Fossil Echo
A story-driven platformer combining precise jumps, stealth, and playable flashbacks
Awaceb · Released Jul 8, 2016
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 56% of 97
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Mar 15, 2017
Metacritic: 61/100 (critic reviews)
What is Fossil Echo?
Fossil Echo is a single-player 2D platformer about a young boy climbing a giant tower in the sea. You navigate platforms and avoid confrontation, while playable flashbacks reveal how he arrived. Set in a fantasy world, the story unfolds without dialogue or written text.
For you if...
- +you enjoy mastering difficult platforming sequences through repeated attempts
- +you like optional challenge rooms alongside the main story
Not for you if...
- −you want a long campaign rather than a short adventure
What players say
56% of 97 reviews are positive
Players praise the hand-drawn art, character animation, and soundtrack. The most common complaints concern imprecise movement and inconsistent ledge grabbing, which players say make retries frustrating.
Screenshots and trailer
Fossil Echo system requirements
Minimum: 1Go Memory, 2 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Fossil Echo?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10
- Processor
- Dual core 2GHz or higher
- Graphics
- 1Go Video Memory
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7/8/8.1/10
- Processor
- Dual core 3GHz or higher
- Graphics
- 1500Mo Video Memory
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does Fossil Echo have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Fossil Echo run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Czech, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Does Fossil Echo 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
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Recent updates
- Nov 5, 2016 · Big Update! Easy Mode, Gameplay tweaks, bug fixes...
- Nov 5, 2016 · Big Update! Easy Mode, Gameplay tweaks, bug fixes...
1 DLC available.
