Knowing how long Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is might not be all that helpful because how long the length is can vary so much. It is possible to finish Indy’s adventure in less than 20 hours by focusing on the story but you’d be missing out on so many side quests, puzzles, and secrets that you'd be cheating yourself.
Even if you do want to whip through the Great Circle quickly there are things that can slow your progress, like finding the Indiana Jones Blackshirt key and uniform to access certain objectives, or having to complete entirely unrelated missions to open up areas for other quests, as with the Indiana Jones A Date to Remember shipment container.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle length
The time it takes to beat Indiana Jones and the Great Circle depends on how many side activities you do. Some of these are little more than quick puzzles, like the Indiana Jones ticket stub code, while others are much lengthier and can feel like main story quests.
Generally, your puzzle-solving abilities will affect how long it takes to complete this game as much as your ability to get around. Although you can make things easier on yourself by using the easiest Adventure settings under the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle difficulty options, as well as photo hints, or using our guides, of course. With all that in mind, here are some estimated completion times for the length of the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle:
- Quick (critical path only): 16-20 hours
- Standard (critical path and some side activities): 20-30 hours
- Completionist (100%): 35+ hours
If you’re charging through Indy’s main quest like you’re in one of the movies, it’s still going to take you at least 12 hours to roll the credits. Since some quests require you to buy expensive equipment, getting money through exploration and additional activities can 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. I'm on about 30 hours and only really just got started in the final main area of Sukhothai.
However, as I said, there are many, many distractions in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, particularly in the highly dense Vatican area that you visit first. This all means it’s much more likely that even a fairly speedy attempt to beat Indiana Jones and the Great Circle could take 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!
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