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Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

85% positive of 184 Steam reviews

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Released
2016
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG

Made by Shadow Tor Studios.

About the game

Somewhere deep within the woods of Cornwall, a timeless force is stirring. Unseen beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakens. Use archaeology to discover that the barrow is more than just a collection of forgotten standing stones.

Tagged by players

  • Point & Click
  • Adventure
  • Horror
  • First-Person

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What players say

  • Recommended
    An interesting little point and click horror. I enjoyed the atmosphere and tension. I was genuinely unnerved, especially at the beginning of the game. I was this way until the game kept breaking the tension with goofier radio adds and especially after a certain cut scene that was supposed to be scary but just made me laugh. The puzzles however are unique, interesting and mostly don't work on old school point and…

    4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I bought Barrow Hill out of nostalgia having originally played it in the mid 2000s. However, revisiting it reminded me of all the frustrating things about the game that I'd somehow repressed. First, the game can be incredibly glitchy at times with movement arrows not appearing or having to severely offset the cursor to perform an action. And speaking of movement, it's very counter-intuitive at times. Other games…

    15 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.

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