As a physics-based casual puzzle game originally released in 2009, this title tasks players with using a slingshot to launch multi-colored birds at pig-occupied structures to retrieve stolen eggs. The core loop demands strategic aiming and utilizing each bird's unique destructive power to eliminate all pigs on a level with limited resources. Its distinctive feature is the reliance on realistic, emergent structural collapse, blending arcade action with puzzle strategy across numerous platforms, including mobile, console, and PC.
The central mechanic revolves around utilizing a massive slingshot to launch a specialized flock of multi-colored birds toward structures inhabited by the enemy pigs. Each bird possesses a unique destructive power or ability that is activated upon launch or impact, requiring players to utilize logic and skill to maximize damage.
The objective on every stage is straightforward: eliminate every pig present on the screen. Success hinges on understanding the structural integrity of the various contraptions and fortifications the pigs hide within. Mastering the trajectory, power of the launch, and the timing of special abilities is crucial for clearing levels efficiently.
The game distinguishes itself through its reliance on physics-based demolition. Unlike traditional match-three or timing-based arcade games, success here is tied directly to how accurately players can predict the collapse of wooden, stone, and ice structures after impact. This blend of simple controls with complex, emergent structural failure provides significant replay value.
This main title has been ported extensively since its initial launch, making it widely accessible across legacy and modern systems, including PlayStation Portable, BlackBerry OS, and Windows platforms. As a foundational release, the game currently features no official downloadable content (DLC) or expansions. It has, however, seen at least one subsequent remake.
The atmosphere is lighthearted, focusing entirely on the birds' quest for revenge against the pigs who pilfered their precious eggs. Players are tasked with laying waste to the pigs' defenses using brute force combined with tactical bird selection to ensure the survival of the flock.

Angry Birds Flash is a cancelled Angry Birds game that was shown at the Adobe MAX 2011 event by Andrew Stablow from Rovio Entertainment Corporation. A demo of the game created exclusively for the event was shown at the same event to announce the game. It was planned to release later that year, but it ended up getting canceled and replaced by Angry Birds Friends in 2012.

Rebuilt from the ground up, Rovio Classics: Angry Birds is a faithful re-make of the original Angry Birds game that took the world by storm! The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs who stole their eggs. Use the unique powers of each bird to destroy the pigs' defenses. Angry Birds features challenging physics-based gameplay and hours of replay value. Each level requires logic, skill and force to solve!

While the birds are sleeping, a pig wizard arrives and steals the bird's powers and their eggs too! While powerless, the flock must get their eggs and their powers back! Will they get their power's back, or will they be lost forever?

An unofficial LCD game based on the Angry Birds series that was on sale on Amazon from 2012 to 2014.

Angry Birds Opera was a demo version of Angry Birds available for PCs using the Opera web browser. The game was released on the version 12 alpha of Opera Next on October 13, 2011, and closed it's servers one day later on October 14, 2011. As a result, the domain was also closed for a while until it finally expired sometime in the late 2010s. The game was located on opera.angrybirds.com. The game was announced by The Register on October 11, 2011, and was meant to be available two days later on October 13, 2011. It released and was able to be playable for one day until October 14, 2011, when Rovio closed the game's servers without telling anyone.

Angry Birds Chrome was a free version of the original Angry Birds available for PCs using the Google Chrome web browser.