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Echo

After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend, a marvel of the old civilization eons gone, still awaiting its first human occupants. Out here, using forgotten…

77 19 September 2017

Echo is an adventure developed by Ultra Ultra, released 19 September 2017 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 7.6 hrs to finish.

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What Echo is

Echo is an adventure game developed by Ultra Ultra and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Echo is a 2017 stealth video game developed and published by Danish indie studio Ultra Ultra. It was released on 19 September 2017 for Windows and PlayStation 4 with a positive reception. However, the game was not a financial success, and it was the only game released by Ultra Ultra before it shut down.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Echo holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 7.6 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-4340 3.6 Ghz/ AMD FX-8350 4.0 Ghz or Equivalent, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.28Gb / AMD Radeon HD 7870 2Gb or Equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Echo launched on 19 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Echo yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Echo — frequently asked questions

When did Echo come out?
Echo was released on 19 September 2017 for PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Echo?
At minimum, Echo needs Intel Core i3-4340 3.6 Ghz/ AMD FX-8350 4.0 Ghz or Equivalent, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.28Gb / AMD Radeon HD 7870 2Gb or Equivalent graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Echo?
The main story of Echo takes around 7.6 hrs.
How many GB is Echo?
The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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