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Owlboy

ActionAdventureIndie

Developer D-Pad Studio

Owlboy is a platform-adventure video game created by Norwegian independent developer D-Pad Studio. The game is notable for its long development cycle, which began in 2007, and was released in November 2016. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    The Owlboy cast in the style of old Bengus art (circa MvC1.) I always felt they'd fit into a fighting game.

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  • Adrian Bauer @adrianbauer.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... We put Owlboy on sale for real low cheap!

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    I was in classes that would eventually lead to a game design course further down the line when I came across Cave Story. It made me realize it was actually, genuinely possible to create and publish a game on your own. I never did take that course. Instead, I dedicated myself to making Owlboy.

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    If someone you know hasn't had the chance to play Owlboy yet, it's currently 80% off on Steam, along with our other games. It directly helps fund our next game, Vikings on Trampolines, so thank you if you decide to check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... #steamsale #gamedev

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    Some landscapes from our game #Owlboy. We broke free from traditional tile-sets early, allowing @snakepixel.art to handcraft each background with as much detail as the #Xbox 360 would let us. Ironically, the game never made it to the 360 - but made it's debut on #Steam in 2016. #pixelart #gamedev

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    Hey! Owlboy is pretty affordable right now if you've been looking to try our game out! store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O...

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Sep 5, 2025

    No way! We're seeing a MAJOR surge in Owlboy sales on Nintendo Switch 😱 It sold thousands of copies just last week. To those discovering the game for the first time - please handle Geddy with care! ❤️🦉 www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... #owlboy #eshop #nintendo

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    Hey, in case you haven't had the chance to check out our adventure platformer; Owlboy is 75% off during the Steam #summersale ! A game where you can swallow vegetables whole, throw your best friend off a cliff, and hats are illegal in space. store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O...

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  • SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2026

    time to play OWLBOY on @prozdplaysgames.bsky.social, this was a very charming game www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycSG...

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    Last day of the summer sale, so if you've been holding out on trying Owlboy, you still have a little time! store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... #steamsale #steam #gamedev

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Oct 31, 2025

    It's that time of year again🦉! Join us tomorrow, November 1st at 20:00 CET/12:00 PT on Twitch for our 9th Annual Owlboy Anniversary! Q&A, announcements and finishing our Owlboy playthrough!🎉🎉 Thank you for nine amazing years of support on our little indie game, can't wait to see you there!

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Owlboy was built around two main game-mechanics: Flying & carrying. Grabbing an "item" would grant you unique actions. This lead to the Gunner-system; Carry friends with you and use their abilities as your own. 🧵 1 / 4 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #owlboy

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  • Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.artBluesky · Jul 8, 2025

    The sale is almost over. If you've been considering checking out out my game, it will be 75% off for one more day! #owlboy #summersale

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  • Adrian Bauer @adrianbauer.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... We put Owlboy on sale as you do this time of year. I suspect anyone following me has probably got a copy so grab it for a friend, leave a little review. Every bit helps with developing Vikings on Trampolines. Thanks! #indiedev #steamsale #gamedev

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Oct 25, 2023

    IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR! The 7th anniversary of Owlboy is now exactly ONE WEEK away! On November 1st we'll be celebrating the game that started it all with some new announcements! We will also be doing our annual Q&A session: so drop your questions about us, Owlboy or our games in the comments!

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  • 钛山 (Tyson Tan) @tysontan.comBluesky · Oct 19, 2024

    Otus from Owlboy Expression Studies (2016). This is a set of fan art of Otus from Owlboy. Owlboy is a 2016 indie action platform action video game. Fullsize & Info: tysontan.com/gallery/gall...

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    We're swooping into the Steam #summersale once again! Owlboy - 75% off store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... Savant Remix - 80% off store.steampowered.com/app/2279330/... Please don't throw Geddy into the walls or the abyss too much. You wouldn't do that do your best friend, would you?

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  • Adrian Bauer @adrianbauer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... #summersale is on so we put Owlboy up for 75% off! #indiegame

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  • Pop-Pop, the Fez-Cat @toygunhitman.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    It'd be easier to take this reaction to "indie" titles if any of them could actually describe what they mean by "indie." Is it one person making a game? Because anyone calling Stardew Valley, Cave Story, Owlboy, Axiom Verge or Iconoclasts "pixelart indieslop" has lost the plot entirely.

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  • Richard 🥢 @nintenmau5.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    That's a wrap for Owlboy. I'm a big fan of this game, and now understand the hype around it! It's the perfect game to play handheld, the story was great, and the pixel art was absolutely gorgeous 🦉

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  • Adrian Bauer @adrianbauer.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2023

    store.steampowered.com/app/2279330/Savant__Ascent_REMIX/ store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... Owlboy (65%), Savant Ascent Remix (15%), and the sound tracks are on sale this week for the 7th anniversary!

