A Bird Story
Overview
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.
SteamVery Positive (84%)
2,912 Steam user reviewsMetacritic66/100
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About the game
- Developer
- Freebird Games
- Publisher
- Freebird Games
- Released
- Nov 7, 2014
Description & review sources
- 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.
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From the creator of To the Moon and Finding Paradise: A simple, wordless 1-hour short about a boy who found an injured bird, told through a blur between reality and imagination.
A Bird Story is an interactive pixel animation with the sole purpose of telling a simple story. It is a standalone narrative, with its own beginning and ending.
Key Features
- A story-driven experience with no dialogues
- A mix between adventure game elements and classic RPG aesthetics
- An original soundtrack tailored to the narrative
- An espresso execution with no time drains
- Developer
- Freebird Games
- Publisher
- Freebird Games
- Released
- Nov 7, 2014
Ratings & review sources
SteamVery Positive (84%)
2,912 Steam user reviewsMetacritic66/100
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
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.
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: OS X 10.6.8
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon HD 2400 or comparable
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Usually runs on anything more than a baked potato.
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or higher
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon HD 2400 or comparable
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Additional Notes: This too usually runs on anything more than a baked potato; but one that you'd have to do the baking yourself and potentially tasting better afterwards.
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
Accounts, launcher & DRM
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Features & game information
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- Not specified
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Adventure
- Indie
- RPG
- Developer
- Freebird Games
- Publisher
- Freebird Games
- Released
- Nov 7, 2014
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- linux
- Achievements
- 1
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Indie197
- Story Rich194
- Great Soundtrack168
- Pixel Graphics161
- Short155
- RPGMaker152
- Adventure131
- Singleplayer112
- Interactive Fiction98
- 2D87
- RPG70
- Atmospheric63
- Visual Novel59
- Emotional54
- Retro48
- Walking Simulator44
- Casual40
- Surreal29
- Top-Down24
- Cute13
Languages & audio
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Simplified Chinese
- Japanese
- Russian
Related editions & add-ons
Steam purchase options; availability and pricing are confirmed on Steam.
Sources, updates & publisher notice
- CheapShark Oct 12, 2026 15:39 UTC
- Steam Spy Oct 11, 2026 22:54 UTC
- Steam Store Oct 11, 2026 22:54 UTC
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