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Echelon

MADia Entertainment · ESDigital Games · 2014-07-03

Steam

ActionSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 15, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's the year 2351, and you're a pilot trying to rise through the ranks all the way to glory. As a member of the Galactic Federation, you'll be granted more than 20 weapons to use in each pass-fail mission. Your goal is to defend the planet from attacking alien forces, and you'll put your skills into play across more than 30 campaigns.

0
playing now
50%
positive of 157 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Echelon is a 3-D science fiction flight simulator video game developed by Saint Petersburg developers MADia Entertainment. It was published in Russia by Buka Entertainment, and in all other territories by Bethesda Softworks.

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  • · Top 62% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 157 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.35 at Steam (2015-10-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 31 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.352015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-11-25 — best price $0.592016-03-07 — best price $1.352016-09-12 — best price $0.992017-02-13 — best price $1.352017-10-26 — best price $0.592018-03-26 — best price $0.792018-11-21 — best price $0.512019-06-26 — best price $0.512019-12-19 — best price $0.512020-10-29 — best price $0.512021-03-08 — best price $0.512021-10-28 — best price $0.512022-02-24 — best price $0.592022-11-22 — best price $0.392023-06-05 — best price $0.392023-10-12 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-05 — best price $3.352024-02-19 — best price $0.992024-03-24 — best price $3.342024-04-14 — best price $3.562024-05-05 — best price $0.782024-06-04 — best price $3.782024-07-13 — best price $3.782024-08-20 — best price $3.782024-10-21 — best price $0.992025-02-03 — best price $3.992025-06-16 — best price $3.992025-07-12 — best price $3.792025-11-10 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $0.842026-04-07 — best price $0.802026-05-17 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-07-28 — best price $0.902026-08-14 — best price $3.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

ActionFlightSci-fiSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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