Angry Birds Rio Now Available on the PC, Seasons Coming Soon!


As the title suggests, Angry Birds Rio is now available for the PC, but not through Intel AppUp — at least not yet. Rovio hinted a day or two ago that the the launch of Angry Birds Rio would be a “silent” one (meaning, they wouldn’t announce it). Thankfully, the amazing Angry Birds fans here on ABN — most notably RZLIII and ecarland — who sniffed it out early this morning right after it dropped.

Since this is a new format that is being offered as a standalone download and installable application, we decided to throw a quick FAQ together to help you get started (again, a big — no huge — thanks to RZLIII and ecarland in the forum for being the first to provide us with some insight):

  • Where do I download it and how much does it cost?
  • To download Angry Birds or Angry Birds Rio on your PC head over to download.angrybirds.com. Each version is $4.95 to purchase, but there are free demos available that you can upgrade from without losing your progress.
  • How to I download and install Angry Birds or Angry Birds Rio on my PC?
  • To download the demo or to purchase the full game head over to, download.angrybirds.com. Once downloaded you can install Angry Birds or Angry Birds Rio just like any other application. If you have trouble follow the simple setup guide that Rovio created.
  • I bought an activation key, now how do I activate it?
  • To activate the game, you must enter a serial number that can be purchased online. Once you receive the activation key via email launch the game and click the “Activate Full Version” button.  Now, copy and paste the key into the “Enter the key” field and click “Register the key”. This will unlock all of the levels, Golden Eggs and give you access to future updates.  An internet connection is required to activate the game.
  • Are the free demos unlimited?
  • No. Our initial tests indicate that you can play them for only about 30-minutes at which time you are asked to upgrade. We’ll do more testing. If you have a different experience please let us know.
  • How do the controls work?
  • Check out our Angry Birds control guide for the complete control schema.
  • How are future updates delivered?
  • Not 100% sure on this one. We will try and get some clarity.
  • I have the previous — Intel AppUp — version of Angry Birds PC, will I have to start from scratch?
  • No, you will not. Based on our testing it looks like the new standalone version recognizes and loads your progress.
  • I purchased Angry Birds through Intel AppUp, will have I have to buy it again?
  • We believe so.
  • Are they available for purchase outside the USA?
  • Yes, you can purchase and activate the games from anywhere in the world!
  • If I download and play the demo version will I lose my progress if I decide to upgrade to the full version?
  • From what we can tell you will NOT lose your progress when you upgrade.
  • Does it work on Windows Vista?
  • Yes. The system requirements are: OS Windows XP SP2, RAM 512MB, CPU 1 GHz, Graphic OpenGL 1.3 compatible, Internet Connection required for activation
  • Does it work on 64-bit version of Windows 7?
  • Yes, though it installs as a 32-bit application.
  • When will it be available through Intel AppUp
  • This we don’t know. Maybe never, maybe tomorrow.
  • Can I share my activation key with my friends?
  • No.  Per the Rovio FAQ, “A single purchase only allows for single-user use. The activation key is valid for three installs so you can install the game on your desktop or laptop with a single key”. Note, this makes it sound like you can up install it on your laptop AND PC with a single key, but from what I’ve heard this is not the case. It’s 3 installs on a single device (i.e. You can install and uninstall 3 times with the same key).
  • Is Angry Birds Seasons available for the PC?
  • Not just yet, but Rovio says it’s coming soon!
  • Does Angry Birds Rio PC include Beach Volley?
  • Yes, the latest levels are included.
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Comments (132)

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Does anyone know (yet) if Angry Birds is at v1.5.1 or 1.5.3? That is, is Ham ’em High complete?

Rank: Deputized with 125 points
By Birdman565 (@birdman565)

Yea it’s I think it’ s complete.

By reddo

I don’t think it’s 1.5.3 i downloaded the trial and compared the levels folder to the app up one and it’s the same

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By felix (@felix)

The installer is labelled as 1.5.1.

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By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

No, Ham ’em High is NOT complete yet. For some weird reason, after I finished Poached Eggs, it unlocked all of the other chapters. Not all levels, just the first level of each world. And the last page of Ham ’em High says “Coming Soon!”

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

That’s true for all platforms. In the original app (and in Seasons; not in Rio) you can start playing any Episode you like.

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By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

Oh, I didn’t know that. I’m stuck on my Android, cause it doesn’t play smooth enough for me to play it well. I have a Huawei Ascend. It stinks… -_-

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By x6xBowserx6x (@x6xbowserx6x)

I don’t think they will make it available in Intel AppUp. It looks like they have put a lot of effort into the website. That way the PC version can independent of other companies and solely distributed by Rovio.

