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Before the Echo

Before the Echo Steam metadata

Iridium Studios | Oct 20, 2011 | game

Released

0players observed · 22 September 2026 - 06:02:12 UTC

IndieRPGRhythmMusicGreat SoundtrackSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak2
  • Units sold (VGI)101,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$321,000
  • Review score86% positive

Before the Echo metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak2
  • Units sold (VGI)101,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$321,000
  • Review score86% positive
  • Total reviews1,450
  • Release dateOct 20, 2011
  • DeveloperIridium Studios
  • PublisherNot available

Genres: Indie, RPG

Company pages: Developer: Iridium Studios

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Before the Echo Steam metadata

Before the Echo metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/200910/metadata
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/200910/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/200910
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Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

86% positive, 1,249 positive, 201 negative

Price and discount

$4.99

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

21

Platform releases
  • Steam 20 October 2011

Latest Steam announcements

  • New Iridium game, People of Note! - 23 February 2026

    Hey, everyone! If you're seeing this, it means you're a long, LONG time supporter of Iridium Studios. We released Before the Echo (then Sequence) in 2011, and it was an early attempt at fusing the two things I loved: music, and RPG's. I'm incredibly proud of what I and a few other scrappy warriors managed back then, but it still wasn't everything I could ever want. THIS is everything I could ever want. Introducing: People of Note. A turn-based JRPG...musical?! This trailer shows off some of the more in-depth tactical combat and incredible puzzle-solving you’ll be doing across the world of Note. But why just watch a video? As part of Steam Next Fest, there's a demo available for People of Note, right now! The demo starts you right in the middle of the action, after Cadence has decided to leave Chordia in search of other types of musicians to add to her band. Her adventure has taken her t…

  • Before the Echo now available for Mac and Linux! - 14 October 2015

    Huzzah! Now all users of Steam may climb the Tower, engage in witty repartee, and dance battle until the cows come home! I mean, where were the cows, anyway? How did they get out? This should be looked into. I'm glad they're home, but still.

  • Before the Echo now available for Mac and Linux! - 14 October 2015

    Huzzah! Now all users of Steam may climb the Tower, engage in witty repartee, and dance battle until the cows come home! I mean, where were the cows, anyway? How did they get out? This should be looked into. I'm glad they're home, but still.

  • Sequence renamed to Before the Echo - 31 March 2015

    Due to a legal claim by Jax Ltd., Sequence has been renamed to Before the Echo. Which sucks, but it ain't worth the hassle. Trust me. Sorry for the inconvenience and confusion, guys.

  • Sequence renamed to Before the Echo - 31 March 2015

    Due to a legal claim by Jax Ltd., Sequence has been renamed to Before the Echo. Which sucks, but it ain't worth the hassle. Trust me. Sorry for the inconvenience and confusion, guys.

  • He Believes Voice Controls Can Actually Work In A Video Game - 18 March 2013

    When I first saw There Came An Echo , the Wil Wheaton-supported Kickstarter project whose creators want $90,000 to make a voice-controlled real-time strategy game, I thought it was kind of absurd. Voice commands? Who wants to use some sort of gimmick to play an RTS? What's wrong with a mouse and keyboard? So while chatting with Jason Wishnov, the man behind There Came An Echo whose last game, Sequence , came out on Steam back in 2011, I asked why he thought people would care. And he gave me a pretty decent explanation: There's a few reasons. Voice commands, not used in a dedicated fashion since 2008's EndWar, have progressed significantly in the past five years, primarily due to research and development spurred on by the smartphone industry and features like Siri. The recognition rates have drastically improved, and supplementary features...like Mass Effect 3's voice command system, or…

  • Daily Deal - Sequence, 50% off! - 19 February 2012

    Today's Deal: Save 50% off Sequence ! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

  • Sequence Updated - 22 November 2011

    Patch Notes: - Fullscreen mode will now work correctly in your monitor's native resolution, even if lower than 1280x720 or in non-16:9 aspect ratios - Game window can now be resized at will - Minor increase in drop percentages all across the board (3-5%) - Removed an incorrect line in Tutorial 1 stating a player had to use the WSAD and Arrow Keys at the same time to hit doubles - Joy2Key / Third Party keymapping programs should now work correctly - Fixed a bug where bringing up the Steam Overlay at a certain point while learning a spell would make it impossible to exit

  • Sequence Updated - 4 November 2011

    Patch notes: - Fixed an exceedingly rare bug that caused inproper values to be loaded into a save slot from another save slot, possibly hindering progress. If you have experienced this bug, please contact [email protected]. - Added redundancy checks at the end of battles for four "missable" achievements: On Your Way, Erudite, Element 77, and Another Castle.

