Flappy Bird, the viral mobile phenomenon, returns after a decade with battle royale included

Those of us who lived through the first mobile gaming phenomena more than a decade ago have special memories of Flappy Bird, a title that went viral in 2013 and was pulled by its creator, Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen, in less than a year. The reason? According to him, the game was too addictive, despite the multimillion-dollar profits it brought him, easily exceeding $30,000 a day through advertising.  Now, Flappy Bird is rising from the ashes to return in 2025 with a handful of new features, including a battle royale mode, now under the Flappy Bird Foundation label.

The original Flappy Bird is reborn among hundreds of cloned apps

A new group called the Flappy Bird Foundation has acquired the rights to the original app, launched in 2013, and the brand itself to relaunch the game with some major new features and the same addictive gameplay as always. Aiming to reach mobile phones, browsers and other unspecified platforms, Flappy Bird will be reborn with new unlockable characters and multiple game modes, including a battle royale for up to 100 players.

But that’s not all; in addition to the main mode, those in charge will add a more cinematic mode - without the devilish difficulty of the classic mode - and another inspired by basketball shots, among others. “Just a decade ago, I was the talk of the town and soaring to new heights with my 100 million friends. Sadly, I had to leave the fame and spotlight behind to go home and find out who I really am,” the creators said on the new website dedicated to Flappy Bird.

“Thanks to my super Flappy Bird fans, I’m refreshed, reinvigorated, and ready to soar again. The decade-long mission involved acquiring legal rights and even working with my predecessor to uncage me and rehatch the official Flappy Bird game!,” they conclude. We’ll see if Flappy Bird continues to attract millions of players with this second chance in a market that has changed significantly over the past decade.