There Came an Echo

There Came an Echo

Steam Deck · unrated

Iridium Studios · Strategy · Feb 24, 2015

Worth it for the right player.

At $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

73%
Mostly Positive
384 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 170 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 90 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 50 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 384 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 292 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The 4ish hours it takes to complete the campaign are very good, and the game does have a proper ending and a good pacing, but the lack of a "horde" mode, or a mission editor hurts the replayability and therefore the value of the game.
170 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
There's a lot to like about this game, from the gorgeous art to the thrilling soundtrack to the head-spinning depth of the story, but first and foremost for me is that feeling, that amazing, heart-pounding "Oh God how do I solve this" real-time tension.
90 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The voice command gameplay is fun, intuitive, and knows who you are right out of the box.
72 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Art and graphics: Although the graphics aren`t ultra realistic or anything they`re fine, models look better than in Wasteland 2, for example.
27 of 292 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Voice acting and music were both great, visual aesthetics were lovely and performance was rock-solid 60 fps at 1440p on my R9 290.
7 of 292 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 love5 themes
Story and characters170 reviews
Audio90 reviews
Gameplay72 reviews
Graphics27 reviews
Performance7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface22 reviews
64%
Difficulty20 reviews
55%
Controls7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat50 reviews
78%
Bugs14 reviews
64%
Crashes6 reviews
83%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
73%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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