Songbird Symphony

Songbird Symphony

Steam Deck Verified

Joysteak Studios · Metroidvania · Jul 25, 2019

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.24.

90%
Very Positive
688 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 143 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 688 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
In terms of the narrative, the story is cute and rather simple (a young MC feeling like they don't belong anywhere searching for their parents), but what's truly fun and refreshing is the world-building around communities of birds, puns included.
143 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay consists of platforming through several different areas, solving puzzles along the way, with the end of each area being capped off by a song/rhythm sequence.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Turns out the graphics were indeed cute and pretty, especially the character designs and dance animations, but unfortunately the more I played, the less I liked the game.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Lucasarts used a similar changing soundtrack so much better in the Monkey Island games more than 30 years ago.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
On that matter, if using a keyboard is usually easier in rhythm games, in this case, a controller might make more sense for how easy buttons are visually distinguished, versus letters, especially when stuff moves fast.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters143 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Graphics46 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Controls24 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty33 reviews
85%
Interface6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.24 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.24

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
11
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.