---
title: "Echo: Route 65"
description: "The story of the Echo: Route 65 visual novel is centered on the protagonist, Chase, a teenager in the rural southwest whose parents just found out he was gay in"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/83/138283.jpg"
---

# Echo: Route 65

![Echo: Route 65](https://t.vndb.org/cv/83/138283.jpg)

**Developer:** Echo Project

**Release date:** Jun 16, 2018

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android

**Language:** English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese (simplified)

**Rating:** 7.0/10 (56 votes)

## Description
The story of the Echo: Route 65 visual novel is centered on the protagonist, Chase, a teenager in the rural southwest whose parents just found out he was gay in a less-than-dignified way. After getting off the bus from school, he flees facing his new reality as an outed individual and goes a nighttime adventure along a stretch of road called Route 65.

[From [itch.io](https://echoproject.itch.io/echo-route-65)]

## Characters
### Chase Hunter
The protagonist of both [i]Echo[/i] and [i]Echo: Route 65[/i]. On Halloween 2008, Chase Hunter has an embarrassing encounter with his parents and must come to terms with the accidental outing of his sexuality. With the help of his friends, he attempts to avoid going back home for just one night. [Edited from [url=https://echoproject.fandom.com/wiki/Echo:_Route_65]Echo Project Wiki[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Eyes:** Brown, Amber
- **Body:** Teen, Fur, Anthropomorphic Animal
- **Clothes:** Shirt
- **Personality:** Reserved, Timid, Gloomy
- **Role:** High School Student, American, Homosexual, Marine Mammal
- **Engages in:** Coming Out
- **Subject of:** Guilt

### Carl Hendricks
Carl is a ram and Chase's best friend. Carl reluctantly accompanies Chase to the Day of the Dead party being held in an abandoned building, hoping to find out why Leo and Flynn were the only ones invited.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Beard
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Overweight, Fur, Anthropomorphic Animal, Ram Horns
- **Clothes:** Shorts, Hoodie, Beanie
- **Personality:** Relaxed
- **Role:** Wealthy, High School Student, Gamer, American, Sheep
- **Items:** Gaming Console

### Leonardo Alvarez
A red wolf who is close to the group and is popular among the school and gets invited to a party. [From [url=https://echoproject.fandom.com/wiki/Echo:_Route_65]Echo Project Wiki[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Leo
- **Personality:** Hotblooded, Kind, Energetic, Protective, Jock, Emotional, Assertive
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Body:** Muscular, Fur, Anthropomorphic Animal, Tall
- **Clothes:** T-shirt, Jeans, Belt
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Childhood Friend, Foreigner, High School Student, American, Not a Virgin, Homosexual, Wolf, Hispanic
- **Engages in:** American Football

### Tobias Jedidiah Hess
Another friend of the group's, TJ, a lynx, is much more naive then both Chase and Carl but means well. [From [url=https://echoproject.fandom.com/wiki/Echo:_Route_65]Echo Project Wiki[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** TJ, Toby
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Personality:** Shy, Friendly, Altruistic, Kind, Religious, Pacifist, Docile, Sensitive
- **Role:** Friend, Childhood Friend, Cat, American, Canadian
- **Body:** Fur, Anthropomorphic Animal, Short
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved
- **Clothes:** Halloween Costume

## Shops
- [Itch](https://echoproject.itch.io/echo-route-65)

## Releases
### English
- **2018-06-16**: Echo: Route 65 - [Patreon post](https://www.patreon.com/posts/19491071)
- **2019-04-17**: Echo: Route 65 - Revamp - [Itch.io](https://echoproject.itch.io/echo-route-65), [Patreon post](https://www.patreon.com/posts/26168186)

### Chinese (simplified)
- **2021-03-02**: Echo: Route 65 - [Official website](https://t.me/Furry_PrPr/16)

### Spanish
- **2021-07-19**: Echo: Ruta 65 - [Itch.io](https://isaackokami.itch.io/echo-ruta-65)

### Russian
- **2022-03-21**: Echo: Route 65 - [Official website](https://sites.google.com/view/exgames/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8B/echo-route-65), [Patreon post](https://www.patreon.com/posts/64338953)
- **2024-09-06**: Echo: Route 65 - [Official website](https://vngames.ru/novels/detail/echo-route-65/)

## Tags
ADV, Bullying, Brief Branches Only, Friendship, Protagonist with a Face, Furry, Group of Friends, Autumn, High School Student Protagonist, Countryside, Colored Name-tags, Few Event CGs, Ambient Sounds, LGBTQ Issues, Boy x Boy Romance Only, Homosexual Hero, Past United States of America, 2000s, High School Student Hero, Only Furry Heroes, Psychological Horror, Homosexual Male Protagonist, Meaningless Choices, Slice of Life Drama, Only a Single Hero, Protagonist with Psychological Problems, Fighting Hero, Muscular Hero

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