BLACK BIRD

About this game

A bird of happiness, or fowl fortune?
Feathers black, all lives consumed!

This is the tale of a young girl who dies one day on a street corner and is reborn as the ominous Black Bird. The bird is one of the great calamities, spoken of in the kingdom since ancient times.



Become the calamity, ‘Black Bird’, and destroy the kingdom with a bullet hell.

• What fate awaits this girl-turned bird?
  
• Will you, the Black Bird, destroy the world?
  
• Will this lively, fun-filled kingdom tread the path to destruction?

Game Features
**A darkly humourous world, built with loving care, pixel by pixel.
Visuals which recall a classic era of gaming portray a rich, picture book world.
Completing each stage will reveal more of the mysteries which shroud the dark, fairytale-like exterior.

**A unique audio/visual mix combined in an action-packed shooting game
Your enemies’ movement synchronises with the operatic soundtrack, sung in a bizarre, fictional language, creating a truly unique experience.

**8 different endings!
A high score is the key to the real ending and unlocking the story’s secrets.
Your skill will guide how the story concludes; practice really does make perfect!

**Extra Features Galore!
Unlock True Mode after completing the game to see new enemies, hidden bonus characters and more!
Learn the combo system, bomb system and hidden characters, then mix and match to find your own play style.
When you’re confident, aim for the top of the leaderboards in Score Attack.


About Onion Games
Onion Games is a Japanese indie game developer.
Our works include "Million Onion Hotel" and "Dandy Dungeon".
Our latest game, “BLACK BIRD” will be released for Switch and Steam.

Award History
BLACK BIRD received 2 awards at BitSummit Vol.6, a Japanese indie game festival held in 2018.
The first is the "Vermilion Gate Award" which is the grand prix prize, and the second one is a music award: the "Excellence in Audio Award"!
This is the best indie game from Japan in 2018!

Latest news

• Announcements·8 Jun 2026Official

  Play BLACK BIRD on Steam Deck!

  An announcement from Onion GamesHello to everyone on Steam, and thank you, as always, for playing Onion Games! We are here today to let you know that BLACK BIRD is taking part in Steam Bullet Fest 2026. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to give the game a try!We have put the game through its paces to ensure that the latest version can be played and completed on Steam Deck without any issues. At the moment, Steam does not display that the game is Steam Deck Verified, but it is playable, start to finish, on the Deck itself. If you already own a Steam Deck, please take this opportunity to try BLACK BIRD on the Deck! Your additional Steam Deck playtime can help lead us to getting the game officially Verified in the future! Thank you very much for your support!
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• Announcements·18 Dec 2025Official

  ❄️ Save up to 50% off EVERYTHING in the Steam Winter Sale! ❄️

  https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/866e7ff741268d4318fda3004da1e74bca863b3d.png Attention, please, everyonion! There's a cool snap in the air, and the leaves are starting to show their true colors — that means it's time to save big on all of our games! Through JANUARY 4TH, you can save up to 50% on every game we have on Steam! Load up your fancy Windows, Mac, or Steam Deck with all of our strange little creations! Read on for all of the details! https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36291387/3fb419f9237ade4bce1f7fb54ab43a263ce3ab27.png Too busy shaking your presents under the tree to pick through everything one game at a time? We've got you covered! We've done all the picking! Grab ALL OF OUR OLDER STEAM GAMES AT ONCE (that's everything, apart from Stray Children), with the Onion Papa's Pick Pack and save even more! Onion Papa picks the best onions and they're all here: every game Onion Games has released before this year in one, ready to peel pack! Shooting, adventure, rogue-lite, and kissing(?!) — every layer reveals a new flavor! Get them all now here on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28680/Onion_Papas_Pick/ https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/5204123456ad21b2424561cd8494fd0ff1649a73.jpg “The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — our new bittersweet, fairy tale RPG. Released just a few short weeks ago to widespread critical acclaim, you can now enter this unfamiliar place, with all-too-familiar troubles, for 20% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/Stray_Children/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36291387/4a9893e14f82cfc63628f1fbb4fd371ca7107fdc.png Basically everyone seems to love our port of the 1997 anti-RPG cult classic Moon, and we think you will too! If you're a fan of what we do here at Onion Games, you'll ...
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• Announcements·12 Dec 2025Official

