Pale Echoes
Wyrmling Productions · 2015 · Exploration, Puzzle, Turn-Based, Party-Based RPG, JRPG
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About Pale Echoes
The end of the world has come and gone, leaving only phantoms where once there was life. Now Schorl, the last surviving human, and Spinel, the last of the magical saerii, search through the memories of a bygone era, hoping to find a future.
Pale Echoes is an RPG where exploration, collection, and critical thinking are key. Travel between the desolate real world and the vibrant world of memories, reliving the events of the past and collecting powerful human memories, each with their own unique skills.
Battle against and purify echoes, powerful phantoms left behind by the deceased, using a unique battle system where every lost memory you collect is a different character to summon to your aid. Beware, however, as each memory can only act once, and victory must be attained before your last memory has been used up.
Features:
• Open windows into the past to see the world as it used to be, solving puzzles and collecting memories to use in battle.
• A practical puzzle battle system, where the more memories you collect, the longer you can last in a fight.
• A story of finding hope when all seems lost, and friendship forged in the midst of resentment and despair.
• Uncover 40 different memories to summon into battle, and 30 different hidden lexicons that detail the history and culture of the world that was lost.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Pale Echoes, developed by Wyrmling Productions and published by KOMODO, is a compact yet emotionally resonant indie RPG that stands out for its thoughtful worldbuilding and unconventional approach to turn-based combat. Built with RPG Maker but designed with an attention to detail and structure that far exceeds many of its peers, the game tells a story set in the aftermath of humanity’s extinction. You play as Schorl, the last human alive, accompanied by Spinel, a magical being known as a saerii, as the two traverse a dying world filled with remnants of memories, phantoms, and echoes of a civilization long gone. What emerges from this simple premise is a narrative that feels both intimate and universal—about legacy, grief, and the fragile persistence of hope in a world stripped of life. From the outset, Pale Echoes distinguishes itself through its tone and structure. The game’s world is quiet and introspective, emphasizing reflection over spectacle. The environments alternate between the lifeless present and a recreated “memory world” that preserves fragments of what once was. These contrasting realms form the emotional and mechanical backbone of the experience. In the present, the…2 found this helpful
Another RPGMaker game, aurghhh. No thank you.1 found this helpful
Purification. Give me a regular rpg anytime. Can't recommend because I just didn't this type of game play.
Definitely a good game. The battle system is interesting. Good game when you have some Spare hours.
A unique core gameplay loop with an incredibly engaging setting and a thought provoking story. This is the most I've enjoyed a games worldbuilding in a long time. Plus the more puzzle like gameplay elements make the game something incredibly interesting and unique, thoroughly recommend this one.
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