Well-known and reliable Dealabs leaker billbil-kun has shared that the PS5 version of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is set for release on April 17, 2025.  According to their information, at least two physical editions of the game are planned for Sony’s current-gen console: a Standard Edition and a Premium Edition . As of writing, they were unable to confirm the availability of a Collector’s Edition.

As per the source,  the Premium Edition of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle for PS5 will grant buyers a 2-day early access, starting April 15, 2025. They also mentioned that pre-orders will go up on the PlayStation Store on March 25, 2025, with the same prices as the Xbox Series X|S version.

Earlier today, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle officially received an ESRB rating for PlayStation 5, indicating that the game will be arriving soon on Sony’s current-gen console. Additionally, The Verge’s Tom Warren had previously suggested that the PS5 version will see the light of day in April, 2025, though he didn’t provide a specific date. Twitter/X user GyoJvfr had spotted a product page for the PS5 version, published by a video game distributor, which mentions a release date of May 30, 2025. A few days later, the same individual had claimed that it will be released on April 17, 2025. PlayStation Inside magazine also confirmed this date with the Twitter/X user’s source.

Given how multiple sources, including the reliable leaker billbil-kun, have mentioned April 17, 2025, as the release date for the PS5 version of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, we’re inclined to believe that it accurate. It’s highly likely that an official announcement from Microsoft and Bethesda Game Studios will happen sometime between now and March 25, 2025.

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The ESRB rating summary describes Indiana Jones and the Great Circle as an action-adventure title where players assume the role of the iconic archaeologist, Indiana Jones. The game is played primarily from a first-person perspective, with players exploring ancient ruins, catacombs, and tombs while solving puzzles and battling enemies. The gameplay includes hand-to-hand combat, stealth takedowns, and the use of a whip as both a weapon and a traversal tool. Players also have access to rifles, machine guns, and environmental objects such as shovels and brooms to dispatch enemies. The rating summary further mentions sequences of graphic violence, including a severed arm on the ground and a corpse impaled on a spike trap, as well as brief references to drug use through in-game text. Additionally, strong language such as “a*s,” “bastard,” and “p*ss” appears in dialogue.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle originally launched for Xbox Series X/S and PC on December 9, 2024. Developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks, the game features an original story set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The narrative follows Indiana Jones in 1937 as he attempts to uncover the mystery of the Great Circle, a series of ancient sites that align perfectly on a global map, while fending off various factions seeking to exploit its power. The game’s adventure takes players across real-world locations, including Vatican City, Thailand, Egypt, and China.

The PlayStation 5 version is set to launch in early 2025, but an exact release date has yet to be announced.

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Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD) shared an update regarding the sales performance of the recently released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and recent Game of the Year winner Astro Bot. According to the Circana Retail Tracking Service, Bethesda Game Studios and MachineGames’ newly released Indiana Jones title was the second best-selling video game for the week ending December 14, 2024, in US dollar sales, trailing only Call of Duty Black Ops 6.

Meanwhile, Piscatella reported that Sony Interactive Entertainment and Team Asobi’s 3D platformer, Astro Bot, went from the 11th place during the prior week to the 7th place during the same week, which also happens to be the same week during which the game won the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2024. This suggests that winning the top accolade at the awards ceremony likely gave the game a sales boost.

Back when Astro Bot and the other The Game Awards 2024 nominees for the Game of the Year award were announced, it was reported by Christopher Dring, head of GameIndustry.biz, that, based on game sales data following the reveal of the Game of the Year nominees at The Game Awards 2024, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Astro Bot, Elden Ring, Metaphor had received a notable sales boost. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth sales increased 268% week-on-week across Europe, Astro Bot sales jumped 61%, Elden Ring sales saw a 38% increase, and Metaphor sales rose up by 172%. Dring added that, while these aren’t huge sales figures overall, they represent a definite uptick.

As for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it was recently reported that the launch concurrent player count stats for the game were below MachineGames’ previous titles. Read about it here.

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Known insider DanielRPK took to Twitter/X to share that they’re heard about more games based on the Indiana Jones franchise being in development. They didn’t share any further details, such as the genre or developer behind said games.

Given the critical success of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it’s highly likely that at least one of those games is in development at MachineGames. According to the LinkedIn profile of Pete Ward, Audio Director, the studio has been working on more than one unannounced title. Now that work on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been completed, the development team is likely focusing on one of these projects.

In related news, it was recently reported that the launch concurrent player count stats for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle were below MachineGames’ previous titles. According to Steam charts, the action-adventure game reached an all-time concurrent player count of 8,148 players on the platform. It’s worth noting that the game has been available day one on Game Pass and has relatively high minimum system requirements due to its mandatory use of ray tracing. It also went through an Early Access period, which can notably affect the concurrent player count for a single-player title.

