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A Bird Story

by Freebird Games

  • Released Nov 7, 2014
  • $0.79
  • 1 h to beat
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X|S

85%positive reviews

9,232 positive1,624 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Emotional, moving silent story

  • Beautiful, nostalgic art

Cons

  • Very little gameplay

  • Feels more like a short film

Mixed

  • Some call it a moving story, others say it is not really a game

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8

Processor: > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: 1024x768 High Color +

DirectX: Version 9.0

Storage: 200 MB available space

Additional Notes: Usually runs on anything more than a baked potato.

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A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing. Its sole purpose is to tell a story, and can be viewed as a narrative/animation with interactivity -- but without a line of dialogue. It is a standalone game with its own beginning and endings; but for those who's…

Ratings

  • 75IGDB players95 ratings
  • 68Critics3 reviews
  • 72Overall98 scores

Time to beat

  • 1 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 1.1 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 2.1 hCompletionist100%

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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