Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow
Skip · Narrative · 2020
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 3.6h 3.8h to 100%
- Value
- $4.16/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 202 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 12 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Framed scientist travels through time to save his beloved wife and reveal kidnapper's identity. Find hidden objects in the post-apocalyptic world, solve cyberpunk puzzles and embrace the future full of adventures!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB VRAM, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 46 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. The Silent Age ($9.99, scores 72) outscores it, and so does Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek ($14.99, scores 52). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
The drop-off
86% start to 27% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Hands off this game! First of all: I love Artifex Mundi HOG. I love SiFi. I don't mind, if the whole story is a bit weak, they're usually are BUT this games was just terrible start to finish! It has nothing, NOTHING to do with the first Family Mysteries. Hell, it's not even in the same genre. So no fun detective stuff. No "family mysteries". The story takes place in the year 2019 which is full of very futuristic...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I have already roasted the first part of this series on all levels, so I will only mention that this one is just equally awful in every aspect. I had some hopes because the theme of this part, which is science fiction, is closer to my preferences. However, it is just as poorly written and executed as the previous one, giving the impression that the target audience is children under the age of five. To give an...
I actually enjoyed Echoes of Tomorrow quite a bit. The thing that kept me interested was the science-fiction angle. I've played plenty of hidden-object games where the mystery is basically another variation of "someone disappeared, go investigate," so having time travel involved made this one feel more interesting. I also liked how the game encourages you to explore and pay attention to what's around you. The...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow scores 25/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1247190/family-mysteries-2-echoes-of-tomorrowReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 20. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.