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A Bird Story

85% positive of 8,218 Steam reviews

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To finish
1 h
To 100%
2.1 h
Released
2014
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, GOG

Made by Freebird Games.

About the game

An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues. If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.

Tagged by players

  • Short
  • Story Rich
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Emotional
  • Walking Simulator
  • Visual Novel
  • Adventure
  • RPG
  • Atmospheric
  • Retro
  • Surreal

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    A short and occasionally sweet narrative story about a boy and a bird. Wasn't overly memorable or interesting to me. 3/5

    1.2 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    8/10 — Sometimes, music says more than words ever could. I genuinely struggle to understand how Kan Gao manages to create such emotionally impactful experiences with so little. A Bird Story has practically no dialogue, barely any gameplay beyond moving left and right, and lasts around an hour. Yet somehow, I found myself emotionally invested throughout the entire experience. I've always believed that a game's…

    1.2 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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