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Desert Echo Press Kit

Everything you need to cover Desert Echo. Free to use for editorial coverage.

Fact sheet

Developer: DevTraum GmbH, Mistelbach, Austria
Publisher: DevTraum GmbH
Release date: Early Access: November 30, 2026
Free demo: available now on Steam (Steam Next Fest, Oct 19–26, 2026)
Platforms: PC (Windows) via Steam
Price: TBA
Languages: English (full audio), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Spain)
Players: Single-player, online co-op
Website: desertecho.games
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4714830

Short description

An AI consciousness defends the Core against enemy swarms, rifts and sandstorms.

Desert Echo is a sci-fi horde defense game: hundreds of enemies on screen, turrets, gas barrels and online co-op. Early Access November 30, 2026 on Steam.

Long description

“You are not human. You never were.”

Echo is an artificial consciousness. Endlessly recurring, endlessly rebuilt.

Deep in the desert stands the Echo Core, the only thing holding the dimensional rifts in check. When the rifts tear open, the swarm pours through.

Place turrets, rig gas barrels for chain explosions, hold the line through sandstorms and bioluminescent nights, and push further than the last Echo ever did. Alone or with a friend in online co-op.

Key features

Endless waves: survive escalating waves of dimensional entities and level up your skills as you go. No checkpoints.
Hundreds of enemies: up to 500 enemies on screen at once. The desert does not send scouts. It sends a tide.
Turrets and gas barrels: deploy and upgrade turrets, place explosive gas barrels and trigger chain reactions that wipe out whole packs.
Online co-op: team up through Steam and defend the Core together.
First or third person: switch between FPS and TPS at any moment.
Sandstorms and rifts: dynamic sandstorms, day and night cycles, and rifts that open without warning.
23 Steam achievements plus leaderboards for Furthest Wave and High Score.