Echo Grotto

About this game

Echo Grotto is a virtual reality experience that lets you explore unique and intricate cave systems using a range of caving gear and tools!

Traverse underwater tunnels, huge open caverns, crystal caves, massive ravines, sulfur pools, deep pits, glow-worm lit grottos and much more!

Echo Grotto uses subtle random generation to make every cave system feel unique, while still delivering amazing locations and deeply interconnected caves since every cavern and passage is handmade and uniquely designed.
Each time you embark down into the caves of Echo Grotto you will never know what’s around the corner!


Before you descend into a new cave system you can choose what gear you want to take with you. You might choose another locomotion method (like a grappling hook) or maybe an additional light source like a headlamp or lantern.
Maybe you would rather take a snorkel with you so that you can reach the underwater portions of the caves? Or maybe a flare gun to easily light up things in the distance.
There are many different tools to choose from!


You can explore the caves using a unique teleportation system, where you throw a small ‘teleporter lamp’ and you will be teleported to where it lands. This lamp will leave a trail of previous lamps behind you, resulting in a trail of lights that leads you back the way you came!
Much like how cavers would leave a string behind them as they go, your teleporters leave a wire and trail of lights for you to retrace your steps.

Another locomotion option is a pair of caving hooks, which you can use to freely "grab and move" yourself around the environment!


Choose to play as either an 'experience' or a 'game'. Choosing 'experience' will allow you to pick whatever gear you want from the start and simply explore the caves as you wish, while choosing 'game' will include a progression system, where you start with only basic tools and must search for more within the caves.
It also employs a simple currency system, where you can use various gemstones found within the caves to get better tools!

You can also play a range of special ‘scenarios’ which alter the gameplay in unique ways. For example, you can explore a flooded cave system, start the game from an alternative entrance or play with nothing but glowsticks!
Some scenarios are like special challenges, like starting the game already deep into a cave system with only a candle (which will run out over time!).


You will also find a range of cave-dwelling creatures in Echo Grotto.
Keep an eye out for snails, eels and wetas! But if you’re not a fan of creepy-crawlies you can always set which animals can be found in the caves (or even none at all).

Go and see for yourself what’s deep in the caves of Echo Grotto!

Latest news

• Patch Notes·25 Jun 2019Official

  Huge VR interaction update!

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30565753/d3c2d26f59131e988e6394b5fe8c161ce5c2f588.gif Echo Grotto has gotten a huge upgrade to it's VR interaction system! Up until this point the game has had my home-made interaction system, but I've now brought the whole game over to the official SteamVR interaction system. Valve Index controllers support The main purpose of this update is to fully support finger-tracking with the new Valve Index controllers! but the new interaction system has lots of other benefits for Vive & Oculus users too, The SteamVR interaction system has tons of improvements over my previous home-made one, like significantly better picking up & handling of objects, proper hand animations for holding tools, much better standardized support for other VR platforms, and best of all: re-bindable controls using the SteamVR input system! Input binding Using the SteamVR input system, you can freely re-bind all of the different actions in the game to any button layout you choose, and the system even allows for sharing your bindings with other players. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30565753/26644509c60d24e12df74cad691bafba275da811.png Hand animations One of the major changes in this update is that you hands are now animated to properly hold all the tools (and even animals!) in the game. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30565753/e767938280a0044bc1d81d2a9690f1f99568e905.gif https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30565753/e2408b8f7b482c160968e316d26914446d70e919.gif There are also some gameplay changes added in this update too. Glowstick bundles There is a new system for glowsticks. You can now carry "glowstick bundles" which you can use your other hand to grab a single glowstick from. This means that glowsticks no longer snap back into your hand after being thrown. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/305657...
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• Announcements·27 Apr 2018Official

  40% off to celebrate Rolling Line's release!

  After over 6 months of development, I've just released my next game, Rolling Line! It's a model train game for PC and VR, with custom track building and a big New Zealand theme. https://store.steampowered.com/app/754150/Rolling_Line/ Thank you to all of you for supporting Echo Grotto, It's the only way I could keep doing what i love for a living and making these games! If you enjoy the style of my games, then you might also enjoy the game I made before Echo Grotto, Frontier: https://store.steampowered.com/app/608190/Frontier_VR/
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• Patch Notes·30 Mar 2018Official

  Easter Update!

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30565753/536422cb3a9b3c642745d75428c2efa3c6a8cfa0.png Easter Eggs have been spread around in Echo Grotto! Simply crack the eggs by throwing them at the ground and critters will pop out, or maybe something else... There is a hidden egg on the main menu which you can crack to disable "Easter mode". Once Easter weekend is over "Easter mode" will be off by default, and you can enable it again by destroying this same egg. Enjoy! There were also a couple of small big fixes: - you can now use locomotion (like track-pad movement and manual rotation) at all times using the track-pad. You use to need an empty hand, but now you can use locomotion with an item in your hand too. - The game will no longer launch in full screen (after at least one quit/restart)
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• Patch Notes·30 Mar 2018Official

  Easter Update!

  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30565753/536422cb3a9b3c642745d75428c2efa3c6a8cfa0.png Easter Eggs have been spread around in Echo Grotto! Simply crack the eggs by throwing them at the ground and critters will pop out, or maybe something else... There is a hidden egg on the main menu which you can crack to disable "Easter mode". Once Easter weekend is over "Easter mode" will be off by default, and you can enable it again by destroying this same egg. Enjoy! There were also a couple of small big fixes: - you can now use locomotion (like track-pad movement and manual rotation) at all times using the track-pad. You use to need an empty hand, but now you can use locomotion with an item in your hand too. - The game will no longer launch in full screen (after at least one quit/restart)
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• Patch Notes·28 Nov 2017Official

  Minor update - Manual rotation & menu cleanup

  This small update just fixes a couple of oversights in the previous update. You can now use A/D or left/right arrow at any time to rotate the player (regardless of rotation setting). Added option for smooth rotation (as opposed to the 'snap' rotation at the moment. Cleaned up the options menu (added a separate 'quality options' menu). Experience mode lock setting now starts you off in experience mode on startup (skips the main menu). this is very useful for public demos and arcades. Enjoy!
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