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A Bird Story

A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing. Its sole purpose is to tell a story, and can be viewed as a narrative/animation with interactivity -- but without a line of…

68 7 November 2014

A Bird Story is an adventure developed by Freebird Games, released 7 November 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 1.1 hrs to finish.

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What A Bird Story is

A Bird Story is an adventure game developed by Freebird Games and released in 2014. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RPG Maker XP.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Bird Story is an adventure role-playing video game developed and published by Freebird Games. It was released in November 2014 for Linux, OS X, and Windows as a minisode connecting the previous game by Freebird Games, To the Moon, with its sequel, Finding Paradise.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 1 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

A Bird Story holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 97 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 1.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 2.1 hrs, roughly 1.9 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz, 2 GB RAM and 1024x768 High Color +. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

A Bird Story launched on 7 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Tales from the Borderlands. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Tales from the Borderlands.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

A Bird Story — frequently asked questions

When did A Bird Story come out?
A Bird Story was released on 7 November 2014 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for A Bird Story?
At minimum, A Bird Story needs > Intel Pentium III 800 MHz, 2 GB RAM, 1024x768 High Color + graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat A Bird Story?
The main story of A Bird Story takes around 1.1 hrs, or 2.1 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is A Bird Story?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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