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The Merlies

Darjeeling · ARTE France · 2026-09-29

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Meet the Merlies, a tiny birds community trying to find harmony in a cute post-apocalyptic world filled with the remains of a long forgotten civilization. Gather your birdies, explore this wild world with your tiny bird squad and complete your village out of collected scraps!

92%
positive of 52 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 27,144 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

steam$15.99-20%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at Fanatical (2026-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 7 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Price history

$19.99$12.432026-09-292026-10-082026-09-29 — best price $12.432026-09-30 — best price $15.992026-10-01 — best price $15.792026-10-05 — best price $15.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $15.972026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Census log

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

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