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Snakebird cover art

Snakebird

Noumenon Games · 2015-05-04

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 21, 2016 (Android), May 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 04, 2015 (Mac), Jul 21, 2016 (iOS), May 04, 2015 (Linux)

Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

Snakebird is an Indie game released in 2015, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1256 reviews).

2
playing now
93%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Snakebird is a 2015 puzzle video game developed by Swedish studio Noumenon Games. The player controls one or more "snakebirds" which move around a grid and collect fruit prior to reaching the goal. Versions have been released for PC, mobile platforms, and Nintendo Switch. The sequels Snakebird Primer and Snakebird Complete were released in 2019 and 2023, respectively.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,256 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2024-10-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$2.092015-05-042026-07-092015-05-04 — best price $6.292015-06-22 — best price $6.992015-12-01 — best price $6.992016-06-23 — best price $4.192016-09-22 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $3.492017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-10-26 — best price $3.492017-11-22 — best price $3.492018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-06-22 — best price $3.492018-09-13 — best price $6.992018-11-15 — best price $3.492018-12-21 — best price $3.492019-07-09 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $2.792020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-10-29 — best price $3.492020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $3.492021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $3.492022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $3.492023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-04-24 — best price $2.442023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-12-22 — best price $3.492024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $2.442024-10-23 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-05-29 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2432026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 12 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-30 — 9 pageviews2026-09-03 — 11 pageviews2026-09-07 — 24 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-15 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 15 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Its a massacre!"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,76612%11

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieCasualPuzzleSokobanColorfulDifficultSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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