Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Releases Big New Update…

Update 5 for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is now live across all platforms, enabling compatibility with the newly released Order of Giants DLC and introducing tons of fixes and improvements to the popular action-adventure title. Following its release in late 2024, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has continued to be a hit, and its newest expansion is sure to bring players back for more.

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Despite initially being launched exclusively on Xbox Series X/S and PC, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was ported to the PlayStation 5 in April 2025 to instant success, selling faster on Sony's hardware than on any other platform. The MachineGames title has earned both commercial and critical acclaim, with fans applauding its puzzles, acting, and engaging story, with many likening it to franchises like Uncharted or Tomb Raider. Alongside the release of its first DLC on September 4, a new update is now available for all players, which addresses some bugs and makes some welcome graphical enhancements for those on PC.

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Update 5 for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle enables compatibility with the newly released Order of Giants DLC, which is included for those who purchased the Premium Edition, Premium Upgrade, Collector's Edition, or Collector's Bundle. It is also available as a standalone purchase. MachineGames has also added a "Very Light" difficulty for players looking for less of a challenge during their playthrough, and PC users will now find support for RTX Hair on 50-series Nvidia RTX GPUs. Thankfully, the update has added new information to the Quick Inventory, letting players know which outfits and disguises are safe or not available in the current area. Several audio and UI bugs have also been addressed, along with many issues impacting certain missions.

During Gamescom Opening Night Live in August, it was confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 sometime in 2026. An exact date has not been confirmed, but this continues Microsoft's ongoing strategy of porting its most popular first-party games to other systems, something which has been paying off for the company so far.

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A recently discovered ZeniMax job listing may indicate that an Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sequel is in the works, though this has yet to be officially confirmed. Following the game's release on PS5, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer stated that the company has been happy with its reception, and implied that more Indiana Jones content was very possible in the future.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Update 5 Patch Notes (September 4, 2025)

New Features

This update enables compatibility with The Order of Giants DLC, available for purchase separately now
We’ve added a new “Very Light” action experience difficulty for players who prefer to be challenged by the exploration and puzzle solving, and prefer not to find the combat too challenging
This update adds support for RTX Hair on 50-series Nvidia RTX GPUs. This is a high-end rendering feature to enable ray-tracing on character’s hair for a more realistic appearance. We recommend enabling this feature only on higher-end GPUs with 16GB of VRAM or more. You can find the option for “Ray Traced Hair” in the “Advanced Video Settings” menu.
New Radio MCs have been added to the Jazz and Opera radio stations found on radio sets in Marshall College and the Vatican. You can also now tune the Vatican radio sets to hear news broadcasts that cover the events from the around the game’s world.
We’ve added information to the Quick Inventory to let you know which of your outfits and disguises are safe or restricted in the current area you find yourself in

Bug Fixes & Game Updates

Please note that these can provide minor spoilers for the game!

General

Fixed an issue where fast-travel signposts may become unusable if player died while the combat timer was cooling down. Restarting a checkpoint will make the signposts usable again now.
Fixed issue where markers for the Open Season and Sleight of Hand adventure books may not appear if the player had already purchased the Vatican Books map before installing Update 4 of the game
Fixed an issue where, if you have the Punch Out II ability, the controls could get locked if you died in the middle of doing a stealth takedown on an enemy
Fixed an issue where mantling/vaulting at the same time as you’re placing an object down might cause the object to disappear or cause controls to get stuck
Fixed an issue where Indy’s whip may not animate correctly later in the game if you had died during the Dart Trap in Peru, or during the last stage of the final fight with Voss
Fixed a slight animation snap that occurred if tapping the button to raise your candle
Indy’s hand now animates when collecting coins from a coin purse

Missions & Quests

The Vatican

Fixed an issue where you could block yourself in the Necropolis by throwing the Antique Bust (needed to open a gate) into an unreachable location
Fixed an issue where the “Secret of Giants” inscription number counter may not be correct if revisiting the Vatican using a savegame made using Update 3

Gizeh

Fixed an issue where the player may be blocked from entering Nawal’s tent if they had died while in combat nearby to the tent
Fixed an issue where Gina may not follow you through to the last scorpion room in the Sanctuary of the Guardians mission if you run through the level quickly
Fixed an issue where revisiting Gizeh might result in the player appearing in the “buried in sand” scorpion fight once more, but not able to complete it
Indy will now give a voice clue about needing to burn objects if trying to pass through the first Stelae tomb before having purchased the Lighter
Fixed a crash that might occur in rare circumstances while escaping from the Nazi Compound with Gina
Fixed an issue where you may not be able to talk to Professor Savage at the Gizeh Village market in certain circumstances
Fixed an issue where the game might crash in rare circumstances if revisiting Gizeh with a savegame that was made while playing the Update 3 version of the game

Nepal

Improved Gina’s enter and exit into and from wall-presses, so she doesn’t appear to be making unnatural sidesteps

Sukhothai

Fixed an issue where Indy’s whip might detach itself from a branch in the spiral staircase leading down to the “leech room” in the Blessed Pearl mission
Fixed camera shaking issue if player tried to dive in shallow water during the first visit to the Sukhothai village at night

Iraq

Fixed an issue where the clouds during the end credits appeared in very low detail if you were not using the Higher Resolution Texture Pack (which is not installed on Xbox Series S unless the player chooses to)

Fixed an issue where the “continue” button might appear visually corrupted if pausing during a level load
Fixed the description of the “Performance Metrics” menu option

Accessibility

The in-game Manual text now adjusts to match the player’s choice of enabling/disabling control toggles

Audio

Fixed an issue where the sound of plane propellers might be heard persistently in other levels after revisiting Shanghai
Gina’s voice lines when using the boat radio in Sukhothai are now radio-processed correctly

Fixed an issue where switching between Native TAA and other upscalers (DLSS, XeSS or FSR) might cause a crash on some systems
Fixed an issue where Frame Generation might disable when skipping cutscenes or restarting checkpoints
Fixed an issue where the glass on Clerical Doors appeared incorrectly when using DLSS Ray Reconstruction
Fixed an issue where water caustic reflection effects may not appear on walls when DLSS Ray Reconstruction is used
Fixed an issue where applying some ray tracing options while in the Shanghai level may have caused a crash in certain situations
Fixed an issue where, if you linked your Steam version saves to your Xbox account, you could temporarily corrupt your saves on one of your devices if quitting a play session before any progress was made in that session

Xbox

Fixed an issue where subtitles might briefly flicker between camera cuts in cutscenes

Steam Deck

Fixed issue where there may be a black screen for a long while generating shader pipelines during the first launch

Localization

Additional one-liners from Indy when finishing combat are now available in non-English languages too
Fixed an issue where controller input was reversed in the Arabic localization on the “Apply Video Settings” confirmation menu
When playing in the Russian language, based on community feedback, the keyboard bindings now always use Latin alphabet characters rather than Cyrillic

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