Cycle of Echoes is a sci-fi action RPG built in Unreal Engine 5 that blends top-down combat with select third-person encounters. Explore hostile worlds, build your arsenal and fight mercenaries, machines and alien creatures. PC, planned for 2027.
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Cycle of Echoes is a sci-fi action RPG built in Unreal Engine 5 that blends top-down combat with select third-person encounters. Explore hostile worlds, build your arsenal and fight mercenaries, machines and alien creatures.
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Cycle of Echoes is a sci-fi action RPG that blends top-down combat with third-person encounters. Explore hostile worlds, build your arsenal, upgrade your exosuit, and fight through mercenaries, alien creatures, machines, and forgotten ruins in a universe shaped by a dangerous past.
Cycle of Echoes is a sci-fi action RPG that combines top-down combat with select third-person encounters. Step into a frontier of abandoned stations, hostile worlds, lost cities, alien structures, and dangerous strongholds as you uncover the remnants of a forgotten past.
Upgrade your exosuit, shape your build through weapons, gear, and abilities, and fight your way through mercenaries, war machines, monsters, and powerful bosses. Along the way, you will meet allies, companions, and survivors caught in a growing conflict that reaches far beyond a single world.
Travel across a sci-fi frontier filled with derelict stations, asteroid bases, hidden camps, cities, ancient pyramids, and places long abandoned. What was left behind was never truly gone. As old threats begin to surface again, you must uncover their origins and stop the cycle from repeating.
Fight from a top-down perspective with full battlefield awareness, then step into closer third-person encounters during key moments. Use movement, positioning, weapons, and abilities to adapt to different enemies and situations. Whether you prefer precision, aggression, or heavy firepower, your approach to combat is your own.
Build your loadout from a wide range of weapons, modular gear, and powerful loot. Experiment with different combinations, improve your equipment, and create a setup that matches the way you want to play. From fast weapons to heavy firepower, your arsenal changes how every fight feels.
Battle hostile mercenaries, alien species, corrupted creatures, machines, and powerful bosses across the campaign. Each enemy type brings different threats, from aggressive melee attackers to ranged combatants and large-scale boss encounters that demand movement, timing, and adaptation.
Discover inhabited cities and thriving settlements across the frontier. Away from the battlefield, everyday life unfolds around you. Wander through bustling districts and experience a different side of the universe.
Cycle of Echoes is developed by Ivan, a solo developer, in Unreal Engine 5. It is listed on Steam under the name ArkNode Games.
Gameplay trailer
1:15, 1080p60, captured from the actual build. Embed the YouTube video or download the MP4 for your own edit.
Three cuts from the trailer for social and short-form use, each in 16:9 (1080p) and 9:16 (1080×1920). Sound included.
640 px wide, 4–6 seconds, loop.
Screenshots
12 captures from the current build, 1920×1080 JPEG. Click for full size. PNG originals on request.
Key art & logo
Promotional artwork, with and without the logo. See the generative AI statement below.
Also: portrait 600×900 · thumbnail 1280×720
PNG on transparent background. Please do not recolour, stretch or add effects.
Statements & contact
Generative AI statement. Generative AI tools helped create the promotional artwork (character art is based on the game's 3D models). All gameplay footage and screenshots are from the actual build, and the game uses no generative AI during play.
Videos & monetization. You are welcome to publish videos, streams, reviews and previews of Cycle of Echoes, including monetized content, on any platform. Please link to the Steam page.
Work in progress. Everything shown is from a game in development and subject to change.
Contact. Ivan · press@cycleofechoes.com. Interviews, extra assets and preview builds (when available) on request.
