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Of Bird and Cage

Capricia Productions · 2021-05-20

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 2022 (Xbox One), TBD (Nintendo Switch), TBD (PlayStation 4)

Of Bird and Cage is a unique metal album presented through a two-hour-long story-driven game. Play music in a brand-new way. Featuring famous artists like Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-Guns N' Roses), Rob van der Loo (Epica), Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), and many others!

0
playing now
77%
positive of 228 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 57% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 228 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2024-04-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days · $6.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.492021-05-202026-08-272021-05-20 — best price $12.732021-07-06 — best price $14.992021-08-22 — best price $11.692021-10-01 — best price $13.042021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-15 — best price $8.992022-01-04 — best price $12.702022-02-05 — best price $12.592022-03-02 — best price $12.512022-03-11 — best price $7.322022-03-28 — best price $14.992022-04-22 — best price $7.022022-05-06 — best price $14.992022-05-24 — best price $8.992022-06-27 — best price $14.992022-07-14 — best price $7.492022-08-07 — best price $6.372022-09-09 — best price $14.992022-11-01 — best price $14.992022-12-08 — best price $5.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-01-12 — best price $12.262023-04-29 — best price $5.012023-05-16 — best price $12.222023-10-30 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-04-17 — best price $14.992024-05-21 — best price $12.712024-07-15 — best price $7.492024-11-18 — best price $6.992025-01-06 — best price $5.992025-03-31 — best price $6.992025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-10-13 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

3DDramaMusicActionStylizedEmotionalNonlinearStory RichAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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