By Jake Oliver

They have now got it on intel appup

Rank: Sling God with 36990 points
By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

What is up on AppUp? I don’t see the v1.5.3 update or any other episodes.

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By trishohara (@trishohara)

Norton Antivirus tells me that the Rio-install-exe would be dangerous and cancels the installation progress.
Do you have the same problem?

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By FujiToast (@fujitoast)

You may have to specifically tell it it’s safe. I’m surprised it’s doing that though. You must have it on quite a tight setting. I use Microsoft Security Essentials myself with great results.

By paulop

Do shipping fees apply?

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

No, nothing is shipped. You download it straight to your PC.

By paulop

Thanks, it was just as I thought. Just got confused since the cart screen says “subtotal: 4.95 + shipping fees.” Thanks!

By Josh The Geek

FUDGE YOU ROVIO PLEASE UPDATE RIO FOR MAC!!! It’s the last day of May at 8:47pm local time, and EVERY SINGLE PLATFORM but the Mac has gotten Beach Volley. Sincerely, your new least favorite fan, Josh The Geek.

(Sorry for the rant, I’m tired and annoyed at Rovio.)

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Rovio submitted the update to Apple last week. Waiting on Apple.

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By rhemaangel (@rhemaangel)

WOOHOO!!!! Happy Birthday to ME!!!! (on Sunday, actually). Guess what I’m getting? hehehe…

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By Jakkie95 (@jake1995)

I can’t take te golden egg in level 1-8. When I double-click there comes nothing.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Check out the Golden Egg Guide. Here, people have had success using different methods, but for PC it’s not simply click.

The way I got it was double-click the treasure chest and leave the cursor over the chest. Type open on the keyboard. Should get it. (Read the comments on the star walkthrough to see some of the other methods if this doesn’t work.

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By Jakkie95 (@jake1995)

Thanks! I’ve got the egg!

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By wanda (@wanda)

Just downloaded demo of Angry Birds- original game- and all of the progress from the Intel App Up version loaded. I will wait to see which one gets the Ham’Em High update, before I buy it again. Thanks for keeping us informed on all of the Angry Birds info.

By mannem

May I say, WTF, I downloaded the demo and it overwrote my AppUp game, and locked it all. So, the game I already bought, I can’t play unless I buy the same game again from someone else. Major suckage, Rovio.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

That’s odd. It should have loaded the AppUp progress. Everyone else who has posted said their progress loaded, even in the demo version.

By reddo

same for me, i downloaded the game from rovio and installed it, then i tried to play it and all my scores were still there however i was locked to only the first set of levels and it wanted me to buy the game again to open you the rest of the levels

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By wanda (@wanda)

Well, my progress is there, but levels are locked. I have emailed Rovio, and I will let you know if they reply. I considered uninstalling the demo version, but the way my luck with this has gone, I would delete all of my progress, so it would be worth $5 to avoid that again. I guess if I end up buying it (again), it’s still pretty inexpensive for many hours of addictive game playing. I just hope that if I do have to buy it again, all of the updates will be included.

By Rui M. Silva

Same happened to me! I opened the game like any other regular day and all of a sudden all my progress was still there but all levels all locked again! Reinstalled the app and just replaced the save files thinking the info might still be there and somehow I guess I lost all my progress forever!

By paulop

I’ve bought the game, received the key, but when I registered the key, it says that the registration is failed. Help!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I think you’re best off emailing [email protected]. I’ve seen a few people on Facebook posting this as well, so perhaps their own keygen isn’t working properly.

By paulop

I emailed them half a day ago. I’ll post their reply when I get it.

By hello

Will it ever be available for Palm Pre?! >:(

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

My post here should answer your questions.

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By AngrybirdsCJS (@angrybirdscjs)

I wonder why it’s taking them so long to launch Angry Birds Seasons for PC?

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By wanda (@wanda)

Me too. I am looking forward to having it on my PC, since it kills my phone battery.

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By J.C.Christ (@j-c-christ)

I guess the download site is overloaded or something,only HOME page works,nothing happens when I click on BUY RIO!

By mannem

WTF, Rovio? Downloaded the *demo* version, and it overwrote and locked up my Intel AppUp version. Without warning.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

First, ABN is not affiliated with Rovio; just a fan site. But you are the second person to post this, so we’ll see if we can find a solution. In the meantime, you are probably better off asking [email protected].

By mannem

My apologies. I did not mean to suggest that anybody here at ABN should or could solve this problem. Post was more in the way of venting. Also, to see if anybody else had the same issue (one so far) or figured out how to fix it (not yet).

