The game's storyline concerns Richard Osmond, who is flying in a space shuttle to a Moon base with his newly wed wife Claudia, who he will spend his honeymoon with at their resort destination. A supernatural force causes the shuttle to crash during landing, killing many and releasing their ghostly spirits upon the base. Richard awakens and, discovering that he is alone, decides that Claudia might be elsewhere. The game centers around finding her, while also putting to rest the uneasy souls that roam the base.
Echo Night: Beyond is played from a first-person perspective, but unlike most other first-person games there is no use of firearms in the game. When confronted by a ghost, the player must run before the player character's heart rate reaches a critical level; otherwise, he will die of a heart attack. There are no means of directly defending against ghosts; they must be avoided. The player's spacesuit is equipped with a flashlight, but it must be kept charged by batteries.
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