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Angry Birds Rush is an endless runner game in the Angry Birds series developed by Dark Matter Gaming. It was first discovered when it replaced the Google Play listing of Angry Birds Journey, under the name Angry Birds Families,[1] and later soft launched for iOS on September 1, 2025. The soft launch received negative reception from fans.
History[]
In July 2025, under the name Angry Birds Families, the game was advertised on Facebook and replaced the listing of Angry Birds Journey on Google Play.[2] Because of this, the game was not actually available to download.
On August 26, 2025, the game was released on the Google Play store in the United States.[3]
In September 2025, the game's soft-launch was announced in Rovio Gaming for iOS and Android devices in the United States, now separate from Journey.
Gameplay[]
Angry Birds Rush is similar to the endless runner genre, albeit with some differences. The player starts by launching a bird from a slingshot. Once launched, the bird can collect coins, bounce off trampolines, or crash into structures housing Minion Pigs. When the bird stops rolling, the slingshot respawns in the player's current position for the bird to be launched again. Afterwards, the player can use their earned coins to purchase buildings to add to their camp. Buildings will sometimes get attacked, requiring the player to enter a minigame to defend it.
Characters[]
Birds[]
- Red
- Chuck
- Bomb
- Stella
- Silver
- Ruby
- The Blues (cameo appearance)
- Matilda (cameo appearance)
- Terence (cameo appearance)
- Bubbles (cameo appearance)
- Mighty Eagle (cameo appearance)
- Hatchlings (cameo appearance)
An update released in November 2025 removed Silver, Ruby, and Stella from the roster of playable birds.[citation needed]
Pigs[]
Reception[]
Some fans have voiced their opinions regarding the visuals and gameplay, calling it a "very generic mobile game", and the characters "unpolished and ugly".[4]
Trivia[]
- Angry Birds Rush features a narrator, making this the first Angry Birds game to include full English voice acting.
- Music from Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Fight!, Angry Birds 2, and Angry Birds Evolution plays during gameplay.
- Sound effects from Angry Birds are used in the main game mode.
- Bubbles, the Blues, and Matilda appear as profile icons, leaving Hal, Jo, Melody, and Gordon as the only members of the Flock absent from this game as of the soft launch. In addition, Foreman Pig is the only pig absent from this game.
- This is the first Angry Birds game to not be published by Rovio Entertainment, instead being developed and published by Dark Matter Gaming.
- An Angry Birds endless runner game was a proposed idea during development of Angry Birds Go!.[5]
- Clearing every camp unlocks a classic version of the loading screen.
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250727025229/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.abcasual
- ↑ Did Rovio just screw up? Or am I missing something. Reddit. Retrieved on August 1, 2025.
- ↑ File:Angry Birds Rush Google Play Info.png
- ↑ Angry Birds Rush is pretty bad. Reddit. Retrieved on September 7, 2025.
- ↑ File:What IS Angry Birds Go!? Retrieved September 8, 2025.
