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Owlboy
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“What a magical game; it feels like you got sucked into one of the Ghibli movie worlds. The art and the design are among the best that I've seen in pixel art. It has an interesting story and world-building; the gameplay is fun, relaxing, and challenging at times, especially with…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“The pixel art is insanely awesome. So much details in the art design, I haven't come across many games like that. The story is so good. Boss fights aren't too challenging, where I want to throw my laptop compared to other metroidvania games (cough hollow knight cough) but still…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Art style, soundtrack, and the characters all are beautifully crafted and full of life. I love everything about this game, and it’s not my first playthrough—so replaying it again after years feels like coming back to a place I never really left. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:51 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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Owlboy 8th Anniversary Discount (75% Off)
Owlboy turned 8 years since it's initial Steam launch yesterday - and we're marking this occasion by putting the game on a record 75% Off! The game is currently at $4.99, the lowest we'll go for Owlbo
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We'll be going live on our Twitch channel at 11am PST tomorrow (Nov 1st) to celebrate 7 years of Owlboy! Watch here: D-Pad Studio on Twitch For those who'll miss the big reveal, we'll have a recorded
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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 | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Pixel Graphics · Adventure · Indie · Platformer · Metroidvania · 2D · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Fantasy · Action · Puzzle-Platformer · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Norwegian * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.owlboygame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10/Vista Processor: Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Pixelshader 3.0 enabled graphics card(DirectX 10 capable graphics card) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 600 MB available space