Falcon Age

Players take the role of Ara who has been wrongfully thrown in jail on a dying colony planet with its culture destroyed, resources depleted, and turned into a desert by robotic machines. Starting in her cell, you pass the time by befriending a young falcon and escape together to reclaim their freedom and drive off the invaders. Players get to bond with their bird companion to dress up or hunt various animals for precious materials, which can be used for crafting snacks for your falcon to buff, heal and strengthen up its skills.

Developer Outerloop Games is based in Seattle. The idea around the project came from Chandana Ekanayake who worked on games like Monday Night Combat, Supreme Commander, Enter the Matrix and Elder Scrolls and co-founded his company Outerloop Games. Powered by the Unity engine, it started off as a VR prototype after seeing a YouTube clip of a giant golden eagle attacking a mountain goat. 80 Days writer Meg Jayanth was brought on to help flesh out the story concept of the game before Cassandra Khaw joined in later from his work on Where the Water Tastes Like Wine.

The game received “mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator website Metacritic. 69% of critics recommend the game on OpenCritic.

Jonathon Dornbush of IGN praises about its charming adventure from how they established a strong foundational system when it comes to exploring and fighting with your falcon, while presenting an intriguing sparse world that explores some meaningful concepts. GameSpot's Calum Marsh praised the game over its responsive mechanics making falconry exhilarating but dislikes dialogue sounds being sloppy and sometimes jarringly out of place.