Before the Echo

Before the Echo

Steam Deck Verified

Iridium Studios · Rhythm · Oct 20, 2011

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

86%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 172 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 112 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 84 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The aesthetics of the game are nice - the artstyle for the characters and backgrounds are well-detailed.
172 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I really wish there were more achievements to bring in more replayability.
112 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting is not bad, and the comedic banter between the main characters is funny at times.
84 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style gives a real great look to the game that compliments the awesome gameplay.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Despite the full controller support, I fully played it on keyboard - more fit in handling the controls in my opinion - and it was a good experience overall: my playtime reached ~20 hours, not bad for an indie game so I cannot say I didn't enjoy the run!
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Plus, you can listen and play any song you've discovered on the extras menu.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters172 reviews
Gameplay112 reviews
Audio84 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Controls23 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty67 reviews
82%
Combat41 reviews
85%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
21
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.