I did send a query to Rovio support, so ideally this will get squared away.

Meanwhile: ABN is awesome, always.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Let us know what you find out. It would make sense that Rovio offer licenses to AB users who already purchased Intel AppUp. I much prefer the standalone version myself. I dread launching Intel AppUp.

By Jonathan

Same here. I’d very much like to find out about this too. Hate Intel AppUp to be honest.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Yeah, AppUp sucks, but it’s a shame we have to buy it again to receive the better version. IMO, they should give free keys to those who purchased via AppUp, but hey, that’s just me.

Rank: Master Slinger with 6700 points
By wanda (@wanda)

Just received this email from Rovio:
Hi Wanda,

You can back up your highscores.lua and settings.lua files from
c:\users\username\AppData\Roaming\Rovio\Angry Birds\ to save your
scores and progress.

The demo overwrites the Intel AppUp app because the default install
paths are the same.

Both version will receive updates.

Best regards,

Niklas
Angry Birds Team

So now I know how to fix it :). I may buy the newer version just because Intel bugs me for some reason.

Rank: Sling God with 36990 points
By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Thanks for posting this, Wanda.

By PigSquisher

Same problem as trishohara – Norton absolutely wouldn’t let the Rio installer loose after download (and deleted it!). Solved, reluctantly, by turning Norton off completely to get the file.
Has anybody else had a delay between ordering and receiving the reg. key? It’s been 24 hours and all I have is an order acknowledgement and a receipt.

By paulop

It took me around 30 minutes to receive it, and the keygen doesn’t work. How about yours?

By PigSquisher

– found the reg email in my Spam folder!

No problem using the key.

By Puufels

I am still waiting over 24 hours for a key also. Raised a ticket, e-mails to support go unanswered. Did you get your key PigSquisher?

By Higuyby

Will Angry Birds Rio be available to the Chrome App Store?

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

No idea. The Chrome release was a surprise to all of us, so it’s not clear if they will launch other versions there as well. For now, I think the Chrome release was a semi-preview of the Facebook app, which Rovio has referenced a few times.

By s rea

I just loaded the free demo version of angry birds onto my pc with xp. It’s seems very slow to load and unresponsive to mouse or keyboard commands. Finally, it gets to the empty nest page and then freezes. I can’t get it to play the first level. Anybody else having similar problems?

Rank: Sling God with 36990 points
By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

It’s typically for it to freeze for a bit, but after a short time the level opens up. Does it freeze indefinitely? Your last resort may be to email Rovio PC support at [email protected].

By s rea

Thanks for your reply. After several minutes I gave up. It is also very slow getting through the first couple of screens. The second screen is, I believe, the “play” screen and a little hand for the cursor appears on the screen but I can’t control it with my mouse. I just tap the enter key and eventually it goes to the next page. This can’t be the way it is supposed to function. I wonder if I should just delete it and reload it. Thanks for the link to the support page. Do you know the computer requirements of the game? Maybe I just don’t have enough juice to run it.

Rank: Sling God with 36990 points
By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Bummer. Yeah, that’s definitely not the way it is supposed to work. Check the specs on the bottom of http://download.angrybirds.com/. Let me know if you get it up and running smoothly.

Rank: Master Slinger with 6700 points
By wanda (@wanda)

My netbook can be slow, so I make sure that nothing else is running and give it a few minutes. Sometimes it takes a while, but that might help.

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By J.C.Christ (@j-c-christ)

Hi there! At this page —> http://download.angrybirds.com it says that AB original comes with 240+ levels! So I assume it does include Ham ‘Em High update with so far missing World 14! If thats right,Ill buy it straight away,just one concern…will my progress load?? Anyone please?? My current AB original version came from AppUp! Also I can only count excatly 240 levels of AB(Poached Eggs 63,Mighty Hoax 42,Danger Above 45,The Big Setup 45 and Ham ‘Em High 45…240 in total),what are those + levels? Does it mean that Mine and Dine is also included? And how can I get FB levels??
Thank You,JC

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By wanda (@wanda)

If you download the demo, beware- many people are finding their app up version is now locked. My progress is still there, but only Poached Eggs is available for play. All of the Golden eggs are unlocked, as well. I emailed rovio, but no reply so far. I think that the facebook levels are only after world 14, so that is probably the “+”. I downloaded the demo, but it seems to be the same version as app up right now. If anyone buys it, please let us know if it includes world 14 of Ham’em High : ).

