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Flock Around
A co-op birdwatching game where you explore a sanctuary with friends and fill a photographic field guide.
Online co-op.
- Online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-opYesPlayer count not confirmed
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You take a camera into a nature sanctuary and look for birds among its trees, water and rocky paths. Each species has several poses to photograph. You develop your pictures, collect stars and spend your earnings on clothes and equipment. Finding a bird is only part of the task. Getting close enough for a clear picture takes patience, and a sudden noise can send it flying.
You share the sanctuary online with friends. You can search different areas, call out a sighting or gather around the same bird. There is room to wander and talk between photographs. Friends can also spoil a carefully lined up shot, so taking things slowly often helps the group.
How it feels
Kind of game
A calm world you share and look after at your own pace, with little danger.
- At its heart
- A big part
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Working in sync
- Jumping and climbing
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- About
- Birdwatching
Rated on our own feel scale. 6 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Flock Around
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over the hill
Why it scores 77%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Cozy shared world
- Core to both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Exploring, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How over the hill differs
- More slapstick than Flock Around
- 4 online
Both give you a calm world to share at your own pace. Both are calm and low on stress. Both are easy to play while you chat.
But more slapstick than Flock Around.
Cozy Island
Why it scores 75%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Cozy shared world
- Core to both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Exploring
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Cozy Island differs
- More slapstick than Flock Around
- More building than Flock Around
- Online
Both give you a calm world to share at your own pace. Both give you one lasting world to come back to. Both are calm and low on stress.
But more slapstick than Flock Around.
The Planet Crafter
Why it scores 75%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Cozy shared world
- Core to both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Exploring, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How The Planet Crafter differs
- More building than Flock Around
- Online
- Crossplay
Both give you a calm world to share at your own pace. Both are calm and low on stress. Both are easy to play while you chat.
But more building than Flock Around.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Most players online
- Not confirmed
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 1
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
8 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date, About, Kind of game, Calm and coziness, Exploring, Planning ahead, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: The publisher describes cooperative bird photography in a shared online sanctuary.
- Platforms: System requirements name Windows, macOS and SteamOS plus Linux.
- Release status: The base game is available to buy.
- Release date: The displayed release date is 24 April 2026.
- About: Finding and photographing birds across sanctuary habitats is the main activity.
- Kind of game: The publisher describes a shared social space for photographing birds and friends.
- Calm and coziness: The page presents unhurried bird photography and has Relaxing and Cozy user labels.
- Exploring: Different biomes contain birds to find and attract with items.
- Planning ahead: Bird species can be attracted with different actions and items.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID.
- Steam app ID: Steam identifies this product as app 3618030.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Sessions, Unlocks and progress.
- Sessions: The developer explains saved guidebook photographs, money, stars, upgrades and items that can be recovered between visits.
- Unlocks and progress: The developer lists persistent stars, money, guidebook photographs and equipment upgrades.
pcgamer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Getting better, Calm and coziness.
- Laughter and chaos: PC Gamer's 7 January 2026 demo feature describes friends frightening birds and laughing at birds perching on them.
- Working in sync: The demo feature describes calling out a rare sighting and asking friends to keep quiet for a photograph.
- Getting better: The demo feature describes learning to approach slowly and frame birds. This supports light practice.
- Calm and coziness: The demo feature reports no punishment for poor photographs. Current player samples also describe relaxed play.
steamcommunity.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Jumping and climbing, Time to hang out.
- Jumping and climbing: The first three helpful review entries, dated 20 and 21 September 2026, include optional jumping routes to secret places.
- Time to hang out: That bounded sample describes relaxed photography with a partner and unwinding with friends.
blog.acer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Time to hang out.
- Time to hang out: Acer's couples article describes bird photography that leaves room to talk about other things.
gaming.netPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Getting better.
- Calm and coziness: Jord Tury, April 27, 2026 describes unhurried photography without hostile animals or boss battles.
- Time to hang out: The released-game review describes low-demand social photography and time spent waiting for birds.
- Working in sync: Friends can search together and must sometimes keep quiet to avoid spoiling a photograph. They can also work independently.
- Getting better: The review describes accessible controls and patience rather than a steep skill-learning curve.