Skatebird is an indie developed by Glass Bottom Games, released 16 September 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Skatebird is
Skatebird is an indie game developed by Glass Bottom Games and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Drop in, and be a skateboarding bird. Grind on bendy straws, kickflip over staplers, and carve killer lines through a cardboard and sticky tape world. Skatebird can't fly, but on a board, they soar.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, kids and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Skatebird holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Skatebird launched on 16 September 2021, within three weeks of Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Far Cry 6 and Tales of Arise. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Far Cry 6, Tales of Arise.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Skatebird yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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