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The Day I Became a Bird

Join Frank, an awkward young boy, as he discovers newfound feelings for his classmate, Sylvia - who only has eyes for birds. Explore, collect, and solve puzzles as Frank attempts to catch her attention with a…

68 16 April 2026

The Day I Became a Bird is an adventure developed by Hyper Luminal Games, released 16 April 2026 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Day I Became a Bird is

The Day I Became a Bird is an adventure game developed by Hyper Luminal Games and released in 2026. It was published by Numskull Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Angry Birds is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment and published by Chillingo. Utilising touchscreen interaction, it revolves around players using a slingshot to launch limbless birds at green pigs stationed in various structures, with the intent of defeating all of the pigs on the playing field. As players advance through the game, new types of birds become available, some with unique abilities.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 14 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Day I Became a Bird 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 2026 averaged 79, so it scored 11 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for SSE2 instruction set support, 8 GB RAM and Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities.. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 5GB.

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What it launched against

The Day I Became a Bird launched on 16 April 2026, within three weeks of Pragmata, Replaced, Saros and Mouse: P.I. For Hire. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Pragmata, Replaced, Saros, Mouse: P.I. For Hire.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Day I Became a Bird — frequently asked questions

When did The Day I Became a Bird come out?
The Day I Became a Bird was released on 16 April 2026 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Day I Became a Bird?
At minimum, The Day I Became a Bird needs SSE2 instruction set support, 8 GB RAM, Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities. graphics, 5 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is The Day I Became a Bird?
The PC version needs about 5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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