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Echo Weaver

Knowledge-based Metroidvania Echo Weaver from Moonlight Kids / Akupara Games; Steam 2026-10-08, ~20 USD (launch ~18 at 10% off), main ~10 hours, Steam ~97% positive, Metacritic 82. Run-jump-throw in a time loop—secrets are upgrades, time is currency.

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  • Feel: Run-jump-throw glaive in a time loop; routes hang on remembered shortcuts; little combat—platforms and timing catch you.
  • Story: Last Weaver after the Collapse; piece betrayal and redemption from “echoes”; each loop the cast forgets you.
  • Hook: No classic upgrades—secrets are the key; time itself is currency: extend it, or spend it to open doors and heal.
  • Look & sound: Ruins layered with circuits and fungal carpets, pink-green sci-fi; crisp blade and move SFX, score stays out of the way.
  • Mood: The countdown never lifts; save someone and the reset still takes them—thrill then hollow, like stitching a thread meant to snap.
  • Polish: Steam ~97% positive, Metacritic 82; combat thin, a few platform stretches harsh, but it finishes.
  • Length & value: ~20 USD (launch ~18 at 10% off); main ~10 hours, secrets near twenty.
  • Scope: Three-person team locked on “break the loop with knowledge”—no side-system sprawl.
  • Similar: Outer Wilds, Ori, Celeste, Tunic.
Echo Weaver screenshot
Echo Weaver screenshot

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