A downloadable game for Windows

Build your team. Fight smart. Get out alive — or push deeper.

ECIO Reborn is a turn-based squad tactics roguelite. Assemble up to six units from swappable Head, Body and Weapon parts, match their elements for synergy bonuses, and take them into a run where every enemy shows its move before it acts — and every piece of loot is at risk until you extract.

This is an early demo, and I need your honest feedback. It's the first public build. "I quit after five minutes because I didn't know what to do" helps me more than a compliment. There's a GIVE FEEDBACK button in the main menu and the Esc menu, or use the form directly (about 3 minutes, no sign-in): https://forms.gle/4RvA3Km9znbWJ1K27

Build your squad

- Every unit is three parts: the Weapon gives its active ability, the Head and Body give passives.

- Swap parts between units and watch stats, range and abilities change — the numbers in the Workshop are exactly the numbers the unit fights with.

- Five elements — Toxin, Kinetic, Electric, Plasma, Gravity. Match a unit's parts for Attunement; field several units of one element for squad Resonance.

Fight with full information

- Turn-based battles on a two-line battlefield where range matters: Close, Mid and Far weapons reach different positions.

- Enemies show their intent before they act, and the damage preview is what actually happens.

- Five enemy archetypes that fight differently, plus elites and a boss at the end of the tier.

Extract or push on

- Choose your route through a branching map of fights, elites and rest stops.

- Loot is at risk until you reach the extract point — wipe and it's gone. XP is banked after every mission, and your roster always survives.

What's in the demo

- Tier 1 of 3: the whole first tier, its boss and the extract choice

- Common and Rare parts; units rank up to 5

- Easy / Normal / Hard — Normal recommended

- Auto-battle and battle-speed options

- Mouse + keyboard or controller

Download

Download
ECIO-demo-v0.1.1-win64.zip 116 MB

Install instructions

Install

1. Download and unzip the whole folder.

2. Run ECIO.exe.

3. Windows may say "Windows protected your PC" because the game isn't code-signed yet — click More info → Run anyway.

Progress saves automatically after every stop on the map.

Known issues

- On Easy, the tier-1 boss is much weaker than intended — please play Normal if you can.

- Windows 64-bit only for now.

The full game is planned for Steam wishlist link coming soon.

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