  ⛏️ Pre-order the Stray Children soundtrack now! ⛏️

  https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/d5761c0d54f51a5bd2ddf43d02252ea1e9f2aef1.jpg Stray Children composers Thelonious Monkees have just opened pre-orders for their deluxe soundtrack package, and are making it available worldwide! Click right here for instructions on how to order from overseas! The 3-disc set includes over 70 tracks — over 180 minutes! — including all of the music from the game, as well as a number of never-before-heard, unused bonus tracks, and a full-color booklet with lyrics and liner notes about the making of the soundtrack from Thelonious Monkees themselves! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/49ce4ea56ea2d9a8b251f5be1a89183f8a112891.jpg And! You’ll also get the ~exclusive acrylic diorama stand~ you see above, and a special sticker of the “Beware of the Olders” sign, pictured below! Pre-orders for the soundtrack will close on February 6th, 2026, but don’t wait! This set is being made-to-order, and will only be available via this pre-order campaign! Click right here to order the soundtrack now! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/a0e83826e91efa3b5178b305bdbd750b40862dda.jpg We hope you’re as excited for the soundtrack release as we are! It’s going to be a very special package!
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• Announcements·30 Oct 2025Official

  ⛏️ Stray Children Out Now! Older Onions 30% Off! ⛏️

  https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/fafd436d7daa3a66eaf601003ab31990e4952a4e.png Attention, please, everyonion! This is the update you've been waiting for! Our latest and greatest RPG, Stray Children is available now for Windows and your Steam Deck, right here on Steam! It's even available now on Nintendo Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/Stray_Children/ To get you started, we've not only added a 10% launch sale on Stray Children through November 9th, we've also taken 30% off every other Onion Game on Steam! Let's do the full run-down! https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/9c30c35e3938622911773f56626c0feed62d6cd2.jpg If this is the first you've hearing of it, a quick recap: Stray Children is a bittersweet fairytale RPG, created by many of the same people behind beloved cult-classics like Chulip, Little King’s Story, Rule of Rose, Super Mario RPG, and, of course, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, the game we re-released in English in 2021. You can see so much more about the game in our release date announcement, or you can just head right over to the page here on Steam, and enjoy 10% off in the launch sale! You can also grab it on Nintendo Switch, with the same launch discount! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/Stray_Children/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36291387/3fb419f9237ade4bce1f7fb54ab43a263ce3ab27.png Or, perhaps all this freedom of choice is too overwhelming? We've got you covered! We've done all the picking! Grab ALL OF OUR STEAM GAMES AT ONCE, with the Onion Papa's Pick Pack and save even more! Onion Papa picks the best onions and they're all here: every game Onion Games has released in one, ready to peel pack! Shooting, adventure, rogue-lite, and kissing(?!) — every layer reveals a new flavor! Get them all now here on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28680/Onion_Papas_Pick/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/36291387/...
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• Announcements·2 Oct 2025Official

  Stray Children Releases Worldwide On October 30th

  https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/7d89a3b36e7d37b8d4e3a6d6df0d129caa8f9cb0.jpg Attention all Onion Games fans, it's actually happening! For real! Our new RPG — Stray Children — will be releasing worldwide on October 30th, on both Nintendo Switch and Steam! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXCWLk9yZc https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/7fa65af6b1162f40ba03355fbf476195e9369c13.jpg First released on Switch in Japan at the end of 2024, this new version of the game — in addition to being fully playable in English — comes with a number of new tweaks and updates to the original! Over the past year, we've been working hard to make this new worldwide, English version of the game the most definitive version of Stray Children, and we think you're going to love what you see, when you finally get to play on October 30th! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/Stray_Children/ https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/9c30c35e3938622911773f56626c0feed62d6cd2.jpg If this is the first you've hearing of it, a quick recap: Stray Children is a bittersweet fairytale RPG, created by many of the same people behind beloved cult-classics like Chulip, Little King’s Story, Rule of Rose, Super Mario RPG, and, of course, Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, the game we re-released in English in 2021. https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/f9805b498fd475bea57e2814ed0bc4be4fb2fa3f.jpg Here's a little more about what you can expect when you play: Somewhere, in a secret room, in a secret place, a curious boy flips the switch of a dusty old console. He's suddenly pulled through the screen into a very strange somewhere else: a never-released and long-forgotten retro RPG. https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/36291387/a46246a8f069f3e734156a81b7f99ab9a787d651.jpg He blinks awake in a land where only Children live. Outside their stronghold's walls lurk The Olders: monstrous adults carrying the heavy load of their own inadequacies, self-doubt, and t...
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