Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out today, and is already getting a great reception. Fans were initially skeptical about the first-person perspective of the game, but it now seems that it isn’t as bad as they thought. With puzzles, adventures, and Indy-esque quips, the game is everything that fans hoped for, getting a ‘Very Positive’ review on Steam.
Steam Deck owners were pleased to learn that they could take Indy’s adventures on the go, as the game was also compatible with the handheld console at launch. However, it seems a giant boulder has been thrown on their hopes, as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is reportedly running terribly on the Steam Deck.
Indiana Jones And The Not So Great Performance On Steam Deck
A report by Steam Deck HQ noted that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle does not run very well natively on the Steam Deck. “When I first booted the game, all of the textures were just gone. The main menu screen had what looked like a sketch of a human head, and when trying to go in-game, almost all trees were gone, and the textures were all over the place,” said Noah Kupetsky of SDHQ.
Others, like PC Guide also noted that the game is generally broken when run natively on the console. Missing assets, poor framerates, blurred textures, and entirely missing characters, even at extremely low settings. MachineGames is going to take some time to fix these issues, considering how bad they are, but thankfully, there is a way to still play the game on Steam Deck.
Streaming Indiana Jones and the Great Circle via GeForce Now eliminates all these problems, and the game can be played at the highest settings in 1080p. While this should give Steam Deck owners some respite, there’s still no way to play the game natively without running into all the above issues.
There’s been no word on this by the developer as of yet, but considering how badly the game is currently running on Steam Deck, Machine Games will be working on it pretty soon.
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power known as the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them – Indiana Jones. You’ll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard.