After the beta ended, the game was soft-launched in Hong Kong on August 17, 2016, then was released in more Asian countries in October 2016.

The game has a single-player campaign mode where players set out on a quest to stop the pigs from imperiling the Angry Birds' eggs as usual, as well as thwart the schemes of Bacon Corp and its leader Don Bacon, and involves traveling across multiple zones of the game world, each with different terrain.

Most areas will empower birds of a certain plumage, allowing them to inflict twice as much damage, and every time a battle is won, it cannot be played again.

Players are ranked by how well they play in arena matches in a week-long season, and are rewarded proportionally based on their performance.

Throughout the game's operation, special events become available to all players for a limited amount of time, with new ones added after each subsequent update.

"[3] Pavan Shamdasani of the South China Morning Post was similarly critical of the game, noting its "unoriginal elements" in both gameplay and visual design.

[4] Emily Sowden of Pocket Gamer was more positive in her review, writing that "Angry Birds Evolution is a decent game at first before the usual free to play problems comes knocking.