Echoes+
Released Jan 2015
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
92% positive · 857 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Echoes+ is a free-to-play retro arcade space shooter that launched on January 15, 2015, shipping as a complete product with six game modes, four difficulty settings, and 100 trials included at launch. A minor patch on January 28, 2015 addressed bugs and made small quality-of-life improvements. Since then, Binary Zoo has not released any additional content for Echoes+. The developer's subsequent news posts have been announcements of separate, standalone games — a free game called 1982 (June 29, 2017) and Echoes III (September 5, 2018) — neither of which adds content to Echoes+. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap promises, and no developer statements indicating further updates are planned. The last communication touching Echoes+ in any meaningful way was the January 2015 patch. The game launched as a finished product and has received no post-launch content expansions in over a decade.
Evidence
Echoes+ launched on Steam as a free-to-play game with six game modes, four difficulty settings, and 100 trials — described as a complete showcase title built with App Game Kit 2.
Store description presents Echoes+ as a complete product with all game modes described in full. No mention of planned updates, future content, or ongoing development.
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Developer
Publisher
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Achievements
25
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter created with App Game Kit 2. It will test your reactions and concentration levels to the max!
Fight your way through wave after wave of neon coloured space enemies, leveling up your score multiplayer and shields as you go. The onslaught just keeps on building with new challenges the further you progress. You'll need to be super focused if you want a place on the global high score table, one blink and it can be all over!
Echoes+ is a showcase game made using App Game Kit 2 (AGK). You can learn more about App Game Kit 2 here:
When you get hit you lose energy but it can be replenished by collecting green power ups. Getting hit may also downgrade your weapon, but act fast and you can power it back up again. Increased kills means more power-ups.
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Fight your way through wave after wave of neon coloured space enemies, leveling up your score multiplayer and shields as you go. The onslaught just keeps on building with new challenges the further you progress. You'll need to be super focused if you want a place on the global high score table, one blink and it can be all over!
Echoes+ is a showcase game made using App Game Kit 2 (AGK). You can learn more about App Game Kit 2 here:
Echoes mode
Echoes mode consists of 10 levels of blasting action, each introducing a new enemy with different strengths & weaknesses.When you get hit you lose energy but it can be replenished by collecting green power ups. Getting hit may also downgrade your weapon, but act fast and you can power it back up again. Increased kills means more power-ups.
Time Attack
Just want a quick blast? Then try time attack. In this mode you have to score as many points as you can in 3 minutes. You get unlimited energy but being hit incurs a points penalty.Tips
- The secret to a high score is collecting multipliers.
- The more enemies you kill the more multiplier power-ups will be dropped.
- Shooting stars will always drop a score multiplier.
- Warning! Points lost if hit are linked to the score multiplier.
Survivor Mode
This is all about how long you can survive without taking a hit. The score is irrelevant!Tips
- Your weapon will power up over time automatically.
- Time is your priority so shooting enemies might not always be the best approach.
- Destroying planets might be risky but they drop shields which will protect you for 10 seconds, invaluable in this game mode.
Classic Mode
This has a simpler game play and modified controls making it more like the 80's retro games.
Tips
- Use smaller and more controlled movements than in other game modes.
- Try and stay away from the edge of the play area whenever possible.
- Listen out for the warning sounds that mean a saucer is approaching.
Meteor Storm Mode
This challenges you to fend off increasingly frequent and dense waves of meteors. Destroy the golden meteors & collect score multipliers.
- Tips
- Your ship starts with a fixed amount of energy which cannot be replenished.
- Getting hit reduces your energy but also causes you to drop some of your score multipliers.
- Your weapon power is fixed and cannot be increased.
Asteroid Belt Mode
Here you face snakes of energy that increase in both quantity and length at each new level.
Tips- Your ship starts with a fixed amount of energy which cannot be replenished.
- The score multiplier is linked to the number of asteroid belts at the start of the current level.
- Your weapon power is fixed and cannot be increased.
Zoo Trials (zoots)
- These are a series of additional challenges. Each zoot can be attempted on any of the four difficulty levels, with harder difficulties contributing more towards your total completion percentage; Easy = 1%, Normal = 2%, Hard = 3% and Insane = 4%
- Only the hardest difficulty achieved counts towards your total, so for the ultimate 100% score you need to complete each of the 25 zoots on insane difficulty.
- Zoots can only be completed in specific game modes so make sure you check these on the zoo trials menu screen.
- The Pause screen shows your progress towards and zoots.
If you enjoyed Echoes+ then you might also like 1982! - Your ship starts with a fixed amount of energy which cannot be replenished.
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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