Echo Night is a first person horror adventure game. You play the role of Richard Osmond, who receives a letter from his father that went missing. A police officer brings you to your remote house, which has been burnt down and is being investigated. Upon searching the house, Richard finds a painting that sucks him into the past to uncover the story surrounding your father's disappearance.
In Echo Night , you explore a ship called the Orpheus, searching for items and releasing the souls of ghosts roaming the ship by helping them fill their final wishes so they can find peace. Helping ghosts also gives you new items that help you progress in the game. You'll need to solve puzzles to get these items.
There are evil ghosts haunted by their memories that will attack you, stopping you from progressing in the game. To avoid them, you can temporarily banish them by putting on the lights in each room.