MachineGames brought Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to Switch 2 without cutting a single corner. The studio's creative director Axel Torvenius told Nintendo Life the port is "just one-to-one" with other console versions, capped at 30fps but otherwise unchanged. The only concession: a slight reduction in background NPCs for optimization. The port lands today at $69.99, with the DLC expansion The Order of Giants available separately for $19.99, and it's already earning strong reviews. Press Start calls it "showing what's possible" on Nintendo's hardware, while Hey Poor Player describes the DLSS implementation as "rather miraculous" in handheld mode.
This is a game that pushed high-end PC graphics cards to their limits when it launched on Xbox and PC in December 2024, amassing over 4 million players according to Microsoft. It arrived on PS5 in April 2025.
Bringing it to Switch 2 was never going to be simple.
MachineGames handled the port internally. Torvenius explained that the engineering team worked to maintain visual quality, shadows, and lighting at a 30fps target. The result runs at 1080p docked and 720p handheld, according to Press Start's testing, with "fairly solid" performance and only minor slowdown that doesn't interfere with gameplay. The Switch 2 version also gets exclusive control options. Gyro aiming and mouse controls are both supported with adjustable sensitivity.
Press Start noted these are "great ways to play" that offer more accuracy than analog sticks. The Nintendo eShop listing confirms motion controls are available.
Hey Poor Player's review emphasizes that the port feels like more than just a late port of a last-gen game. "Playing it on the Switch 2, in handheld mode, still left me deeply impressed," the outlet wrote.
"It almost feels wrong how good this game looks on a handheld." The physical release is a full on-cartridge version, not a code-in-box. Torvenius said this was an intentional decision because "a lot of people in the studio do appreciate having their own physical library." It is Bethesda's first Switch 2 game to get a complete physical release.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was nominated for six BAFTA awards earlier this year, including Best Game and Best Lead Performance for Troy Baker's portrayal of the iconic archaeologist. Baker delivers what multiple reviews describe as a performance that disappears into the role, playing "Harrison Ford playing as Indy" rather than a simple impression.
