Flappy Bird
60Happy KittySadkitty Score
65KitSuperintelligent review
—CriticsNo critic reviews yet
51Players63 ratings
Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile game developed by Vietnamese artist and programmer Dong Nguyen, under his game development company dotGEARS. The game is a side-scroller where players control a bird trying to fly between columns of green pipes without hitting them. Your score in the game depends on how many pipes you successfully pass.
Kit's verdict · 6.5/10
A cruel, one-note toy that became a cultural moment far bigger than the game.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Simplest possible controls
- Brutal but fair
- Highly shareable scores
Not so much
- Nothing else to do
- Frustration can outweigh fun
Play it if anyone who enjoys mastering a single maddening skill.
Skip it if anyone with a short temper or a fragile phone screen.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Flappy Bird doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Watch the next gap, not the bird; your fingers will follow your eyes.
- Aim to hover in the lower half of each gap, since a flap pushes you up faster than gravity pulls you down.
- Tap in a steady rhythm instead of panic-tapping; the timing between pipes never changes.
- Take a break after a few deaths in a row, because tension makes your taps sloppy.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Did you know?
Trivia
- It was made by Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen, reportedly in just a few days.
- At its peak it was said to earn around $50,000 a day from ads.
- Nguyen pulled it from stores in February 2014, saying it had become too addictive.
- Phones with it still installed were listed on eBay for huge sums after the removal.
Member reviews
What the Clowder thinks
Loading member reviews…