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  • EnricosUt @enricosut.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    The curse of game dev: Every time I play a new game, it just makes me want to go back and fix issues in my game. Playing through Owlboy right now and the way they do enemy hurt/death animations is so much more satisfying than my system! #gamedev #indiedev

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  • Mitch Cramer @heavyeyed.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2025

    The Messenger, the Mega Man game I've always wanted and secretly what I wish Owlboy was

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Check out Owlboy on #Steam - now at 65% Off! store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O...

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  • Flora | On Hiatus @thedragonflora.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2025

    Not at my best but gonna stream anyways. Gonna check out Owlboy, a game about some kind of bird man. Join me at 2pm EDT. #Owlboy #ENVtuber #Vtuber

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  • Ryan @handle.invalidBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    What's a game that you played, but you feel like you're the only one who's played it? 🤔 Owlboy

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  • Kirby 🌱 @kirbyherpaderpy.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    A bit belated here, but this was for November 1st when it was Owlboy's 8th Anniversary! Owlboy is my favorite game and has influenced my art and current work so much. I highly recommend playing it if you get the chance! #owlboy

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  • ENDY @endy.nekomimis.moeBluesky · Oct 30, 2023

    Adrian is one of my best pals, go support him and his crew!!! Owlboy is a really amazing, wonderful game and I have to still try Savant (once I’m done crunch mode I have a few friends games to get around to haha)

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  • Gaelrice🔥🐒 @gaelrice.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2026

    Been streaming Owlboy with friends on wednesdays, gosh i love this game!

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  • Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    A resolution for the new year is to write more. I don't love the structure of steam reviews but I also don't have anywhere to publish my work and practice my writing. So here's some thoughts on Owlboy

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  • Tom @thepixelempire.netBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    🟡 AN ABSOLUTE HOOT 🟢 Owlboy (2018, PS4) REVIEW: A beautiful blend of old-school sensibilities, gorgeous pixel art, and superb storytelling. @steadyspheretpe.bsky.social covers a game that spent nine years in development, but was worth the wait ☺️👇 #gaming 🔴 www.thepixelempire.net/owlboy-ps4-r...

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  • eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Owlboy is one of my favorite indie games of all time - It mixes the companion-based platforming of Kirby’s Dreamland 2 with the world-building of a Studio Ghibli film. This game is gorgeous, fun, and it’s full of amazing characters, unique mechanics, stunning music, and a metric ton of heart.

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  • Indie Watcher @indiewatcher.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    When I start recommending indie games to my friends, Owlboy is the first one that comes to mind. It's impossible not to notice its beautiful art. Even if you're not into platformers, if you appreciate good art, this one's a must #indiegame #indiedev

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  • LolCam ➡️ GwF in 2 weeks! @theheartlesstide.etheirys.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    Next #lofiartparty game: Owlboy

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  • D-Pad Studio @dpad.studioBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Interested in playing #Owlboy for yourself? We're approaching the holidays, and will put the game on a great discount soon! 🎁 The game's available on PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch™, Playstation and Xbox. store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O...

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  • Heartlilly @heartlilly.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2024

    Anyone else just listen to game soundtracks but have never played the game? I just love the music from Owlboy, The Outer Worlds, Moonlighter, A Hat in Time... to name a few.

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  • SomeAwesome @someawesome.comBluesky · May 11, 2026

    Discover amazing games from the bustling Norwegian dev scene! 🔥 Grab Metal: Hellsinger at 60% off or Owlboy for 75% less. Over 170 titles await! Ends May 18. Just one week left 🦉 #GamesOfNorway #SteamSale #IndieGems #Norway #LovelyCrinklyEdges

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  • 𝕶𝖆𝖗𝖛 @karv.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    To this day Owlboy remains my "I hope my art looks as good" game ever since it released

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  • Gender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2025

    Aeterna Noctis was a grueling platforming experience but so incredibly fun! Best part of this game was just the challenging exploration elements. The parts that were not so fun were the LARGE amount of side quests and the way too difficult boss fights. Highly recommend this game though! Owlboy next

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  • 💀 Applescare 🎃 - Plant Goblin Druid ENVtuber @bappleseed.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    Appleseed's Indie Game Of The Day! (Catching up on older days) Day 147) Owlboy by D-Pad Studio A beautiful platformer about a mute Owlboy and his journey to save his village. It's a gorgeously designed game full of emotional depth and great story beats. Absolutely incredible.

