Echoes

Echoes is a name that turns up on several different games, so the title itself tells you almost nothing until the platform or studio is clear. By our assessment, that makes it hard to say much beyond the obvious: this is the sort of game name that could cover puzzle, horror, or narrative work, depending on which Echoes is meant. The strength, when a title like this is used well, is atmosphere and a sense of memory or reverberation; the weakness is that it gives no practical clue on its own. In use, that usually means the real job falls to the description, screenshots, or storefront tags rather than the name. Compared with specific game titles, Echoes is more of a blank slate than a promise. It suits people who already know which version they are looking at; everyone else needs more than the title.