A Bird Story
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2014
Platforms
Genres
- adventure video game
- role-playing video game
- action game*
- adventure game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Localized titles
- A Bird Story
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- RPG*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
Community tags · historical
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 197*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 194*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 168*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Votes · historical
- 161*
- Short*
- Votes · historical
- 155*
- RPGMaker*
- Votes · historical
- 152*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 131*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 112*
- Interactive Fiction*
- Votes · historical
- 98*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 87*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 70*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 63*
- Visual Novel*
- Votes · historical
- 59*
- Emotional*
- Votes · historical
- 54*
- Retro*
- Votes · historical
- 48*
- Walking Simulator*
- Votes · historical
- 44*
- Casual*
- Votes · historical
- 40*
- Surreal*
- Votes · historical
- 29*
- Top-Down*
- Votes · historical
- 24*
- Cute*
- Votes · historical
- 13*
System requirements
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- OS X 10.6.8*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Radeon HD 2400 or comparable*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Conditions
- Usually runs on anything more than a baked potato.*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- XP, Vista, 7, 8*
- Processor alternatives
- > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1024x768 High Color +*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Conditions
- Usually runs on anything more than a baked potato.*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 12.04 or higher*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Radeon HD 2400 or comparable*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Conditions
- 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.*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 12*
- Community confidence
- low*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Freebird Games
Publishers
- Freebird Games
Release history
- 2014-11-05
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2014-11-07
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2014-11-06 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2014-11-06*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Nov 7, 2014*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- 1024x768 High Color +*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Name
- A Bird Story*
- Release year
- 2,014*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- 1024x768 High Color +*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 2 GB*
Specifications 2 · 6 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Freebird Games
- Freebird Games*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Freebird Games
- Freebird Games*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2014-11-06 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2014-11-06*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 33 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 1*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 127* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Freebird Games*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 200000 - 500000*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 109* min
- Metacritic score
- 66*
- Name
- A Bird Story*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,558*
- Peak ccu
- 5*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 8,718*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 0.99*
- Publishers
- Freebird Games*
- Recommendations
- 7,939*
- Store release date · historical
- Nov 7, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
- Game website · historical
- http://freebirdgames.com/games/a-bird-story/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Freebird Games
- Freebird Games*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Freebird Games
- Freebird Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Nov 7, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 142* min
- Ccu
- 5*
- Developer
- Freebird Games*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Historical US original list price
- 399* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 98* min
- Name
- A Bird Story*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,558*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 200,000 .. 500,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 8,718*
- Historical US price
- 399* US cents
- Publisher
- Freebird Games*
- Community tags · historical
- Indie*
- Story Rich*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Short*
- RPGMaker*
- Adventure*
- Singleplayer*
- Interactive Fiction*
- 2D*
- RPG*
- Atmospheric*
- Visual Novel*
- Emotional*
- Retro*
- Walking Simulator*
- Casual*
- Surreal*
- Top-Down*
- Cute*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
- Community tags · historical
- Indie
- Indie*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Pixel Graphics
- Pixel Graphics*
- Short
- Short*
- RPGMaker
- RPGMaker*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Interactive Fiction
- Interactive Fiction*
- 2D
- 2D*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Visual Novel
- Visual Novel*
- Emotional
- Emotional*
- Retro
- Retro*
- Walking Simulator
- Walking Simulator*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Surreal
- Surreal*
- Top-Down
- Top-Down*
- Cute
- Cute*
- Tags votes
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 197*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 194*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 168*
- Pixel Graphics
- Votes · historical
- 161*
- Short
- Votes · historical
- 155*
- RPGMaker
- Votes · historical
- 152*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 131*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 112*
- Interactive Fiction
- Votes · historical
- 98*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 87*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 70*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 63*
- Visual Novel
- Votes · historical
- 59*
- Emotional
- Votes · historical
- 54*
- Retro
- Votes · historical
- 48*
- Walking Simulator
- Votes · historical
- 44*
- Casual
- Votes · historical
- 40*
- Surreal
- Votes · historical
- 29*
- Top-Down
- Votes · historical
- 24*
- Cute
- Votes · historical
- 13*
Specifications 5 · 29 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Freebird Games*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- 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. *
- macOS requirements
- 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. *
- Metacritic score
- 66*
- Name
- A Bird Story*
- Windows 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. *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $3.99*
- Publishers
- Freebird Games*
- Recommendations total
- 7,875*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Nov 7, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Freebird Games
- Freebird Games*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- Ubuntu 12.04 or higher*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Radeon HD 2400 or comparable*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Conditions
- 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.*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- OS X 10.6.8*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Radeon HD 2400 or comparable*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Conditions
- Usually runs on anything more than a baked potato.*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- XP, Vista, 7, 8*
- Processor alternatives
- > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1024x768 High Color +*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 200 MB available space*
- Conditions
- Usually runs on anything more than a baked potato.*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Freebird Games
- Freebird Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Nov 7, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Japanese*
- Russian*
Specifications 6 · 17 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Adventure|Indie|RPG*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 2,285*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- low*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 12*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,014*
- Title
- A Bird Story*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 12*
- Community confidence
- low*
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