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There Came an Echo cover art

There Came an Echo

Iridium Studios · 2015-02-24

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 24, 2015 (Xbox One), Jun 01, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Feb 24, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There Came an Echo is a real-time strategy game in which the player assumes command of a small squadron, using an advanced voice recognition system to issue orders. It features a character-driven sci-fi narrative that stars Wil Wheaton, Ashly Burch, Laura Bailey, Yuri Lowenthal, and more!

There Came an Echo is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 384 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 384 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (86 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

There Came an Echo is a real-time tactics video game developed for Microsoft Windows through Steam in 2015, and for PlayStation 4's PlayStation Network in 2016. It is the sequel to the 2011 video game Before the Echo. The player can use a voice control system to direct their units around the battlefield to ensure a tactical advantage over the enemy. The game features voice actors Wil Wheaton, Ashly Burch, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey and Cassandra Morris.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (51 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.6k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 384 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-01-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420152026Week of 2015-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-012026-04-242015-01-01 — best price $15.002015-02-24 — best price $13.492015-06-11 — best price $10.042015-07-02 — best price $14.992015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-01-29 — best price $14.992016-06-23 — best price $7.492016-09-22 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $7.492017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-10-27 — best price $5.092017-11-22 — best price $5.092018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-06-22 — best price $5.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $5.092019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-10-28 — best price $5.092019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $4.942020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $5.092021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $5.092022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $4.942023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $4.942024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 3 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
50.2%
earned "Took the Red Pill"
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-02-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1012%16
PS4 (PlayStation)14816%16

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

Player tags

RTSIndieSci-fiStrategyTacticalCyberpunkIsometricReal-TimeStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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