Echo: Defy Death Steam news

• Steam app typegame
• Steam App ID2963650
• PriceNo longer available on Steam Store
• Release dateComing soon
• Developer3Hills
• Publisher3Hills
• Parent gameNot available

Genres: Action, Indie, RPG

Company pages: Developer: 3HillsPublisher: 3Hills

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Echo: Defy Death Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• We got a spot on Tiny Roguelikes on January 31st! - 19 January 2026

  Back from the winter hibernation! **We got a spot on Tiny Roguelikes event on Steam on the 30th January **so we’re hyped to record some new gameplay where I will be answering questions and giving the freshest update on the progress of the game so far! Very excited and can’t wait to hopefully do a livestream, worst case scenario **I will record myself answering questions you guys have asked so far and if you have any new questions send them my way **and I will make sure to answer as much as I can on the event! See you there and I will update again about a week before the event and on the day of the event so stay tuned!

• Shadow seals and gifts mechanics showcase! - 7 October 2025

  Hi guys! It’s finally time to show off some of the new mechanics we were working on in secret and this is one of our favorite ones. In our game, as you know, there are demons. Since you play as a blind ninja it’s only appropriate that you get to know the demon of Darkness as they are the one who turn the dark into an ally. Other than your regular echolocation combat, now the darkness demon can help you in 2 ways. Seals GiftsFirst is the Darkness Seals! They will shackle an enemy that you cannot see and mark them for death. If you enter the range of the seal you can do a devastating attack on the enemy, dealing high damage and possibly defeating them instantly. With the power of the Darkness demon, this attack also passes through platforms as well, making it extremely mobile. But you never know how many enemies lie in waiting for you when you arrive. The second way the darkness demon man…

• Building the world of Echo - The First Tower! - 25 September 2025

  Since we were really gameplay-heavy in our first year here, I believe it’s time to dive into some visuals and a bit of lore about this world we’re creating!The entire games story is set inside the Kings castle. How big is this castle? Huge…Without getting into spoiler territory, the castle got corrupted by a demonic ritual gone wrong, and now it is slowly turning into a festering and rotten reflection of itself. But! Before all that happened, it was a very nice place with a lot of military power and prestige.Inside the lowest layer of the castle reside the soldiers. The first line of defense for the castle it is decorated by the most efficient and imposing design. Inside these spaces, you will encounter: Training grounds Artillery hangarsWeapon racks, training dummies, sleeping hammocks, etc.Imposing pillars and statues The King is in constant war with the other royals of the continent…

• Making the Echolocation - Our journey into sound and darkness! - 18 September 2025

  Story time - From matchsticks to sound waves!When we started making Echo: Defy Death (we were still calling it Echo Ninja then btw, just so you know my naming sense is complete garbage xD) or first step was to get that echo shader looking like sound is revealing the area and not light. The First DraftThe first draft was like a cookie cutter effect type of shader. Black screen with circles spawning and revealing everything behind them. It was enough to start working on the combat and other game mechanics but we had a whole lot of issues with it. Liiiiikeeee:It was too flat.. Like the background felt like a poster rather than space…The outline was too sharp and confusingThere was literally no difference between light and this. It didn’t look like sound.So naturally, we went into a cave and learned echolocation from the bat gods (jk, we don’t have bat caves where we come from so we weren't…

• Playtesting is starting again on our Discord! - 8 September 2025

  We're starting a new round of playtesting week on our Discord! This is the list of all the stuff that was changed from the first playtest:Archer no longer shoots arrows without cooldown when you enter the line of sight Heavy enemy attack hitbox fixEnemy detection range correctedEnemy chasing range correctedPlayer attack knockback fixedPlayer attack trail visual fixEcholocation shader visual updateBig bug fix! (too much detail to list) The first playtest gathered around 100-150 players, now we are expanding the playtesting team again! Join our Discord now so you don’t miss out on the fun!Growing this community is some of the most fun we've had while developing and we would love to hear your thoughts on our game and have you help us shape it into something truly amazing!Let's see if you can beat the boss and master blind fighting!

