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Birds Aren't Real

JOX Studio · 2023-05-23

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short story-driven psychological horror game. No visual jumpscares; only mentally disturbing.

0
playing now
72%
positive of 18 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-10 19:00 UTC (census sample)

As a lost traveler, find out what happened to the previous owners of this abandoned house.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 89% of 14,750 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-06-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420232026Week of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

IndiePuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichSingleplayerWalking SimulatorPsychological Horror

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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