WINGSPAN

you can spend the time waiting for your turn clicking on birds to make them sing

If every board game was converted to a pc game at this level of quality, I would quit my job and stay on Steam all day.

Do you like birds? Buy Wingspan.
Do you like board games? Buy Wingspan.
Do you like music? Buy Wingspan.
Do you like art? Buy Wingspan.
Do you like scientific facts? Buy Wingspan.
Do you like having a place to go where things are calm and beautiful and relaxing, where you can escape the escalating apocalypse unfolding around you in the real world? Buy Wingspan.

A Beautiful Game
I'm almost speechless, when it comes to this game. It is just a special place of its own. It is a very relaxing game as well. You find yourself engrossed with collecting the birds. There is plenty of challenge, and especially with multiplayer. You have to play it to see for yourself. I own the board game and expansion table top board game versions as well as the Steam video game format, and spend a lot of time with both. The cards are great to have on the boardgame version, but I think the video actually does this game even better.
Why?
1. Bird Sounds: Calls, songs, trivia, etc. make it such a great experience.
2. The Bird Encyclopedia: You can click between the birds listening to the sounds, and sort them by features.
3. Visual movement of birds adds much to the experience.
The only thing missing from the video version is the Latin names, which are printed underneath the Common name on each of the cards in the Board Game version.
Nothing else needs to be said here. If you are not looking for a game that takes you somewhere in your mind where there are no words, some childhood place of fascination with flying, chirping, singing winged creatures; then skip Wingspan. Otherwise... here you are.

Everything about this game is chill, the music, the bird calls, the art. Even the game play is calming while still being compelling. Can't recommend it enough.

Relaxing music
Relaxing game-play
Bird Trivia
Nice animations
Takes the edge off, man.

TL;DR
It is a well-made digital adaptation of the recent board game sensation. If you are into birds, you should definitely try this out. The digital version even has some pleasant surprises – the birds make sounds with their real-life calls when you play them. Awesome!
Full Review
I have been a birdwatcher and an amateur bird photographer for years. My interest in birds started as a form of solace and mindfulness and grew larger over time to be a real hobby. I also like to play tabletop games with family and friends. Wingspan combines these two things, so I was hoping to try it since the day I have heard about it. I decided to go with the digital version first. Below is my opinion on the board game itself, with some additional details on the digital adaptation.
Please note: I have not played it online yet (and don't plan to for now), so I cannot say if the multiplayer is any good. Remote Play Together works fine, though.
General information to know before you start playing:
• This is one of the newest board games. Its debut was in 2019.
• Wingspan is a game for everyone. You do not have to be a birder/birdwatcher to appreciate it or understand its mechanics. On the contrary, this game is ideal for learning some interesting facts about birds if you do not know a thing.
• This is a lightweight engine-building board game with simple and understandable goals; it is easy to pick up by people not familiar with 'engine builders' as a concept.
• No prior experience with the physical version is required. Moreover, the digital adaptation has a nice built-in tutorial and switchable prompts, so it might be a good idea to play it first.
• You can play Wingspan alone – there is a dedicated solo mode called Automa where you play against the randomized scenario. I still prefer to play against bots because it gives more depth to the strategy.
• All birds are from North America. There are no European or Oceania expansions for the digital version at the moment of writing. I assume DLCs might be in the works.
Each player has three habitats: forest, grassland, and wetland. The goal is to assign birds to their corresponding habitat (maximum five birds to each habitat) and score points. In addition to the bird assignment, you can score points by accumulating eggs, storing food/cards on assigned birds, fulfilling bonus card requirements, and finishing objectives in four consecutive rounds with other players. Different birds have different values, food requirements, nest types, number of egg slots, bonuses, and bonus activation mechanics. Thematically, the game tries to be accurate; every aspect more or less corresponds to the bird's real-life behavior, which is really cool.
At first, the game seems perfect. Birds are singing, engines are running, everything looks beautiful and feels fantastic. For my first 20 hours, I was delighted with everything. I learned many facts about birds I knew nothing about (I have never been to North America.) Then, I saw it. The balance of the game is where the flaws are. Some cards are simply overpowered. Ravens and crows in grassland can easily give you any food you need, depriving the game flow of randomness. Some engines can be Perpetuum Mobile and grant you an easy point collection. Of course, you still have to be lucky to gain a suitable alignment of factors early, so there is some safe-proof. And you can always set aside overpowered cards in the physical version to balance things out, right? Sadly, this is something you cannot do in the digital adaptation (for now, at least.)
The art style in a warm palette and relaxing music by Polish composer Paweł Górniak suit the game well; I enjoyed them. On a more technical note, I did not meet any serious issues in 30 hours of playing with the DualShock 4 controller on Windows. There were minor annoyances, though. The biggest one, and the only worth mentioning, is that the deck does not show graphically or numerically how many cards are left in it (even if there is none!) Overall, the experience is smooth – especially if you compare it to sloppy tabletop adaptations published by Asmodee Digital, the largest developer/publisher in the niche.
While Wingspan might not be perfect and probably not as sophisticated as some other board games, it is still a fantastic way to spend an evening. The setting is what makes it unique. Thanks to a faithful and realistic depiction of birds, it is never dull to play a couple of games and simply relax in the process. And who knows, maybe authors will address balancing issues in the future.
One copy is enough to play with your friends and family on one PC, either physically or through Remote Play Together. The only downside is that you can actually see the cards in other player's hand, which is not a big deal for casual playing, in my opinion.