Echolocaution

Bats have a special ability called echolocation. By listening to the echoes of the ultrasound, they can catch objects in the dark and protect themselves from danger. Echolocaution is a score attack action game…

24 March 2021

Arcade Indie Music Shooter Simulator Action

Echolocaution is an arcade developed by Hakoniwabiya, released 24 March 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Echolocaution is

Echolocaution is an arcade game developed by Hakoniwabiya and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the dark and dangerous world of the night, all you can rely on is your voice and your ears! Let's go on an exciting night hunt with the little bats!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Echolocaution launched on 24 March 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Monster Hunter Rise. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Monster Hunter Rise.