The King's Bird
Skip · Action · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 20, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 9.2h 14.9h to 100%
- Value
- $2.17/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 603 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
83 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 75 percent. Mirror's Edge™ ($19.99, scores 55) outscores it, and so does Melody's Escape ($2.49, scores 89). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about The King's Bird
Of the 231 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 133 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 38 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 9.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
9% start to 3% 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
I'm coming back to this years later realizing my review got removed. Take that as you will. I have no idea how much this game has changed with patches, but I found this back in 2019 to be an infuriating experience. The difficulty spikes for jumps you didn't really get prepared for earlier, and for some odd reason, this game decides to end with a design that does not fit it at all. On top of it, my most memorable...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
So I got to the Fallen Kingdom section (having beaten one of apparently 3 other kingdoms?) and after quitting the game and reloading I'd found that my save was seemingly wiped? I guess that's a sign as good as any that it's time to call it there. The score is excellent with the dynamic vocals timed to your flight and the artstyle is generally quite appealing to look at however the movement system, while possessing a...
I was surprised but good this game actually is seeing that it got only 73% positive reviews I can see some parts being annoying and mechanics being clunky but it happened rarely and only on levels where I cant fly which were least fun part of the entire game but other than that mechanics are great, I think the problem most people face is fact that you get thrown into levels without the game explaining any of the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
The King's Bird scores 20/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/812550/the-king-s-birdReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.