Circle of Blood 1996

Also known as Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

Released: October 14, 1996
Anniversary: Turned 30 on October 14
Genres: Point-and-click · Puzzle · Adventure
Platforms: PC · Mac · DOS · PlayStation
Developer: Revolution Software
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Where to buy

On sale: $17.99 $29.99 -40% as Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged on GOG $23.99 $29.99 -20% as Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged on Fanatical The lowest price we've seen on GOG since September 2026 More deals on GOG Fanatical, and in Adventure
Digital: GOG Fanatical Nintendo PlayStation Xbox
In a collection: Revolution Editions: Shadow & Steel

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Is it still worth playing?

Revolution Software's 1996 point and click adventure, in which George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, is caught up in a conspiracy involving a secretive cult and a hidden treasure. With the photojournalist Nicole Collard he travels across Europe and the Middle East, on a map that adds locations as the story progresses. Each scene works the same way. You use the mouse to move and interact, collect items, combine them, use them on objects or give them to characters. Conversations use dialogue trees shown as icons, and clues come from clicking inventory items and objects in the environment. He can also die, in which case you restart from your last save. Questioning every character and finding clues in your own inventory still makes each scene a small investigation today.