Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

Somewhere deep within the woods a timeless force is stirring. Beneath the ancient burial mound, known locally as Barrow Hill, a forgotten myth awakes. Join the adventure, and uncover the secrets of the past…

71 5 October 2006

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Horror Mystery

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is an adventure developed by Shadow Tor Studios, released 5 October 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is an adventure game developed by Shadow Tor Studios and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is a horror adventure game developed by Shadow Tor Studios. Released in 2006, it is set in the site of Barrow Hill, based on real geographical locations in Cornwall, England.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 1.3 Ghz, 512 MB RAM and 128 MB DX 9.0c compliant video card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle launched on 5 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle — frequently asked questions

When did Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle come out?

Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle was released on 5 October 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle?

At minimum, Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle needs Intel Pentium 4 1.3 Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 128 MB DX 9.0c compliant video card graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle?

The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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