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A Bird Story
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“In the fragile flutter of a fleeting friendship, he discovered that love, in its truest form, is found in the quiet courage to let it fly free. 😭”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A Bird Story is a game about a boy and an injured bird who join forces to fight an evil monster. Okay, I lied. There is no evil monster. It’s just a game about a boy spending time with the bird he saved. Sounds boring? Maybe. But if you're looking for a short cozy game that…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A Bird Story is a very cute experience with very cute things happening. They happen slowly and with almost no interaction from you, the "player". There is no dialogue. The experience mostly progresses by having characters very slowly move around and do things. Occasionally you…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Indie · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Pixel Graphics · Short · RPGMaker · Adventure · Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction · 2D · RPG · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian |
| Achievements | 1 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://freebirdgames.com/games/a-bird-story/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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.