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The King's Bird

The King's Bird is a momentum-based precision-platformer that seamlessly combines parkour with aerial movement.

68 23 August 2018

The King's Bird is an adventure developed by Serenity Forge, released 23 August 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The King's Bird is

The King's Bird is an adventure game developed by Serenity Forge and released in 2018. It was published by Graffiti Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The King's Bird holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.7 GHz Dual Core CPU, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB.

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What it launched against

The King's Bird launched on 23 August 2018, within three weeks of Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition and Dead Cells. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, Dead Cells.

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Quick answers

The King's Bird — frequently asked questions

When did The King's Bird come out?
The King's Bird was released on 23 August 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The King's Bird?
At minimum, The King's Bird needs 1.7 GHz Dual Core CPU, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics graphics, 6 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is The King's Bird?
The PC version needs about 6 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("6 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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