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Ecto

Dez Boyle · 2026-04-28

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 09, 2025 (Linux)

Ecto is a goofy lil game about jumping around in randomly generated nature worlds. Complete movement challenges, pick up frogs, unlock goofy items, or set time trial records against your friends. Play singleplayer or multiplayer up to 8 players.

Ecto is a 2026 Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with a review sentiment of Very Positive (93% of 250 reviews).

93%
positive of 251 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520242026Week of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-04-28 (Steam store data)

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