• Join the Playtesting group on our Discord and watch us at the MIX festival! - 27 August 2025

  So happy to announce that we already completed the first round of playtesting and we're expanding our group!The entire playtesting party is happening at our Discord server so hop in! - Join the Playtest!Extremely thankful to the members that joined on the first call for being great and extremely helpful in leaving detailed feedback. Awesome energy as well and we can't wait to welcome other members to our community so jump on in to not miss the new mechanics we're adding!Also we're taking part in the MIX festival so visit our stream there where we will be showing some gameplay montages and check out some other awesome games as well!New updates are coming very soon and we will be sharing what new mechanics will be in our next playtest before we start it!

• Echo: Defy Death has received new funding from Wings Interactive! - 24 July 2025

  Echo: Defy Death has received new funding from Wings Interactive, marking a major milestone in our journey. With this support, the game is now fully funded for release on PC, and together with previous funding, we’re excited to confirm a 2026 release on both PC and Xbox.We're very grateful and excited that we get to create an amazing game together with Wings Interactive!Thank you to all of you, the players, since none of this would be possible without your support!

• 2 Weeks until the playtest starts - Join in for the first wave! - 17 July 2025

  We’re already at the halfway point until the start of the playtest and we’re really cooking here in the studio.To update you on what’s going on on our end:We were cleaning up and fixing the first build you will playtest (this will be 90% of our work until the playtest) We made the Boss stronger (because we love you)Did some visual tweaking on our shaders for echolocation Adopted a cat entirely by accident (it won’t leave our office) The playtest is starting soon and in about a week and a half we managed to recruit 67 playtesters! We would love to get that number to about a 100 at least since then we can have a legitimate playtesting squad that can help us get the most accurate results.So if you haven't signed up yet and if you have other friends that would love to join in on this mission and playtest the game with you, feel free to invite them and help us form this playtesting squad of…

• Playtesting is starting! - Join our Discord to try out Echo: Defy Death! - 8 July 2025

  Hi all! We're gathering a crew of playtesters to try out Echo: Defy Death by the end of July! To take part in the playtest you just have to join our Discord because we will be sharing the game through there. Sign up for the PlaytestThere we will communicate everything about the playtest, date, access, rules, content, etc. It's going to be very fun and dynamic since we can't wait to hear from all of you who supported us all this time! We will also be posting updates on Steam before the playtest begins so you won't miss anything but the only way to be part of the playtest is by joining our Discord.Thank you all so much for your continued support and we can't wait to chat about the game, our goals and hear your feedback! We're waiting for you!

• New secondary weapons and visual updates! - 28 November 2024

  Hi all! We've been working very hard these months, and we’re making every second count. We're implementing a lot of systems and entire visual updates, so we wanted to share some of the things we added to give you a sense of progress! A new echo shader and the environment is now entirely 3D! We really wanted to make the echo feel like sound waves, and we really like this direction we’re taking with 3D environments and the sound of "scanning" the area. It made the entire game feel a lot deeper and more immersive! New echo shader preview Ultimate move now has starting animation! There is no point in making a cool blind ninja game without some awesome animations before executing a killer move so we’ve started our work on creating the unique in which we will represent the ninjas attacks and personality and it really makes the move pop! Ultimate move animation preview Environmental echolocati…

• We updated our Teaser with new gameplay scenes! - 3 September 2024

  It’s been a busy 3 months since we first launched our Steam page and we’re so happy to see so many people excited for the game so we gave it our all to showcase as much as possible to keep the hype going! Here are some new additions to the teaser! Gameplay UI design Secondary weapons New enemy types Boss fight scenes We are so happy for all the support you are giving us and with 13k wishlists in the first 3 months we are excited to share updates on a regular basis. To follow the development in more detail you can join our newsletter where we share art and game updates and give a bigger sneak peek behind the curtains of our development! (info in the steam page description) Thank you all so much for the support and have an awesome month!