Echoes of Yi : Samsara

Echoes of Yi : Samsara

Steam Deck Playable

Runmeng · Action-Adventure · Apr 18, 2025

It depends on what you're after.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

64%
Mixed
559 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 559 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 105 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
37% of themes are praise36% are divided27% are caveats
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Satisfying parry sound and parry is repsonsive
32 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay is very similar to sekiro which is a huge plus if you're a fan of the game, but I get random frame drops and the sound will randomly cut out.
13 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
For a game like this, the design works very well and I do like the environments as well as the overall feel of the game from a graphics standpoint.
11 of 105 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Frequent frame drops during exploration – optimization needed
8 of 105 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 love4 themes
Combat32 reviews
Gameplay13 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Optimization8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters17 reviews
88%
Difficulty10 reviews
90%
Interface9 reviews
78%
Bugs8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance8 reviews
38%
Crashes7 reviews
57%
Audio5 reviews
80%

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.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
64%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
39
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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