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Of Bird and Cage

Capricia Productions · 2021-05-20

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

Of Bird and Cage is an Action and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 228 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 227 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.60★
PlayStation Store rating (25 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.5k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 227 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 8 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120212026Week of 2021-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.492021-05-202026-10-082021-05-20 — 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 $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
85.2%
earned "Took Drugs"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2761%50
Xbox One (Xbox)1020%31
PS4 (PlayStation)854%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

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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