Echoes of Yi : Samsara
Skip · RPG · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 11, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 6h 10.2h to 100%
- Value
- $3.33/hr
- Reviews
- 64% of 567 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 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
ECHOES of YI: SAMSARA is a dark martial arts action game infused with traditional Chinese culture. Players embody the Sword Saint's first disciple, battling fierce enemies and unraveling the mystery beneath the Jianmu Tree. Will you face the challenges or go with the flow? The choice is yours.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 30 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
11 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 88 percent. On the same math God of War Ragnarök ($59.99, scores 63) and Black Myth: Wukong ($59.99, scores 80) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Echoes of Yi : Samsara
This site sampled 440 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2025 to August 2026.
The drop-off
94% start to 17% 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
If you're looking to scratch that Sekiro itch then don't sleep on this game. Solid game
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I don't normally write reviews, but in this case I absolutely think this game deserves better than Mixed. It should be low Mostly Positive at worst. It legitimately is just Sekiro but not as good but still good. That's it. If you finished Sekiro, Lies of P, Khazan, Thymesia, Nioh 3, Wo Long, RoTR and all the other parry-focused souls-adjacents already, you might as well try this one on sale because it's a perfectly...
Game sucks. Cheap, knock-off Sekiro. Gameplay is kinda ok. Made it through a few zones of the game. None of the bosses I fought were good. Very few of the enemies where fun to fight. Buy on sale only if you have nothing else to play. Honestly, just do another Sekiro playthrough if you're craving a game like this, its way better and fun to revisit especially if you download the FPS unlocker for it.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Echoes of Yi : Samsara scores 11/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2776940/echoes-of-yi-samsaraReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.