Echoes of Light: Child of the Balance is an adventure, released 30 June 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Echoes of Light: Child of the Balance is
Echoes of Light: Child of the Balance was released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Echoes of Light, step into the worn boots of Kaela, a lone swordswoman on a desperate journey to rescue her kidnapped brother and restore the balance between light and shadow. Explore a crumbling world consumed by darkness as you fight your way through corrupted forests, forgotten temples, and realms beyond time. With no magic to aid you-only steel and skill-you'll face brutal enemies and haunting bosses, each guarding a piece of the truth.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Echoes of Light: Child of the Balance launched on 30 June 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dune: Awakening, The Alters and Donkey Kong Bananza. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Dune: Awakening, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza.
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