Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $3.98. It has been as low as $1.61.
- Gameplay: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 280 sampled reviews
Based on 391 player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 280 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
This poetic framing is one of the game’s quiet strengths, giving purpose to every digging session and transforming the gameplay loop into something surprisingly meaningful.
Drill Bird is a small but remarkably heartfelt indie experience that uses its simple mechanics to tell a gentle story about effort, care, and perseverance.
The art style is minimalistic, leaning toward simple shapes, soft color palettes, and small animations that highlight the bird’s vulnerability and determination.
Super fun quick game, 3 bucks is absolutely worth it, the art style and sound design are pleasing, and the understandably simple story, is very charming.
Technical section: I played on the Steam Deck docked to the TV with a PS4 controller, and didn't have any issues, but this game should probably run on anything that can run the Steam client.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $3.98. The lowest we've tracked is $1.61.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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