brutality in this game surpass what I can stand. I cannot count the amount of times I died because of small mistakes, usually thanks to the moth-thingies that pull you toward them and a bunch of enemies. It usually goes like this: carefully prepare to enter to a new room, full health, shield up. I choose the appropriate weapon and start to approach the monsters when BANG, you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing blend of simple, fast-pased gameplay (Block, Attack, Jump, and Move) and Rogue-like randomness to ensure a new experience on each playthrough. Tallowmere 2 can't come out fast enough!! 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple but a lot of fun. Definitely a nice pickup for cheap if you want an action roguelike.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is made for people who just want to jump into the action head first and learn from every mistakes. With the epic learning curve you will be pleased. The perfect game for the masochist gamer. You will love to hate it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adding Android too because many of those are quite old and are also quite portable (with most being officially distributed as APKs, which I guess adds up to how old they are). \#hasicontent (PICO-8) Anodyne (Android) Atari Vault's selection if you got it before it was delisted (Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari arcade systems) Augury Red Code (GBC) BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extended (PSP) Böbl (NES) Bolt (PS2) - if on Android, use AetherSX2 Bravely Default (3DS) Castlevania:…
unlabelledView post →You know the game is super ♥♥♥♥♥♥ once you get the katana and teleport through walls and onto enemies 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awful
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An odd, floaty game where either you stunlock an enemy and win or they stunlock you and win. I was so confused I didn't play it for five years but, nope, still odd after giving it time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple mechanics but surprisingly deep and tricksy arcade-ish roguelike.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kill kittens to get extra max health, holy snickers!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're a fan of roguelikes and platformers, this may be for you. The gameplay is simple but challenging, since each of the different enemies can screw you up royally if you're not careful, but they're straightforward to deal with once you learn what they do. The RNG puts the emphasis on "random," but I've yet to have a run where I didn't get *anything* I could use for an extended period. Even if you don't get good drops from the treasure chests, the level up system does a decent job of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →VERY fun cheap game with LOCAL CO OP. You can even play local co op with a keyboard only.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addicting. I uninstalled it once to get my life back. I regretted that decision so I reinstalled it. When I'm not playing multiplayer games, I'm playing this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core gameplay is perfect, everything around is not: can't navigate menus with mouse or with an azerty keyboard since up and down aren't rebindable, resolution scaling messes up your rotation wheel selection (and certainly when played windowed), weapon order doesn't work (so when you assign two weapons next to eachother in your weapon wheel you are unable to switch between these two, the game will randomly select another weapon in your weapon wheel). So it basically becomes a unenjoyable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a must buy. I got it for like $1.60 CAD. That's less than a large Tim's coffee. I only have like 5 hours played so far, but it def won't stay that way. Honestly there's no point in even trying to describe the game. It's just plain good. So simple and so addicting. Plus the procedurally drawn levels are done very well. Normally I don't like these types of games, but I happened to have just enough left in my wallet for a cheap purchase. This is the best $ to fun ratio I have ever…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When a game that's 1,50 in a sale you just randomly saw gives you more enjoyment than most triple a games you know you got a gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An underated gem. Just remember to hold block when those purple orbs fly your way and quaff a stun-lock potion before big fights.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The combat is horrible. It really overshadows whatever this game had going for it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this with my wife. A wonderful 2 player experience. The game trailer is pretty accurate of what you're getting, so there's that. There is perma death should your party die (multiplayer may revive you) and you'll lose your progress, weapons, and save. I'll let you decide if that's good or not. A mix of enslaught and careful planning. The variety of weapons and their functions make this game. That with the very different attacks of the enemies make for a high replay value. You can loose…
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