The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons
Fair · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $29.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 11.4h 18.9h to 100%
- Value
- $2.63/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 319 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.22 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
2061, Japan. Mankind has lost the sky, and with it, its connections. All of it was taken away by birds... ...By countless artificial pigeons flying through the sky.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 1GB VRAM, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 30 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 38 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 10 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 16 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Life is Strange Remastered ($39.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered ($39.99, scores 45).
The drop-off
66% start to 29% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Future Radio is a game I wanted to read for a long time and finally I gave it a chance. What always drew me in was the art and the opening that can you see on the steam page so I had high expectations. What I really liked was the beginning. It's set in a future where artificial pigeons eat communication waves and it makes you wonder why they do that and how to fight it. Really fast you have a cast of really likable...
2 more reviews
Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons is a short-ish (10 hours for me after removing idle time) emotional multi-route mystery that does have some plot holes in it which detract from what I feel is otherwise a wonderfully written story. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a multi-route mystery or an emotional story. I don't feel like I can write an in depth review for this VN without going into major...
this was short, but wow. please play this. the story was genuinely beautiful. i am hurt but fulfilled. 很美 我无法形容
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Cite this score
The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons scores 55/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2156620/the-future-radio-and-the-artificial-pigeonsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.