Overview
Echoes is a 2D puzzle platformer from solo developer and publisher Salty0x, released on November 10, 2026 for PC via Steam. The design rests on a single, elegant idea: the way forward depends on what you leave behind. Instead of collecting power-ups or fighting enemies, you record your own movement and let a replay of yourself do the heavy lifting.
Highlights
- Record up to eight seconds of movement, then watch an echo retrace your steps from the starting point. When the replay finishes, the echo freezes in its final position and becomes a permanent part of the level.
- Echoes can hold pressure plates, keep passages open, or serve as a midair foothold if you end a recording while airborne — and sometimes removing an echo is as important as creating one.
- The campaign spans six chapters — Awakening, Horizon, Remaining, Resonance, Absence, and Reunion — with light seals that remember your presence and bridges opened by leaving something behind.
The core loop is deceptively simple. You plan a route, commit it to memory as a recording, and then solve the room with two versions of yourself: the one standing here now and the echo repeating the past.
Chaining several echoes together lets you reach suspended spaces that a single jump could never touch. Because each echo locks into place when its replay ends, every recording is also a commitment — a small architectural decision about the level's future.
What separates Echoes from a straightforward gimmick platformer is the reverse logic the description hints at. Creating an echo solves some puzzles, but erasing one can be the answer to others, turning the mechanic into a tool for subtraction as much as addition.
The chapter names suggest a quiet, thematic progression rather than pure difficulty escalation, and the linear structure keeps the focus on clean, readable puzzle rooms.
Presentation-wise, the game is a compact indie production with full controller support, Steam Achievements, and adjustable text size. Interface and subtitle languages are English and Portuguese - Brazil.
It is a single-player experience with no content descriptors, making it approachable for a wide audience.
Who It's For
Fans of thoughtful 2D puzzle platformers who enjoy planning a route before touching the controls will feel at home here. Players who like mechanics that reward experimentation and revisiting a room with a new idea — rather than reflex-heavy action — are the ideal audience. If you enjoy compact indie adventures that teach one idea and then explore it thoroughly across a short campaign, Echoes is worth a look on the Steam store.
Game Info
- Developer / Publisher: Salty0x
- Release date: November 10, 2026
- Genre: Adventure, Indie (2D puzzle platformer)
- Modes: Single-player
- Features: Steam Achievements, full controller support, adjustable text size
- Languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil
- Pricing: paid title with an active discount — check the latest Steam listing for current details
