$4.99Flock Around Birdwatching with friends, at your own pace
A co-op birdwatching game in Goose Lake Sanctuary. Wander colorful biomes alone or with up to nine friends, snap pictures of real birds in silly poses, and fill out the park guide book. Sell your photos, buy camera upgrades and outfits, and hunt rare shiny birds at your own pace.
Is Flock Around worth it?
Flock Around is worth it if…
- you want something calm to play solo or with a group, with no pressure and no fail states
- you like collecting and completion, from filling every guide book page to hunting shiny birds
- you enjoy real birds and want a game that respects how they actually look and act
- you play cozy games with friends and prefer hanging out to high-stakes chaos
- you want a short, sweet game you can finish in an evening or stretch over many
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Photograph every bird, fill the guide book
Goose Lake Sanctuary is full of birds, and if you can see one, you can photograph it. The guide book wants a picture of each species in its various poses, from the common Robin to rarer, more exotic birds. Every photo earns stars, and stars open up new areas of the park.
The birds are based on real North American species, and they look, sound and behave like the real thing. You creep closer, frame the shot, and hope it does not fly off at the last second. Camera and binocular upgrades make the tricky shots possible, and the better your gear, the better your pictures. Filling a page of the guide book is quietly satisfying in a way that is hard to explain until you do it.
Lures, seeds and shiny hunting
Some birds will not just walk up and pose. You use seeds and bird calls to lure species in, and different items tempt different birds, so figuring out what works is part of the fun. There is a learning curve to using them well, and getting it right feels earned.
Then there are the shiny variations: rare versions of each bird for the collectors who cannot leave a page half-filled. Finding one takes patience and luck, and the hunt gives the game real replay value long after the main photos are taken. Between lures, poses, rares and shinies, there is always one more bird worth waiting for.
A walk in the park, no rush required
Nothing here chases you. There are no timers, no failure states, no birds attacking back (they mostly just poop on you). You wander the sanctuary at your own pace, listen for calls in the distance, and take the shot when the moment feels right. The bright, colorful world and gentle sound design make it easy to lose an hour without noticing.
Even the waiting is the point: standing still while a shy bird works up the courage to come to your seeds is its own small pleasure. If your idea of a good evening is a low-stakes stroll with a camera, this is that, with funnier birds.
Birding is better with friends
Up to ten of you can share the sanctuary, and the game treats it as a social space first. Work together to lure in a rare bird, climb things by stacking on each other, or use a friend as a perch for that perfect close-up. Or simply mess with each other and scare everything away while someone lines up the shot of their life.
Photos can be copied straight to your clipboard, so the group chat gets a live feed of everyone's best and worst shots. It is the kind of game where the plan is "photograph birds" and what actually happens is much funnier.
What else should you know?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, and it works well alone. The whole sanctuary is open to a single birder: you explore the biomes, lure birds, fill the guide book and earn money for upgrades at your own pace. Playing with friends adds the messing-around factor, but nothing in the game requires a group.
How long is the game?
A full run through all the biomes takes a few hours, and a group will move faster than a solo player. But the guide book, camera upgrades, three-star photos and shiny variations give it a long tail: finishing the main photos is where the completionist hunt begins, not ends.
What do you do with all those photos?
You develop them for money, which buys camera upgrades and cosmetics for your birder. So the loop is: take good pictures, get paid, look extremely stylish while taking better pictures. The cosmetics are purely for expressing your personality and eagle eyes to friends, but that is half the fun.
Are the birds real?
The species are based on real North American birds, down to their looks, calls and behavior, and the guide book doubles as a surprisingly decent way to learn their names. The poses they strike while you photograph them are where the cartoon side takes over.
