A Bird Story Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-09
  • Emotionally touching story
  • Beautiful and atmospheric soundtrack
  • Effective wordless storytelling
  • Inferior to To the Moon
  • Lack of gameplay interactivity
  • Boring and unengaging
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Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
10,719
Positive
9,10184.9%
Negative
1,61815.1%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
852,430
Estimated revenue
$3,401,196
Game price
$4
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
6310.03%
Estimated copies lost
5,010
Estimated revenue lost
$19,990
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
6410.2%
Avg playtime 1.3h
40264%
Avg playtime 1.3h
> 2h playtime
152.4%
Avg playtime 3.1h
14723.4%
Avg playtime 5.4h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.1 rev/day
Last 30d1.1 rev/day
Quarterly10.9 rev/qtr
Days covered4,228.6 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
628 total
Organic purchasers55488.2%
Voted up: 88%
Key activations7411.8%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
628 total
First impression0-2h49478.7%
Voted up: 87%
Mid game2-10h12720.2%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h71.11%
Voted up: 100%
Endgame20h+00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
3.18% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
70.0%
Global baseline 87.4%
20 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 10,719 total.