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Snakebird Primer

Noumenon Games · 2019-02-20

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 20, 2019 (Android), Feb 25, 2019 (iOS), Feb 20, 2019 (Linux), Feb 20, 2019 (Mac), Feb 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The snakebirds are back, this time yellowbird joins the team on a more relaxed island with easier puzzles. A casual puzzle game for the entire family as well as a primer for the serious challenges of the original game.

Snakebird Primer is a Casual and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $7.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 266 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 269 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The snakebirds are back, this time yellowbird joins the team on a more relaxed island with easier puzzles.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 269 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820192026Week of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.992019-02-212026-07-092019-02-21 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $7.992019-11-01 — best price $7.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-01-02 — best price $7.992020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-11-02 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-02-15 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $7.992022-11-29 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $7.992023-05-01 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-08-07 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-05-30 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-06-05 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
86.6%
earned "Its a massacre!"
60.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55368%12

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

Player tags

CuteIndieCasualPuzzleColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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