BirdGut

BirdGut

Micah Boursier · May 9, 2019 · Free to Play, Indie, Adventure, Puzzle Platformer, Hand-drawn

BirdGut is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Overwhelmingly Positive95% · 5,1972playing now
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BirdGut price

BirdGut is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About BirdGut

✦ AI summary

Guide a misfit bee through mind-bending puzzles and platforming challenges inside a bird's mechanical organ-factories to free enslaved insects and destroy the creature from within. BirdGut combines hand-drawn charm, physics-based gameplay, and quirky environmental storytelling to create a darkly imaginative adventure unlike anything else.

BirdGut is a hand-drawn 2d puzzle-platformer set inside the internal organs of a bird.

A bee hatches in the hive, but something's wrong. Born different from the others, the bee is exiled from the hive and forced to survive the world on its own. That is, until a bird attacks and eats it.
But that's only the beginning... Inside the bird, all of the bugs that it eats are brainwashed and put to work in fantastical, mechanical factories that exist in the place of its organs, except for the outcast bee, whose very disability prevents them from being brainwashed. The bee takes it upon itself to destroy the massive bird from the inside out, and free all the enslaved critters within.

Features:

  • A curious hand-drawn art style, with plenty of quirky moving parts
  • A wealth of unique environments to explore, each with their own special obstacles and puzzles
  • Physics-based fun, and classic platforming
  • A diverse cast of insect characters
  • Three separate endings to choose from
  • Hidden Secrets in every level
  • 22 achievements to collect
  • Giant worms

BirdGut — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 13, 2026
[b]Short, silly, and genuinely charming 🐝[/b] I originally picked this up because I played [i]Poco[/i] before and absolutely loved it, so I was curious to see what else the developer had made, and [i]BirdGut[/i] definitely has its own charm. It took me around [b]2 hours to finish[/b], which honestly felt like the perfect length. The hand-drawn art style is adorable, the puzzles are fun, and the whole concept is so bizarre and silly that I couldn’t help but enjoy it. There’s something really charming about how weird the whole game is. It’s [b]short, sweet, creative[/b], and doesn’t overstay its welcome. If you’ve got 2 hours to spare and want to play something quirky and fun, [b]definitely give this one a try![/b] :)
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Recommended Sep 11, 2026
=======《 [b]Graphics[/b] 》======= ☐ Feels like real life ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not great ☐ Better not stare too long ☐ MS-DOS =======《 [b]Gameplay[/b] 》======= ☑ Really good ☐ Good ☐ It's gameplay, I guess ☐ Meh ☐ I'd rather watch paint dry ☐ Don't even try =======《 [b]Audio[/b] 》======= ☑ My ears are happy ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ RIP my ears =======《 [b]Audience[/b] 》======= ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandpa =======《 [b]PC Requirements[/b] 》======= ☐ Runs on a calculator ☑ Potato PC ☐ Decent ☐ Pretty fast ☐ You'd better have a good PC ☐ Ask NASA for a computer =======《 [b]Game Size[/b] 》======= ☐ Fits on a floppy disk ☑ Small ☐ Manageable ☐ Pretty big ☐ Goodbye, 1 TB of storage ☐ Needs its own hard drive ☐ Time to buy a black hole =======《 [b]Difficulty[/b] 》======= ☐ Press W and win ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn, hard to master ☐ Needs some brain power ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls level =======《 [b]Grind[/b] 》======= ☑ Basically no grind ☐ Only for rankings ☐ Optional grind ☐ Average ☐ Too much grinding ☐ Prepare to lose your life =======《 [b]Story[/b] 》======= ☐ What story? ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Really nice ☐ This game is my life now =======《 [b]Game Tim…
Recommended Sep 8, 2026
it's worth a try if you like Limbo or inside.
Recommended Sep 4, 2026
Amazing quick game.
Recommended Sep 1, 2026
Good. Post-capitalism or something.
Recommended Aug 31, 2026
one of the best platformer you can play for free

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