Lost Echo vs El Hijo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost Echo
Embark on a sci-fi mystery adventure to find a missing girlfriend. Explore 3D environments, solve puzzles, and interact with characters to uncover the truth behind her disappearance. This story-driven experience captures the spirit of classic adventure games.
- Story-driven sci-fi mystery
- Point-and-click adventure gameplay
- Explore fully 3D environments
- Solve puzzles
- Interact with characters
- Uncover the truth
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"A richly defined, innovative experience [...] capturing the spirit of traditional adventure gaming with all the potential the platform has to offer." > 4.5/5 AdventureGamers.com In the near future Greg's girlfriend Chloe mysteriously disappears in front of him. He starts a desperate search for her. What happened? Why does no-one else remember her? Solve puzzles, explore fully 3d environments, interact with numerous characters, solve the mystery and find the truth. But will the truth be enough? Lost Echo is a story driven, visually ambitious, sci-fi mystery point and click adventure game.
El Hijo
Guide a young boy through a dangerous Wild West world using stealth and cleverness. Solve environmental puzzles and use toys to distract enemies in this non-violent adventure. Uncover a gripping story of a son searching for his mother.
- Wild West survival with a young hero's cleverness
- Explore monasteries, deserts, and boomtowns
- Merge with shadows to hide
- Solve tricky environmental puzzles
- Use tactical toys for distraction
- Gripping storyline of a son searching for his mother
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As a six-year-old, “El Hijo” must always sneak past the dangers of his world. As he overcomes his challenges, he gains self-confidence, becomes more cunning, and, along with it, finds more schemes to get past his foes. His epic journey will lead him through a remote monastery, a harsh and unforgiving stretch of desert, and a frontier town rife with crime and villainy. The journey begins when a farmer and her son are attacked by bandits who raze their farm to the ground. The mother decides to leave the boy at a secluded monastery to protect him. However, the place doesn’t feel right and he plans his escape. “El Hijo - A Wild West Tale” is a non-violent stealth game in which you rely on the mischievous, playfulness of a young child. Using the shadows to his advantage is the core element of the game, as “El Hijo” will often have to hide. Without needlessly adding new mechanics, the gameplay is extended naturally, as variations of existing mechanics are gradually introduced and then combined to increase the challenge. These twists on familiar mechanics are often a product of the varied, increasingly dangerous environments that “El Hijo” must traverse to reach his ultimate goal. FEATURES - Survive the Wild West with the cleverness of a young hero - Explore dark monasteries, deserts, and boomtowns in a spaghetti-western world - Merge with the shadows to hide from the lawless - Solve playfully tricky environmental puzzles - Use a playful arsenal of tactical toys to bypass and distract diverse desperados - Inspire other children towards the path to freedom - Enjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his mother © www.handy-games.com GmbH
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lost Echo at 4.6 against El Hijo's 3.8. Lost Echo also leads on price ($4.49 vs $10.99) and review sentiment (76% vs 65%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Lost Echo costs $4.49 and El Hijo $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lost Echo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lost Echo has 86 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Lost Echo's written reviews are positive against 65% of El Hijo's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lost Echo | El Hijo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.49 — better | $10.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (86 ratings) — better | 3.8 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better | 64.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 444 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | KickBack | THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH |
Customer experience
Lost Echo
El Hijo
Bugs and requests
Lost Echo
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game progress getting deleted after updates
- Inability to progress past certain points
Requested features
4 requests- More challenging puzzles
- Multiple endings or branching storylines
- Improved character development
- Sequel or expansion to continue the story
El Hijo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lost Echo
No in-app purchases
El Hijo
No in-app purchases
