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BIRDHOUSE

HELLLST4R · 2025-09-12

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Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 12, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short narrative-driven horror game made in RPGmaker featuring hand-drawn graphics and animated cutscenes. Players navigate the house and its backyard, interacting with the environment and collecting key items to progress the story.

93%
positive of 229 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 52,059 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720252026Week of 2025-09-13: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-31: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-10-03: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundFamily Sharing

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