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Drill Bird
Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, upgrade abilities, grow stronger, and unfold a sincere bird story about survival, care and purpose.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“fantastic little game with a fun and satisfying gameplay loop. where this really excels though is atmosphere. i always love when even a small game like this can get you hooked on the world around you through excellent use of music, sound fx, and creative level design. this is…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This is a cute short digging platformer game, it seems most similar to SteamWorld Dig 1-2 in this subgenre, but it is much smaller in scope. You are a bird who digs up ore to feed it to an egg (I don't quite understand how that works, but ok!). The game loop of digging up stuff…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Drill Bird is a little game about a little bird who drills. The designs of the world and player character are charming. The gameplay is rather simple, but still satifying. A good hour or two of gameplay and doesn't overstay its welcome. If you want a short but sweet experience…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Drill Bird patch #1
Hi, Seb here! It has now been two weeks since Drill Bird launched. Thanks to everyone who has played the game and given reviews and feedback! We feel humbled and grateful For this update, we wanted to
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Exploration · 2D Platformer · PvE · Cute · Strategy · Controller · Platformer · Arcade · Puzzle Platformer · Action-Adventure · Action · Cozy (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, French, German, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 400 MB available space