That said, Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks’ other recent release, Starfield, also went through some of the aforementioned constraints, but still managed to reach an all-time concurrent player count of 24,863. Meanwhile, Xbox Game Studios’ Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has an all-time peak of 104,891 players. Furthermore, the peak concurrent player count for Indiana Jones and the Great Cicle is lower than that of MachineGames’ previous releases, including Wolfenstein: The New Order at 11,986, and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus at 16,141.

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According to the LinkedIn profile of Pete Ward, Audio Director at MachineGames, the studio has been working on more than one unannounced title besides Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Now that work on the latter has been completed, the development team is likely focusing on one of these projects.

As for what these unannounced projects are is anyone’s guess, though given MachineGames’ history with the Wolfenstein first-person shooter series, it’s possible that one of these titles is a direct sequel to Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. Given how the spin-off Wolfenstein: Young Blood, takes place 20 years after the second installment, the third game will likely feature the trio of B.J. Blazkowicz and his twin daughters Jessie and Zofia as the protagonists.

In related news, it was recently reported that the launch concurrent player count stats for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle were below MachineGames’ previous titles. According to Steam charts, the action-adventure game reached an all-time concurrent player count of 8,148 players on the platform. It’s worth noting that the game has been available day one on Game Pass and has relatively high minimum system requirements due to its mandatory use of ray tracing. It also went through an Early Access period, which can notably affect the concurrent player count for a single-player title.

That said, Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks’ other recent release, Starfield, also went through some of the aforementioned constraints, but still managed to reach an all-time concurrent player count of 24,863. Meanwhile, Xbox Game Studios’ Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has an all-time peak of 104,891 players. Furthermore, the peak concurrent player count for Indiana Jones and the Great Cicle is lower than that of MachineGames’ previous releases, including Wolfenstein: The New Order at 11,986, and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus at 16,141.

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According to Steam charts (via), Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has reached an all-time concurrent player count of 8,148 players on Steam. It’s worth noting that the game is available day one on Game Pass and has relatively high minimum system requirements due to its mandatory use of ray tracing. It also went through an Early Access period, which can notably affect the concurrent player count for a single-player title.

That said, Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks’ other recent release, Starfield, also went through some of the aforementioned constraints, but still managed to reach an all-time concurrent player count of 24,863. Meanwhile, Xbox Game Studios’ Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has an all-time concurrent player peak of 104,891 players.  Despite being a single-player title that was available day one on Game Pass, GSC Game World’s recently released S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl reached an all-time concurrent player peak of 121,335 players.

Indiana Jones and the Great Cicle did fare better than Forza Motorsport and Hi-Fi Rus, however, which reached all-time concurrent player peaks of 4,703 and 6,132 players, respectively. It was lower than MachineGames’ previous releases including Wolfenstein: The New Order at 11,986, and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus at 16,141.

For the uninitiated, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle features an original story inspired by the film series. It is set in 1937, between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The narrative follows Jones as he attempts to stop others from exploiting the power of the Great Circle, a network of mysterious sites around the globe that form a perfect circle when linked on a map. The game takes players to multiple real-world locations, including Peru, Connecticut, Vatican City, Thailand, Egypt, Shanghai, the Himalayas, and Iraq. Gameplay is presented from a first-person perspective, and a third-person view is also used for specific environmental interactions.

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In terms graphical settings, the PC version of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is largely identical to the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S versions at the moment, though a future patch will add Path Tracing support to the platform. All versions have ray traced global illumination (RTGI) in effect. Though, the Xbox Series S version exhibits some clipping in lighting, reflections, textures, shadows and post-processing effects.

In terms image quality, the Xbox Series X version of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle operates at a dynamic resolution that maxes out at 4K (2160p), but commonly runs in the range of 1620p and 1800p. On the other hand, the Xbox Series S version runs at a dynamic resolution that maxes out at 1080p, but commonly runs in the range of 900p and 1080p. Meanwhile, the PC has the option to deliver native 4K on capable hardware. In addition, better image reconstruction options like DLSS, XeSS, and FSR are available on the platform.

With regards to performance, both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S versions of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle target a frame rate of 60 fps, and are largely able to maintain it on a consistent basis. Meanwhile, the PC version offers the option to play at higher frame rates on capable hardware, and it also supports Frame Generation via DLSS3 to smooth out any visual inconsistencies due to fluctuations n performance.

All in all, Indiana Jones is well-optimized on all platforms, and extra credit goes to the development team for being able to maintain a largely consistent frame rate of 60 fps on consoles with RTGI enabled without significantly affecting image quality. Given the choice, the PC version is the way to go, as it can not only deliver better performance and image quality on capable hardware, but also Path Tracing via the day one patch on November 9, 2024.