  • Sequence Updated - 3 November 2011

    Patch notes: - Save Slots have been added to the main menu. - Fixed a bug where quitting to the main menu directly following a lost battle, and then subsequently attempting to access the Bonus screen would crash the game. - Fixed a bug where equipping the final item in the current pane to a blank equipment slot would allow the player to move his or her item cursor freely and crash the game. - Fixed a bug where directly closing the game window directly after synthing an item could lead to out-of-bounds experience point values.

  • Sequence Updated - 28 October 2011

    - Gem speed modifiers (1x, 1.5x, 2x, 3x, 4x) have now been added to the options menu. - Freeplay mode has now been implemented: go to any battle song in Bonus mode and hit the 1 key or Y button to play! - An option to turn off spell particle effects has been added. - Fixed an issue with Trigger Boost modifiers stacking incorrectly. - Pressing cancel now works the same as pause on the "Learn Spells" screen. - Fixed a rare rounding error when learning scrolls that would cause a player to fail a spell despite the display saying otherwise. - The item "Radiance" can no longer be desynthed. - Fixed a bug where hitting two spell hotkeys in the same frame would cause one of them to fail to activate. - The achievement "Manafont" will now unlock correctly on Easy and Medium difficulties. - The game will no longer respond to keyboard or mouse input if the window does not have focus.

  • Sequence Updated - 24 October 2011

    - Anti-mashing algorithm will no longer interfere with higher-end Hard/Spasmodic play - Slight decrease in combo/accuracy requirements for learning spells - Players will be able to reunlock the ability to change difficulty level after defeating the secret boss - The achievement "Iris" can be more easily obtained on any hardware configuration - Fixed a bug where using the mouse scroll wheel under certain circumstances would crash the game - Fixed a bug that would cause a player's difficulty to revert to easy under certain circumstances - The achievement "Meant For Each Other" will now unlock properly - Crashes will now cause a "errorlog.txt" file to appear in the same directory as the .exe, allowing much easier debugging of player crashes - Slightly decreased the volume of the "spell is now ready" sound effect

  • Sequence Updated - 22 October 2011

    - The Steam achievements page now displays properly. - Cancel will now have the same effect as Pause during battle. - The achievement "Quarter Quell" should now unlock correctly. - The achievement "Triple Fortune" should now unlock correctly. - The game will display a warning and then quit, not crash, if the player does not have Windows Media Player 12 installed. - The item mode screen "negative item" glitch has been corrected.

  • Sequence Updated - 21 October 2011

    Fixes: -Fixes a game-crashing bug in Tutorial 3. -Fixes a bug on both the Spellset and Learn Spell screens.

  • Sequence Updated - 21 October 2011

    Improvements: - Included a windowed option. - Game will now run on a wider variety of hardware. - Game should no longer attempt to reinstall components on every bootup. Known Issues: - On certain machines, minimizing and returning to windowed mode causes a periodic twitch. We are working on fixing this shortly.

  • Now Available - Sequence - 20 October 2011

    Sequence is Now Available on Steam and 10% off until October 27th 10AM PST. Sequence combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience. Join Ky on his ascent of a mysterious Tower, guided onward by a mysterious girl named Naia. Encounter deadly monsters and ridiculous characters, and discover the grand scheme behind Ky's mysterious imprisonment...that is, if you can survive the journey. With music by Ronald Jenkees and Michael Wade Hamilton.

Complete SteamPulse Game Data

Full game metadata

FieldValue
Steam app typegame
Steam App ID200910
Live current players0
SteamPulse tracked peak2
Live count (today's peak floor)0
Price$4.99
Free to playNo
Discount0%
Original price USD$4.99
Current price USD$4.99
Release dateOct 20, 2011
DeveloperIridium Studios
PublisherNot available
Owners estimatedNot available
SteamSpy owner estimate minimum100,000
SteamSpy owner estimate maximum200,000
Review typeVery Positive
Positive review percent86%
Positive reviews1,249
Negative reviews201
Total reviews1,450
Steam recommendations1,060
Achievements21
Average playtime forever930 minutes
Windows supportYes
macOS supportYes
Linux supportYes
Parent gameNot available
Store URLhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/200910/

Short description

Before the Echo combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience.

About this game

Before the Echo combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience. Join Ky on his ascent of a mysterious Tower, guided onward by a mysterious girl named Naia. Encounter deadly monsters and ridiculous characters, and discover the grand scheme behind Ky's mysterious imprisonment...that is, if you can survive the journey. Key Features: Fully voice-acted, 10+ hour story mode With music by Ronald Jenkees and Michael Wade Hamilton Deep item synthesis and spell customization mechanics provide a full RPG experience Full integration of Steam achievements and cloud saves

Supported languages

English

Steam categories

Category IDCategory
2Single-player
22Steam Achievements
28Full controller support
29Steam Trading Cards
23Steam Cloud
62Family Sharing

Regional ratings

BoardRatingDescriptors
dejus12Drogas ilícitas Linguagem imprópria
steam germany12Drogen Schimpfwörte
igrs18Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya Penggunaan bahasa

Steam marketplace comparison data

Price History Overview

USD uses SteamPulse's own locally recorded daily store snapshots, so this overview reflects the exact regional price history that SteamPulse has captured for this currency.

