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Ecto

Ecto

Ecto is a goofy lil game about jumping around in randomly generated nature worlds. Complete movement challenges, pick up frogs, unlock goofy items, or set time trial records against your friends. Play singleplayer or multiplayer up to 8 players.

Released Apr 28, 2026 Developer Dez Boyle Platforms Windows · Linux AdventureCo-opCasualParkourProcedural Generation
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

93.2%positive251 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Ecto successfully delivers a highly liberating, concept-driven 3D platforming experience by shifting its primary motivational framework away from combat loops or linear quest scripting in favor of absolute spatial mobility and procedural exploration.An analysis of community…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Lowk beautiful, but has a steep skill check after level 2, with progression requiring at least basic level bhopping skills (although there is a paper plane you can buy to skip some platforming). Short, has charming graphics and music, the humor in item interactions is a bit…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This is such a nice game!!! The art is amazing and so are the mechanics! I love the frog merchant! The flying toilet positively surprised me so much that I couldn't stop laughing!! This game is so worth playing!”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Latest official news

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May 27, 2026
A Gift to the Speedrunning Community

The discord speedrunning community is awesome! So I added some tools to make speedrunning easier Quick restart button Timer overlay Timer doesn't start until the intro cutscene is over Option to skip

Apr 28, 2026
Ecto is done!

This took way too long Big thanks to everyone in my discord server for playtesting, giving feedback and helping me troubleshoot issues with the game. They are the real reason this game doesn't complet

Mar 16, 2026
Ecto is now in OPEN BETA

Big Update y'all. Ecto is almost ready for release! This has been my biggest project to date and it feels surreal that I'm finally wrapping it up and getting it ready for release. I'm done creating le

Dec 15, 2025
Ecto is a different game now

So basically, Ecto was trying to do too much A few people might be disappointed in this, but the flower guns and robot combat of this game is gone. The combat always felt like a bit of an afterthought

Sep 09, 2025
Pre-Alpha 4.1 Tweaks + Fixes + LINUX SUPPORT

Howdy yall. I got some feedback from the wonderful people in my Discord server and made some changes. What's new: LINUX SUPPORT!!! This was actually so painful to get working but I had to do it for th

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Player tagsAdventure · Co-op · Casual · Parkour · Procedural Generation · Nature · FPS · Relaxing · 3D Platformer · Exploration · Colorful · Stylized (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Official sitehttp://dezboyle.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 Processor: 2.4GHz Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel UHD 620 Integrated Graphics Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Your GPU must have Vulkan support. If not, I added a compatibility mode for older GPUs