Echelon
Science fiction flight simulator with branching campaigns and wingman support
MADia Entertainment · Published by ESDigital Games · Released Jul 3, 2014
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 49% of 156
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Echelon?
Echelon is a single-player combat flight simulation set in 2351, where you serve as a Federation pilot opposing a Velian uprising. You fly campaign missions above planetary surfaces, attack military vehicles and structures, and choose aircraft and weapons.
For you if...
- +you like tactical decisions alongside hands-on aircraft control
Not for you if...
- −you want a flight game without combat or military objectives
What players say
49% of 156 reviews are positive
Players praise the flight combat, while launch failures and manual setup fixes dominate complaints. Recent feedback still warns that administrator access or a fan patch may be necessary to get started.
Screenshots and trailer
Echelon system requirements
Minimum: 32 Mb RAM, 0.1 GB RAM, 0.7 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Echelon?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Win7/Win8
- Processor
- Pentium II 266 MHz
- Graphics
- 32 Mb RAM
- Memory
- 64 MB RAM
- Storage
- 750 MB available space
- Notes
- Attention! You need to run the game as an Administrator.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Win7/Win8
- Processor
- Pentium II 450 MHz
- Graphics
- 64 Mb RAM
- Memory
- 128 MB RAM
- Storage
- 750 MB available space
- Notes
- Attention! You need to run the game as an Administrator.
Does Echelon have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Echelon run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Russian, Bulgarian.
Does Echelon use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam