Games like ECHO
If ECHO is your kind of game, the closest matches are Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Volume and Remember Me — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its story unfolds through dialogue, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 →ECHO is a sci-fi action adventure developed by ULTRA ULTRA, released in 2017 at $24.99 USD. Players navigate a vast ancient palace using non-linear exploration and stealth-puzzle navigation. The core mechanic involves enemies that mimic player actions, resetting when blackouts occur and learning from each attempt. Players and reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, and mysterious with a hypnotic quality to the stealth gameplay loop. The narrative unfolds through dialogue as players traverse the planet-sized palace environment, which reviewers note feels alive. Available on Steam Deck in playable state, the game holds an 80% positive rating from 1066 Steam reviews. This single-player experience presents challenging gameplay in a medium-length adventure format.
About ECHO: After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
Players who liked ECHO also play
Steam players who put hours into ECHO also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Top pick for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Volume
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Second-strongest match for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.
Remember Me
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Third-strongest match for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ECHO.
Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.
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WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Ranked #4 for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ECHO.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Ranked #5 for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ECHO.
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Ranked #6 for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Ranked #7 for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with ECHO.
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
SIGNALIS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Ranked #8 for ECHO fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ECHO at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ECHO on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ECHO.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ECHO on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ECHO on Steam right now. Shares Action with ECHO.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ECHO on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ECHO on Steam right now. Shares Action with ECHO.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ECHO.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with ECHO.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ECHO.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ECHO.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Volume
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
SIGNALIS
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ECHO.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ECHO.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Frequently asked about ECHO
- Does ECHO run on Steam Deck?
- ECHO is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does ECHO cost?
- ECHO is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ECHO?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ECHO are Remothered: Tormented Fathers, Volume, Remember Me.
- Who developed ECHO?
- ECHO was developed by ULTRA ULTRA.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on ECHO.
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