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The King's Bird

Serenity Forge · 2018-08-23

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 602 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 602 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 47 of 84 observed days · $18.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992018-07-272026-08-282018-07-27 — 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 $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2802026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1 pageviews2026-06-21 — 2 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

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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