How long to beat Indiana Jones and the Great Circle?

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With so many puzzles and side quests to do, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a hefty length in hours

Indiana Jones stands in front of a statue and a tall tree, whip in hand in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
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How long to beat Indiana Jones and the Great Circle? The length of time to complete the game varies depending on what kind of game experience you're aiming for: the story alone will take you less than 20 hours from beginning to end, while a full completionist experience is much longer.

If you're dedicated to seeing as much of the game as possible, you'll be spending more than twice the time of a globetrotter who's just in it for a taster of the Indiana Jones lifestyle. Below, I've provided more specific guidance on how long it might take you to complete the Great Circle.

How long is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle?

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indy hanging onto a vine as in Raiders of the Lost Ark

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The time it takes to beat Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will come down to how many of the side activities you engage with, which Indiana Jones difficulty options you pick, and your puzzle-solving abilities. Some side activities are quick and easy, such as the Indiana Jones ticket stub code, while others are much lengthier and are made easier when you have a disguise, such as the Indiana Jones Blackshirt key and uniform. Here are some estimated completion times so you can get a rough idea of how long it takes to beat the Great Circle:

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  • Quick (critical path only): 14-18 hours
  • Standard (critical path and some side activities): 18-30 hours
  • Completionist (100%): 35+ hours

If you’re charging through Indy’s main quest like you’re in one of the movies, it’s going to take about 14 hours or more to roll the credits. Since some quests require you to buy expensive equipment, getting money through exploration and extra activities might slow you down, but you can still complete the story in under 20 hours – the writer of our Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review completed the game in about 18 hours with a good number of extra bits completed and collectibles found.

However, as I've said, there are many, many distractions in the game, particularly in the highly dense Vatican area that you visit first. It’s much more likely that you’ll beat Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in around 20-25 hours, particularly if you’re not using hints for puzzles. Obviously, if you’re going for the full 100% completion, you’ll probably be spending well over 30 hours hoovering every artifact and note up possible. They belong in a museum after all!

Be sure to check out our Indiana Jones and the Great Circle tips that we wish we knew when we started!

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Will Sawyer
Will Sawyer
Guides Editor, GamesRadar+

Will Sawyer is a Guides Editor at GamesRadar+ with over five years of experience in writing online guides, news, and features, and has a BA (Hons) in Journalism. Starting as a freelancer, Will contributed to startmenu and Game Rant before joining the GamesRadar+ team in August 2021. Since then, he has written hundreds of guides about a huge range of games, with shooters and action games being his areas of expertise. Outside of writing about games, Will hops between multiplayer shooters with friends, such as Darktide and Helldivers 2, and delves into whatever has been on his backlog for far too long. He also tries to get through his never-ending Warhammer pile of shame of grey Tyranids, Aeldari, and Chaos Space Marines.

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