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Owlboy - Steam Game

4.9 out of 5
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Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds!
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About Owlboy

About this game

Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies. Overcome obstacles and greater enemies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.

Being mute, Otus struggles to live up to the expectations of owl-hood. Things spiral from bad to worse with the sudden appearance of sky pirates.

What follows is a journey through monster-infested ruins, with unexpected encounters, well-kept secrets, and burdens no one should have to bear.

  • A love letter to pixel art for a new audience, Owlboy is a story-driven action adventure, with a unique mix of flight and platforming.
  • Carry anything. Recruit Otus’s friends as gunners to fight for you, each with unique abilities and stories.
  • Large dungeons with big and challenging boss battles.
  • An adventure 10 years in the making.

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
November 01, 2016
Developer:
D-Pad Studio
Publisher:
D-Pad Studio
Rating:
ACB rating of 6
ESRB rating of 10
PEGI rating of 7
USK rating of 6
Supported Languages:
English
Link:
Genres:
Adventure
Platformer

Metroidvania

Story Rich

Action

Puzzle Platformer

Action-Adventure
Themes:
Pixel Graphics
Funny

Cute

Great Soundtrack
Play Styles:
2D
Singleplayer

Flight
Features:
Steam Achievements
Full controller support

Steam Trading Cards

Steam Cloud

Steam Leaderboards

Remote Play on TV

Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows 7/8/10/Vista
  • Processor: Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Pixelshader 3.0 enabled graphics card(DirectX 10 capable graphics card)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 600 MB available space

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Lion 10.7.5, latest macOS release strongly recommended
  • Processor: Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported

Critic Reviews

88

The Jimquisition

90 / 100
"Owlboy may have a few annoying navigational hangups, but none are enough to counter the overwhelming magic of the adventure at hand. Beautiful in both a visual and aural sense,...

Destructoid

100 / 100
"Owlboy is a special game. Almost a decade in the making has certainly allowed for a rarely seen amount of polish and effort in an industry brimming with day-one patches and...

Kill Screen

84 / 100
"Owlboy is itself as joyful and powerful an example of such art as I can recall. That it also happens to be an exceptionally well-crafted and tasteful videogame made by a very...
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Owlboy Statistics

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~20 Hours
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>= 80 Hours
0.95%
Achievement Hunter?
0.95% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
5.74%
Easy
14.75%
Just Right
70.49%
Tough
7.38%
Unforgiving
1.64%
Relax & enjoy! 70.49%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
7.14%
Played It
11.69%
Halfway
7.14%
Beat It
50%
Conquered It
24.03%
Completionist! 24.03%  of players have Conquered It

Owlboy User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 10 ratings
73% of users would recommend this.
4.9

User Ratings Breakdown

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Recommended

James
Verified purchase
Excellent tight platformer with cute characters and story.
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Recommended

1KuX
Verified purchase
Incredible storytelling! This game's narrative is like a gripping novel I can't put down. The characters are relatable, and the choices I make impact the story. It's a masterpiece that keeps me coming back for more.
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Not bad at owl!

klingki
Verified purchase
I enjoyed this game quite a bit. Especially of note are the pixel art, music, and writing, which are all superb in my opinion. The only thing keeping this from 5 stars for me is the gameplay. Now let me stress that the gameplay is not bad by any means. But to me, it just felt a bit "ordinary." Again, not in a bad way, but as far as platformers go, I didn't feel like I was playing anything revolutionary, just a solid and fun platformer painted with excellent pixel art. If you like solid platformers, especially gorgeous ones, you'll have fun here.
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Recommended

Arbaen
Verified purchase
The game is fun, sad, and hilarious in some parts of the story along the way. Some actions are met with comedic responses from the character within, which isn't common in most games that I've played. Overall, fun game
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 20% of GameFAQs users said Owlboy is Simple or Easy. 70% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 9% of GameFAQs users said Owlboy is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to ESRB, Owlboy is suitable for players aged 10 and above.
Yes, Owlboy is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that Owlboy is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 7/8/10/Vista
  • Processor: Dual Core
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Pixelshader 3.0 enabled graphics card(DirectX 10 capable graphics card)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
Minimum:
  • OS: Lion 10.7.5, latest macOS release strongly recommended
  • Processor: Dual Core
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Storage: 600 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 13 hours. 65% of users played Owlboy for over 12 hours.
Yes, Owlboy has broad critical consensus. 94% of critics on Metacritic recommend Owlboy. The Metascore is 88 out of 100.
73% of Fanatical users recommend Owlboy. The average review score is 4.9/5
Owlboy was released on November 01, 2016
Yes, Owlboy supports MacOS.
Owlboy is published by D-Pad Studio
Owlboy was developed by D-Pad Studio
Fanatical users tagged Owlboy as Adventure, Platformer, Metroidvania, and Story Rich
Fanatical users tagged Owlboy as Pixel Graphics, Funny, Cute, and Great Soundtrack
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Owlboy as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Owlboy as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Owlboy as Platformer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Owlboy as Metroidvania

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