If you crave high-octane adrenaline, pixel-perfect movement, and the intoxicating thrill of shaving milliseconds off your best record, then clear your schedule. Developer Upstream Arcade (the BAFTA-winning studio behind Hellboy: Web of Wyrd) and publisher Weekend Games have officially launched their high-speed action title, Echobreaker, available now on PC via Steam!

Echobreaker drops players into an uncompromising, lightning-fast precision speedrunner where every second counts, every misstep is fatal, and pushing for faster times means risking absolutely everything.

Welcome to the Grid: Risk Everything for the Perfect Run

Set in the cyberpunk year 2097, Echobreaker casts you as an experimental pilot hired by TDS Industries. Your mission? Evaluate a prototype, high-powered combat rig equipped with a volatile Temporal Echo Drive (TED).

To test this dangerous tech, you’re thrown straight into live-fire obstacle courses designed to break both machine and pilot. Success won’t come from safe playing—it requires superhuman reflexes, razor-sharp precision, and a willingness to embrace total risk.

Fusing Time Manipulation with High-Octane Speed

What sets Echobreaker apart from traditional speedrunners is its high-stakes approach to momentum and time control.

• The Echo State: By triggering your temporal drive, you can enter the Echo State—slowing down time around you to eliminate hostiles, chain kills, and convert actions into explosive bursts of momentum.
• High-Risk Route Unlocks: The faster you go, the more reality fractures around you. Reaching maximum speed reveals hidden shortcuts, alternate lines, and daring gaps that only become accessible when moving at breakneck velocities.
• Sacrifice Safety for Speed: Speed comes at a cost. You can sacrifice your Echoes (and even your health safety nets) to gain extra boosts and leaps. One small slip-up can ruin a flawless run, but taking the ultimate gamble is the only way to reach world-record times.

Built for Speedrunners and Score Chasers

Designed from the ground up for competitive players, speedrunners, and leaderboard hunters, Echobreaker keeps the action smooth and friction-free:

• Instant Restarts: No tedious loading screens or long reset delays—hit restart instantly the moment a run strays off course.
• Ghost Runs & Ranked Time Trials: Compete against your previous best ghost to refine every corner, optimise jump angles, and eliminate wasted movement.
• Global Leaderboards: Track your rank, earn tiered medals, and prove your skills against pilots around the globe.
• Handcrafted Levels & Challenge Modes: Conquer intense handcrafted courses, then test your adaptability with challenge modifiers that remix levels and test your reaction times even further.

Available Now on Steam

Ready to test your limits and claim top spot on the global leaderboards?

Echobreaker is out now on PC via Steam for $8.99 USD, featuring a 15% launch discount for early adopters. Grab your rig, activate your Temporal Echo Drive, and find out if you have what it takes to break the clock!

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