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The King's Bird

Serenity Forge · 2018-08-23

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 12, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Feb 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Escape into a world kept secret by a tyrant, and discover the truth about your freedom. Run, jump, and fly through forgotten lost kingdoms with a uniquely momentum-based flying mechanic.

The King's Bird is an Action and Indie game priced at $19.99, released in 2018, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 603 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 603 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.91★
PlayStation Store rating (33 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The King's Bird is a platform game developed by American indie game studio Serenity Forge and published by Canadian indie game publisher Graffiti Games. The game was released for Windows on August 23, 2018 and presented at PAX East 2018 and the E3 Media Indie Exchange.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 603 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-10-08) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 42 of 78 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120182026Week of 2018-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992018-07-272026-10-092018-07-27 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-03-15 — best price $9.002019-07-29 — best price $9.992019-11-19 — best price $19.992020-01-07 — best price $16.922020-02-19 — best price $19.992020-04-29 — best price $16.682020-07-08 — best price $14.692020-09-11 — best price $3.402020-10-26 — best price $19.992020-12-31 — best price $3.992021-03-08 — best price $16.882021-04-29 — best price $19.992021-07-05 — best price $19.992021-09-20 — best price $4.992021-12-03 — best price $16.882022-02-08 — best price $16.792022-04-13 — best price $3.992022-06-18 — best price $15.892022-08-26 — best price $14.692022-10-31 — best price $4.002023-01-07 — best price $15.892023-03-14 — best price $3.382023-05-14 — best price $3.972023-07-26 — best price $3.722023-09-18 — best price $3.192023-11-24 — best price $19.992024-01-18 — best price $3.202024-03-17 — best price $4.002024-05-03 — best price $3.992024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-11-16 — best price $14.692025-01-27 — best price $2.732025-05-26 — best price $3.992025-09-17 — best price $13.942025-12-22 — best price $13.942026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1902026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 0 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 4 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
9.2%
earned "The Forest Kingdom"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)35943%13
Steam (Steam)29130%13
PS4 (PlayStation)4279%14
PS4 (PlayStation)2857%14
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionParkourColorfulRelaxingStylizedDifficultControllerPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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