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The Bird of the North

The Bird of the North

In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.

Released Sep 17, 2026 Developer Uvost Platforms Windows DetectiveMysteryPuzzleStory RichAtmospheric
View on Steam ↗ $5.80 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

97.2%positive71 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Sort the dialogue, expose the lies and politely ruin the Empire's day right from your work chair Investigating the disappearance of a mysterious spirit of the North as a journalist through a magic crystal ball in 1921, because apparently, that's just a normal Thursday. The Bird…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Just finished this. Fun little romp. Don't expect detective game, its more about understanding what story is told and who are character. Mechanics are original. Art is neat. Theme wise Tintin meet Obra Din. Do recommend”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“The Bird of the North is an atmospheric, relatively straightforward investigation game that can be completed in a single sitting. I saw it recommended by none other than Ernests Kļaviņš of Color Gray (Golden Idol), so I had to give it a shot! While it's not a must-play, it's a…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

12achievements
76.1%median completion
12.1%rarest: The great night !
99.0% of players 96.9% of players 89.1% of players 78.5% of players 77.7% of players 77.4% of players 76.1% of players 75.9% of players 75.0% of players 63.8% of players 12.3% of players 12.1% of players 99.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
99.0%Meet the bird — You opened the window !
96.9%Investigation map — Be logical
89.1%Moon Keys — Open them all
Rarest badges of honor
12.1%The great night ! — Le grand soir !
12.3%Fast bird — You speedrun that game !?
63.8%Big Brain ! — You finished the game in less than 120 minutes

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 20, 2026
Some fixe

Achievement should be fixed. The game is saving the options ( wasn't the case before ). Fixed some issues on the Chinese localization.

Sep 19, 2026
Localization update for simplified Chinese

Not an important update for others version : it affect only the chinese localization. Thanks all ! Uvost [img src="

Sep 17, 2026
The Bird of the North is available!

Happy to share that the game is available, for that i did a short launch trailer:

Sep 10, 2026
The Bird of the North - Play on the Steam Deck!

As a Steam Deck user, I worked to make The Bird of the North compatible with the Steam Deck. We’ll see what Valve judges for compatibility, but on my side it’s tested and certified! Rendez-vous on the

Jul 31, 2026
17 September and the birds will fly !

I'm happy to share that The Bird of the North will be released on the 17th of September ! Thanks again to all the people that played the demo and the playtest: all the feedback helped me a lot! The ga

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsDetective · Mystery · Puzzle · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Indie · First-Person · Retro · Historical · Investigation · Text-Based (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Narrated Game Menus · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements12
Official sitehttps://linktr.ee/Uvost
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Window 10 / 11 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD FX-410 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GPU compatible Vulkan 1.0 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space