By mannem

That’s what happened to me, but I found a fix: Delete the AppUp game on you PC (which has essentially been taken over by the demo version), then you can re-download from AppUp, with progress intact.

Rank: Flinger with 0 points
By J.C.Christ (@j-c-christ)

Ok,thank You guys! Ill get my nerve together and probably will go for it later tonight! Will let You know what happened!

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By J.C.Christ (@j-c-christ)

This is what I found out! I downloaded the AB from http://download.angrybirds.com to a separate folder(I named it Rovio2) after launching the game my progress was there but all the levels except Poached Eggs are locked up! Closed that version! Went to AppUP and launched AB from there,progress is safe and all the levels are unlocked! Now to decide if its worth to spend another 4.95$ to find out if angrybirds.com version has the level 14 ready to play! Thats it! If I decide to spend my monies Ill let You now about Ham ‘Em High!

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Ham em High is still at the v1.5.1 version, so no world 14. Will probably jump to the Mine and Dine version with the next update.

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By J.C.Christ (@j-c-christ)

Ok,tnx! Wont buy it then! But Im sure the installer said v1.5.2

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Right, but v1.5.3 contains the new levels. v1.5.2 is just bug fixes.

By darpan goyal

hey i downloaded the demo version of ab but when i try to open it, says that configuration error….what shall i do?….i tried to change the resolution but nothing happened.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Hrm, haven’t seen this one before. You might try updating your video card drivers. When all else fails contact [email protected].

By taz

well what happen w 1.5.3 verison for pc? june is halfway to end n angry birds rio has regsiter key problem? i has not buy one yet cuz of see what ppls say abt key

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

PC will likely update to v1.6.0 this month

By christine

When does Seasons come out for the PC?

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By FujiToast (@fujitoast)

Sorry we don’t have any official word on that.

By taz

what happen to angry birds 1.6.0 for pc? june is end

Rank: Flinger with 30 points
By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

He said likely, not WILL. ABN is not affiliated with Rovio, just a fan site. AMslimfordy was merely speculating that he thought it may be updated by the end of June.

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Exactly, thanks sonicking917. Any dates we throw out are speculative, as we get no inside info. We’re often right, but many times we’re not or something delays the release.

Rank: Flinger with 30 points
By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

And after what happen with the Rio May update, I can see why they don’t give any info. “Update in May!” “WTF Rovio!? It’s May 1st! where the **** is my update!?” -_-

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Yeah, I agree.

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By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

Sorry to go off topic for a second, but, how do I set an avatar picture for my profile?

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Easy, we use Gravatar. I wrote up some detailed instructions in this forum post.

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By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

Ok, I set one, let’s see if it shows up. *crosses fingers*

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Looks good to me! Nice work.

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By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

Thanks, and thanks for pointing me to that post, too. You may delete this part of the topic, if you want, I know it went pretty far off topic. ;) lol

By CAREFREE

I bought Angry Birds Rio for PC a couple of days ago and have 3 stars in all levels and all pineapples, melons, and bananas… My question is not WHEN the updates of the 3 remaining levels will come, but HOW….? Will they update automatically or do I have to do ‘something’…?

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

This is a great question and I’m honestly not sure what the answer is. I think you can update from within the game, but I’m not sure how you’re prompted. When the next update comes out I’d love it if you’d post back with info on how you were notified and how you updated.

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By sonicking917 (@sonicking917)

If an update is available, you’ll be notified when you start the game.

By CAREFREE

Thanx for the quick replies guys…
I allready played the first three levels of Rio including Beach Volley, there are three levels labelled ‘coming soon’ left now…
Too bad Seasons for PC isn’t out yet, I’m bored and going crazy here…hahaha
@ BL : If anything happens(updates), I will post it here immediately!

By taz

ur welcome n wow ur getting there on rio lol n i know ugh im hope season for pc will be out soon n haha did u finish orginial angry bird or wait for 1.6.0?

By CAREFREE

I allready finished the original version twice, so that’s in the past now…;-)
Just have to wait for Seasons en the updates for Rio now and be very…very patient..

By taz

ohhh wow that cool lol im waitin for 1.6.0 version come out for ab on pc lol and i has not download angry bird rio for pc yet since i heard some users has problem w key for full verison :)

By CAREFREE

One more question…about the original AB…the last 15 levels of Ham ‘Em High still says ‘Coming Soon’…????
For months now…it’s the legal version I downloaded and purchased via http://download.angrybirds.com/ and not some cracked torrent or anything like that..
Isn’t it about time that that update should be there by now…??

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Indeed, PC is still waiting on the update. Hopefully it will land soon and bring you up-to-date (read: include Mine and Dine).

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