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Before we delve into the best settings for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PC, make sure you’ve updated your GPU drivers and Windows to their latest respective versions. Additionally, disable or close any unnecessary background applications in order to reduce the CPU overhead as much as possible. The settings detailed ahead should provide a more optimized balance between graphics and frame rate compared to the presets available in-game.

 Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Best Settings

The settings below are there to serve as a broad starting point for further optimization based on your specific hardware specs. As a result, you may need to further tweak some settings until you find a sweet spot based on your display’s refresh rate and the overall performance you seek.

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• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: as per the max resolution of your display or preference
• Picture Framing: Fullscreen
• Vertical Sync: Off on a VRR/G-Sync supported display, On otherwise
• FPS Limit: Max on a VRR/G-Sync supported display, otherwise as per your preference
• Texture Pool Size: Supreme
• Shadow Quality: Medium
• Decal Rendering Distance: High
• Global Illumination Quality: High
• Reflection Quality: High
• Motion Blur Quality: High
• Water Quality: Medium
• Hair Quality: Medium
• Texture Anisotropic Filtering Quality: Ultra
• Upscaling: NVIDIA DLSS if supported by GPU, else AMD FSR
• Upscaling Super Resolution: Quality

Steam Deck Optimized Settings

The settings below are for getting the best possible performance on the Steam Deck.

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• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Resolution: 1280 x 800
• Picture Framing: Fullscreen
• Vertical Sync: Off
• FPS Limit: 60
• Texture Pool Size: Low
• Shadow Quality: Low
• Decal Rendering Distance: Low
• Global Illumination Quality: Low
• Reflection Quality: Low
• Motion Blur Quality: Low
• Water Quality: Low
• Hair Quality: Low
• Texture Anisotropic Filtering Quality: Low
• Upscaling: AMD FSR
• Upscaling Super Resolution: Performance

As seen in the video above, even at the lowest possible settings, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle runs at a frame rate in the low to mid 20s. As such, playing the game on the Steam Deck is not recommended.

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Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is now available for pre-load on Xbox Series X|S, and, as a result, the game’s download size has been revealed. The action adventure game will take up a massive amount of storage space on the console. Those with limited available space on the internal storage drive are advised to make room in advance. It goes without saying that storage expansion options are available on Microsoft’s current-gen platforms for those who need them.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Download Size

The download size for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle can be seen below.

• 131.69 GB

Those who have pre-ordered a digital copy of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle can pre-load the game starting today, on November 30, 2024. The digital pre-load should come with the latest update pre-installed, although a day one update may be rolled out closer to launch on December 9, 2024. Meanwhile, those who purchased a physical copy of the game will need to download the day one update. Those who purchase the Premium or Collector’s Edition will get a 3-day early access period to play the game from December 6, 2024.

Meanwhile, the review embargo date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set for December 5, 2024. While the exact time has not been confirmed, it will likely follow typical patterns, with the embargo lifting at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET / 9 AM CET. Fans of action adventure titles and the Indiana Jones franchise can look forward to hearing what critics have to say about Jones’ new adventure in Rome, where he investigates the theft of an artifact from Marshall College from an imposing man known as Locus. The journey also takes the adventurer to the Sukhothai temples in Thailand, the Egyptian pyramids, Shanghai in China, and the snowy Himalayas.

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Fans of action adventure titles and the Indiana Jones franchise can look forward to hearing what critics have to say about Jones’ new adventure in Rome, where he investigates the theft of an artifact from Marshall College from an imposing man known as Locus. The journey also takes him to the Sukhothai temples in Thailand, the Egyptian pyramids, Shanghai in China, and the snowy Himalayas.

What Is the Review Embargo Date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle?

According to Twitter/X user klobrille, the review embargo for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set for December 5, 2024. While the exact time has not been confirmed, it will likely follow typical patterns, with the embargo lifting at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET / 9 AM CET.

PC System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for the PC version of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle can be seen below.

Minimum Requirements

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 3.3GHz or better, AMD Ryzen 5 @ 3.1Ghz or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB, AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB
• Additional Notes: SSD required

During a recent interview on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle., Todd Howard, executive producer at Bethesda Softworks, mentioned that developer Machine Games is aiming to translate the cinematic look and feel of the franchise to a playable experience. As such, the game will feature over three hours of cinematics, which will allow fans to reflect what they know about the movies. Howard mentioned that, for him, the challenge of capturing the cinematic feel of the Indiana Jones movies took him back to his feelings about the Fallout series. He said that it’s less about 1:1 accuracy than it is nailing the spirit.

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