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Chained Echoes cover art

Chained Echoes

Umami Tiger (Matthias Linda) · Deck13 · 2022-12-08

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IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 08, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 08, 2022 (Linux), Dec 08, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2022 (Mac), Dec 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.

118
playing now
89%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Chained Echoes is a 2022 role-playing video game created by Matthias Linda and published by Deck13 Spotlight for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The game is inspired by classic Japanese role-playing games from the 1990s, featuring turn-based combat, 16-bit-style visuals, and a multi-character narrative. The game follows the story of unlikely heroes trying to stop war between three kingdoms. Linda was influenced by games such as Xenogears, Terranigma, Secret of Mana, Suikoden 2, Breath of Fire, The Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. The game has been praised by several reviewers as living up to the quality of its inspiration while offering modern advancements.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 604 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~76/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 162k–365k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,100 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-60%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-10-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 25 of 44 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

15202026-08-07 00:00 — 95 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 71 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 108 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 140 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 118 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 128 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 127 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 69 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 114 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 106 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 69 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 110 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 84 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 82 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 120 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 106 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 61 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 103 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 79 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 81 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 122 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 110 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 74 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 90 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 99 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$9.992022-12-082026-08-302022-12-08 — best price $21.242023-02-14 — best price $22.492023-05-16 — best price $21.242023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-09-12 — best price $24.992023-10-25 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-22 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $18.742024-04-04 — best price $24.992024-06-19 — best price $17.492024-07-26 — best price $24.992024-09-18 — best price $24.992024-10-16 — best price $24.992024-11-18 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $16.242025-04-03 — best price $13.742025-06-04 — best price $18.742025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-14 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $12.492025-10-14 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $12.492025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-02-04 — best price $24.992026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-04-14 — best price $9.992026-05-29 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k702026-05-31 — 195 pageviews2026-06-03 — 120 pageviews2026-06-06 — 83 pageviews2026-06-09 — 116 pageviews2026-06-12 — 215 pageviews2026-06-15 — 118 pageviews2026-06-18 — 144 pageviews2026-06-21 — 119 pageviews2026-06-24 — 96 pageviews2026-06-27 — 111 pageviews2026-06-30 — 123 pageviews2026-07-03 — 111 pageviews2026-07-06 — 94 pageviews2026-07-09 — 139 pageviews2026-07-12 — 130 pageviews2026-07-15 — 128 pageviews2026-07-18 — 100 pageviews2026-07-21 — 95 pageviews2026-07-24 — 97 pageviews2026-07-27 — 114 pageviews2026-07-30 — 102 pageviews2026-08-02 — 87 pageviews2026-08-05 — 75 pageviews2026-08-08 — 86 pageviews2026-08-11 — 96 pageviews2026-08-14 — 87 pageviews2026-08-17 — 118 pageviews2026-08-20 — 187 pageviews2026-08-23 — 110 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,195 pageviews2026-08-28 — 340 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
89.5%
earned "The Beginning"
18%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)9,1526%37
Steam (Steam)5,58610%37
PS4 (PlayStation)1,15230%38
PS4 (PlayStation)1,14034%38
Switch (Nintendo)3820%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGAnimeIndieMechsRetroFantasyOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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