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  • raaket @raaket.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2024

    hey did you know Owlboy, my favorite game that turned me into an owl. THE Owlboy game, is only just FIVE dollars. please play it, it is not that long and has beautiful pixel art and also really good music and i love otus so much please play it please please store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O...

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  • ScooterCogs @opusminus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    The intro to #OwlBoy was so negative and unfriendly to the character you are about to play that I never played the game. #owlboy #gamedev #introFails

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  • Nerfherder @nerfherdergames.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    Come hang out with me on stream at twitch.tv/nerfherfer_games as I play Owlboy for the first time, a game I purchased *checks notes* TWO YEARS ago? #twitch #indiegames #gaming #owlboy

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  • Fox @fleridanfox.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    some boguins I made up back in high school. left-right is Blue, Bowtie, Berry, and Bob. I made them before I knew that the boguins in the game had their own names and identities. surprised Bob isn't too far off from Knubby lol #owlboy

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  • Adrian Bauer @adrianbauer.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... Owlboy and Remix are both 80% off right now for the Owlboy 9th anniversary!

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  • Lois Adler-Johnson @lois-aj.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    Book was Exhalation by Ted Chiang and video game was Owlboy by D-Pad Studio. Any recs to keep me on my science fiction and indie video game streaks? #bookrecs #gamerecs #indiegames

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  • wanderer @wanderer27.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2024

    I completed Owlboy 100% achievement, it's an amazing game

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  • Keiichi / けいいち @keiichi96.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    My Owlboy All Bosses run will start in like 2 hours or less. Btw, there's going to be a backup run of Mighty Goose by Adara right before mine, so we're going to see two bird game speedruns consecutively!

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  • PupperPink @pupperspink.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    What is the saddest game youve ever finished? Mine is Owlboy

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  • DreamStation.cc @dreamstation.ccBluesky · Oct 31, 2025

    Owlboy - On Sale for $3.99 (80% Off) Now Through November 3, 2025 on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/115800/O... #steamsale #steam #indiegame #videogames #gaming

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  • Jesse @sc00pdawh00p.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    Get Owlboy, not only is the game not hard the gameplay is ok the graphics look amazing and the story is great. I 100% recommend this game. #owlboy #DPadStudio #gaming #gamer #steam 🎮

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  • ˖ ݁𖥔 Hakey 𖥔 ݁ ˖ @shysprout.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    images you can hear ;-; I love snowpeak ruins omg 🤍 one of my favorites is definitely Mesos from Owlboy, the pixel art in this game is phenomenal (and made by one person, Simon S. Anderson, who’s on bsky!) and the song that goes with this area is so lovely/atmospheric!! ❄️

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  • Keiichi / けいいち @keiichi96.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    It's less than a week away from the relay, so here are the pictures showing when/what game I'm running. Untitled Goose Game - 9th at 2:35 AM ET - Fukuoka RTA Forum Owlboy - 11th at 12:35 PM ET - BRAEKNECK Mighty Goose - 14th at 12:28 AM ET - Pixel Art Runners

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  • N1 (Cryptid Raccoon era) @n1myr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    6. Owlboy Really cute game and great pixel art! It was really short but also enjoyable. Im still wondering stuff about the story I feel it hasn't been explained and the controls were a bit messy, but nonetheless I enjoyed it quite a lot!.

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  • PypeBros @pypebros.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    Seconding that. "If there was a "Meaningful Theme" award for a video game, Owlboy (much like Iconoclasts) truly deserves to be nominated." sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2019/09/owlb...

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  • tine @tine5.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Name a game with a 10/10 soundtrack #DPadstudio #Owlboy

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  • Countess Lita @countesslita.comBluesky · May 17, 2024

    Wow we're hitting the end of the month already?? This week we will continue with the Star Rail story on Tuesday and do another Requested game which is Owlboy!

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  • Charredasperity (commissions open) @charredasperity.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Asetto Corsa Her Name Stardew Valley Mullet Madjack Immortality Super Metroid Oddworld Stranger's Wrath Owlboy Astral Chain SMT Nocturne and V Bangai-O Spelunky Any roguelike, deck builder, strategy, management, or tower defense game, most "Interactive movie" games, Lies of P, Braid, Persona 4

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  • 🟪 Pixel Radon (the silent killer) @pixelbismuth.caBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    As of today, Kirby Super Star (1996) is the 219th best game of all time according to me, directly below Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon and directly above Owlboy. It is part of Tier 12. There are 25 tiers and 596 games in the list #PixelRankings

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  • Garr, Chip Chomper @betheymoth.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    even though my opinion didn't end up changing when I actually did play 1.0... it's so very important to be sure! you never know when a game you hate and think will suck ass will turn out to be a Copy Kitty or an Owlboy

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