Coverage And Tracking Window

  • Snapshots: 1
  • Coverage: Sep 22, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026
  • Lowest observed: $4.99
  • Highest observed: $4.99

Before the Echo's USD price history spans from Sep 22, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026, with 1 recorded snapshot across 1 calendar day. Each row records the available final price, listed base price, and discount metadata for that observation. Within this coverage the lowest recorded price is $4.99, the highest is $4.99, and the first visible tracked price is $4.99. These comparisons apply only to the snapshots SteamPulse holds; missing observations can contain changes that are not represented here.

For USD, SteamPulse uses locally captured regional storefront snapshots and does not reconstruct older prices with exchange-rate conversion. The chart and table show the values recorded for this exact currency from the stated coverage start. Additional snapshots extend that record, but they do not fill unobserved days or prove what the storefront displayed between observations.

Discount Windows And Sale Timing

  • Discount windows: 0
  • Discounted days: 0 days
  • Deepest markdown: No discount tracked
  • Latest sale window: No sale window tracked

Before the Echo's tracked USD rows do not contain a discount window. This means no available snapshot in the stated coverage has usable discount metadata; it does not prove that the game was never discounted. Missing snapshots or archived rows without complete metadata can hide a sale, so SteamPulse does not infer pricing strategy from this absence.

If a later snapshot includes discount metadata, it will appear here with its recorded depth, price, date, and sale name when available. Until then, this section should be read only as a description of the available rows, not as evidence about the publisher's promotion policy.

Observed Price Changes And Stable Runs

  • Observed price drops: 0
  • Observed price rises: 0
  • Longest stable run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking
  • Current run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking

Outside rows carrying discount metadata, the tracked price has not recorded a separate price rise or drop yet. That means the observed undiscounted level has stayed stable across the snapshots SteamPulse currently holds. This is a statement about the recorded coverage only; it does not prove that an older or missing price change never happened.

The longest unchanged price stretch in the current record lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at $4.99, from Sep 22, 2026 through Sep 22, 2026. Among rows without discount metadata, the longest unchanged run lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at $4.99. The latest run records $4.99 for 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking as the same recorded undiscounted price. Run lengths describe consecutive stored observations only and do not establish that a price is permanent.

Latest Snapshot And Sales Context

  • Current price: $4.99
  • Current list price: $4.99
  • Distinct observed prices: 1
  • Source mode: SteamPulse local tracking

The latest tracked snapshot records Before the Echo at $4.99 in USD, with no active discount metadata. Across the available history SteamPulse has recorded 1 distinct final price in this currency. This supports comparisons with the lowest, highest, and most common values present in the retained record, subject to the stated coverage limits.

The live sales view and Steam sales record provide calendar context for these dates. A date overlap can be compared with a named Steam event, but it does not prove why a publisher changed a price. As new daily rows arrive, this overview recalculates its observed prices, discount windows, and run lengths automatically.

Regional Steam prices

CountryCurrencyFinal priceOriginal priceDiscount
United StatesUSD$4.99$4.990%
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Tracked regional price history

The tracked Steam price is stable at $4.99.

CountryCurrencySnapshotsFirst trackedLatest trackedChangeLatest discount
United StatesUSD1$4.99$4.99No changeNo discount
United KingdomGB0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Euro AreaEU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
AustraliaAU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
CanadaCA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndiaIN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
BrazilBR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
RussiaRU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChinaCN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
JapanJP0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South KoreaKR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MexicoMX0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
NorwayNO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PolandPL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SwitzerlandCH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
New ZealandNZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SingaporeSG0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Hong KongHK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South AfricaZA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UkraineUA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KazakhstanKZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndonesiaID0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ThailandTH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MalaysiaMY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PhilippinesPH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
VietnamVN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
United Arab EmiratesAE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Saudi ArabiaSA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IsraelIL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChileCL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ColombiaCO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Costa RicaCR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KuwaitKW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PeruPE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
QatarQA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TaiwanTW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UruguayUY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArmeniaAM0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArgentinaAR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TurkeyTR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PakistanPK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount

United States price history (USD)

Tracked price is stable at $4.99.

DateCurrent priceOriginal priceDiscountSource
2026-09-22$4.99$4.99No discountSteam Store

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