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Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.

Chained Echoes is a rpg, pixel graphics and turn-based game developed by Umami Tiger (Matthias Linda) and published by Deck13 and WhisperGames.
Released on December 08th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 6 languages: English, French, German, Korean, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 6,757 reviews of which 6,095 were positive and 662 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Chained Echoes into these genres:

RPG Pixel Graphics Turn-Based Indie JRPG Turn-Based Combat Retro 2D Exploration Story Rich Mechs Party-Based RPG Fantasy Open World Anime Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Adventure Character Customization Old School

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or newer
  • Processor: Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Radeon R9 200 or equal
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 900 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: MacOS 10.15 Catalina
  • Processor: Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Radeon R9 200 or equal
  • Storage: 900 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: SteamOS
  • Processor: Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Radeon R9 200 or equal
  • Storage: 900 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
One of the most unique things about this JRPG is that it respects your time. Lets you save anywhere, escape any fight automatically, no random bs fights, even the minor fights can be a little challenging, if you lose a fight it lets you immediately retry it. I feel like the story moves quick. I love this game.
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June 2025
This is the Ivalice Chrono Trigger that Square never made. Get this game now if those words mean anything to you.
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May 2025
Steam Deck review (upper right icon). Consider this a glowing and emphatic recommendation! There's so much substance in this game that it's difficult to cover every aspect. Reminiscent of RPGs from the Golden Era of gaming (SNES, PS1, PS2, etc), Chained Echoes introduces players to power story telling, incredibly well established character development with emotional value and a gameplay experience that you seldom find today. Combine this with one of the greatest sound experiences you'll ever listen to, a combat system that feels familiar with a minor touch of positive management and a plethora of mobility options from fast travel, Sky Armor (mech suits) travel and airships, players will be fulfilled while exploring a very well paced story. Outside of the fact that the game feels inconclusive upon completion, this one earns every cent for it's impressive development. Very satisfying game to experience! Negatives: [*]Some characters backstory or existence remains a mystery at the conclusion of the game. [*]Weapons and armor can seem far and few between the next upgrade making it seem like there is limited variety in equipment. [*]Crystals, that can be inserted into equipment sockets and can be combined to upgrade, require some grinding. [*]The equipment customization system is fairly basic that lacks strong robustness. Positives: [*]Story progression leaves players engaged with near-constant plot progression filled with plot twists, altering objectives and incredible character dialogue. Very familiar of Xenogears. [*]Character development is this games greatest strength. Each character has personality that's further emphasized by notions of remorse, regret, revenge, betrayal, etc. The nature of each character changes as events occur in the game that's profoundly impressive. [*]The combat system can be challenging and rewards players attentiveness to the Overdrive Gauge which present powerful combo and damage opportunities. [*]Sky Armor combat introduces a fun way to participate in battles even though you can only fight in sky armor in select locations. [*]The entire games soundscape is absolute euphoria. The game soundtrack has highly memorable tunes that have you occasionally humming. The interface and game sound effects feel like they were deliberate in their implementation as a means to fully involve the player in the game world. An amazing experience. [*]The pixel art is highly consistent throughout the game. Nothing is out of place and it feels as if the developers drew inspiration from Chrono Triggers pixel art in a way. [*]Secrets and locale discoveries like that of Golden Era games are present in MANY places which include secret objectives and additional characters to join your party. [*]New Game+ is available after completing the game. [*]An upcoming DLC is on the way. Hopefully it will explain some of the mystery behind certain characters existence and also provide even more details behind the entire games backstory.
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May 2025
Im genuinely believe that if this game released back in the day, alongside Chrono Trigger, FF6, Suikoden, and the recognised JRPG great, this would be up there too It captures everything that made those games great, it is a modern classic, and doing that all as one guy is genuinely insane Especially if you're on a JRPG kick, after games like Clair Obscur Expedition 33, and you wanna know what other games to try, this is one of them
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Sept. 2024
Good game but not without faults. Chained Echoes shines in its character development, main battle system, music, and world building. Unlike a lot of players, I liked the crystal system and used it to heavily customize my characters. It's also chock full of references to its spiritual predecessors. Its biggest fault, in my opinion, is that the plot and storytelling went in a lot of different directions, and came off as though it was trying to do too much. Its second biggest fault is that the mech battle system lacks the finesse that the main battle system has, which I honestly think is a symptom of the main issue of trying to do everything. That said, if you're looking for a good RPG, give it a try. I think what Matthias was able to accomplish with minimal help is very impressive.
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Chained Echoes is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

Chained Echoes is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

Chained Echoes received 6,095 positive votes out of a total of 6,757 achieving a rating of 8.74.
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Chained Echoes was developed by Umami Tiger (Matthias Linda) and published by Deck13 and WhisperGames.

Chained Echoes is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Chained Echoes is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Chained Echoes is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Chained Echoes is a single-player game.

There are 3 DLCs available for Chained Echoes. Explore additional content available for Chained Echoes on Steam.

Chained Echoes does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Chained Echoes does not support Steam Remote Play.

Chained Echoes is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Chained Echoes
24.99€
8.7
6,095
662
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Online players
155
Developer
Umami Tiger (Matthias Linda)
Publisher
Deck13, WhisperGames
Release 08 Dec 2022
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