Owlboy

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux
• Mac OS^*

Genres

• Metroidvania

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• platform game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Mac OS^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

• ESRB · Mac OS^*

  Classification

  E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

Engines

• Microsoft XNA

Localized titles

• Owlboy

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Steam Leaderboards^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Korean^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Polish^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Portuguese - Brazil^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Simplified Chinese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Traditional Chinese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Norwegian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Japanese^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Korean^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Norwegian^*

Community tags · historical

• Pixel Graphics^*

  Votes · historical

  278^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  222^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  219^*

• Platformer^*

  Votes · historical

  214^*

• Metroidvania^*

  Votes · historical

  213^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  210^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  204^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  200^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  196^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  195^*

• Puzzle-Platformer^*

  Votes · historical

  194^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  191^*

• Retro^*

  Votes · historical

  187^*

• Action-Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  185^*

• Flight^*

  Votes · historical

  183^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  179^*

• Cute^*

  Votes · historical

  177^*

• 2D Platformer^*

  Votes · historical

  177^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  172^*

• Pirates^*

  Votes · historical

  172^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Lion 10.7.5, latest macOS release strongly recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)^*

  Storage

  600 MB available space^*

  Conditions

  SDL_GameController devices fully supported^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7/8/10/Vista^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Pixelshader 3.0 enabled graphics card(DirectX 10 capable graphics card)^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  600 MB available space^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)^*

  Storage

  600 MB available space^*

  Conditions

  SDL_GameController devices fully supported^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  12^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

Developers

• D-Pad Studio

Publishers

• D-Pad Studio

• 2016-11-01

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2016-10-31 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2016-10-31^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2017-01-27 · Mac OS^*

  Release date

  2017-01-27^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Mac OS^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Nov 1, 2016^*

Detailed specifications