Barrow Hill has received generally very positive reviews among specialized magazines and adventure game sites, praising the creepy atmosphere, the quality of both audiovisual aspects and the logical game structure.
The game puzzles are considered to be very well integrated with the story and the environment, never seeming like artificial obstacles to the player.[1] [2] Some general videogame publications were less impressed. Eurogamer.net gave the game a 5/10 stating "While the storyline blooms from the initial boredom into something more intriguing, it fizzles disappointingly as the game comes to its rather abrupt end."[3] Gamespot.com was less charitable, giving the game a 2.6/10 and stating "...Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle is about as engaging and terrifying as a wait in a doctor's office."[4] GameRankings.com, which averages reviews from various game review sites, gave the game a composite score of 71 percent out of a possible 100 as of Sept. 05, 2006.[5]
