Games like Echelon
If Echelon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cyber Driver, STAR WARS™: Squadrons and Project Wingman — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hardcore mode is rewarding, nostalgic russian game design and realistic difficulty feels authentic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Echelon: 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.
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Cyber Driver
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Top pick for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Cyber Driver is a small cyberpunk-style arcade flight game. It is fast, easy, tight, and repeatable, with elements of collection and challenges. Your only goal in the game is to constantly break the scores you have created before in the unique cyber atmosphere.
STAR WARS™: Squadrons
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Shares a challenging mood with Echelon.
Second-strongest match for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Feel the adrenaline of first-person multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron, and buckle up in a thrilling STAR WARS™ story.
Project Wingman
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Shares an intense mood with Echelon.
Third-strongest match for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
House of the Dying Sun
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Echelon.
Ranked #4 for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
X3: Terran Conflict
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Shares a challenging mood with Echelon.
Ranked #5 for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Starpoint Gemini 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Echelon.
Ranked #6 for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Evochron Mercenary
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Echelon.
Ranked #7 for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Strike Suit Zero
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Shares mission based progression and a retro mood with Echelon.
Ranked #8 for Echelon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.
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Terminal Velocity
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Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Terminal Velocity is an escape flight game. The pace of the game is very tight. The player's goal is to survive as much as possible.
Descent
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Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Echelon.
Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds and six degrees of freedom.
STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
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Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Echelon.
The Imperial Navy is called upon to eradicate the last of the rebellion and restore law and order. As an Imperial navy starfighter pilot, you will safeguard imperiled lives thoughout the galaxy. Join the Emperor's cause in eliminating the Rebel uprising as the Empire strikes back!
ARMA: Gold Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Echelon.
Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.
STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Echelon.
Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Echelon.
A neutral family fights for its business - and its survival - and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire. You must defy the strong-arm tactics of a rival family who will stop at nothing to destroy your trading company.
Fighter X Fighter
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Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Echelon.
Punch and kick! Live in fighting! Choose skills and strengthen talents to conquer various levels and enemies.
Elite Dangerous
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Echelon.
Reviewers of Echelon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Echelon at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Echelon.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Echelon.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Echelon.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~50% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Echelon.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Echelon.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Echelon.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~50% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Echelon.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~75% under Echelon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Nimbatus - Drone Creator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Echelon.
Become a Captain! Fly your ship and command your crew as you compete to become Champion in a winner-takes-all reality show. Build relationships and plot betrayals to avoid getting voted off the season and become the last captain standing. Optional VR support.
AX:EL - Air XenoDawn
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Combining the very best of sci-fi and aerial dogfighting gameplay, AX:EL delivers a totally new gaming experience. Create your very own shape-shifting vehicle and dominate both the sky and the ocean.
Time of Dragons
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
This is an MMO shooter where you ride dragons armed with missiles and lasers!
Ice Caves of Europa
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
Ice Caves of Europa will challenge your reflexes and your mind, blending free-flowing precision flight with confronting science fiction ideas about the nature of humanity. An inquisitive flying robot exploring the hazardous caves beneath Europa stumbles upon a sinister interplanetary conspiracy.
Robocraft 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
The sequel to the genre-defining game, played by over 16 million people! Experience vehicle-based online PvP destruction with limitless options, absolutely free.
Void Warfare
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
1 Player, Sci-Fi, Arcade, Space Dog Fighter, Instant Action, 3D, Vehicle Combat. Click and play. All ships available without needing to unlock. Control Remapping, Sensitivity Settings, Game Settings. Complete Controller Support. Gun Selection. Achievements and Leaderboards. 43 Ships to pick from.
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More from MADia Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by MADia Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Operation: Matriarchy
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Echelon.
Another title from MADia Entertainment, the studio behind Echelon. Shares Action with Echelon.
Operation: Matriarchy is a science fiction first-person shooter. In the 24th century mankind has formed itself into the Federation of Earth, and has colonized several other planets. However, around 2350 a mysterious virus ravages the colony planet of Velia, targeting only the females within the population.
Patriot: DemocratiZation
WHY THIS
Another title from MADia Entertainment, the studio behind Echelon. Shares Action with Echelon.
2017. Around the world, oil and gas reserves are being depleted. In the United States, forces hungry for world domination are coming to power. In Russia, the economic and political situation is on the verge of complete collapse.
Echelon: Wind Warriors
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Echelon.
Another title from MADia Entertainment, the studio behind Echelon. Shares Action and Simulation with Echelon.
In Echelon: Wind Warriors you will discover the universe of the third millennium. This is a combat simulator involving hovering machines of the future. War is raging between the government forces of the Galactic Federation and squadrons from one of the colonies.
Frequently asked about Echelon
- How much does Echelon cost?
- Echelon is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Echelon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Echelon are Cyber Driver, STAR WARS™: Squadrons, Project Wingman.
- Who developed Echelon?
- Echelon was developed by MADia Entertainment and published by ESDigital Games.
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