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DUCK: Dangerous Ultimate Cartridge Kidnapper cover art

DUCK: Dangerous Ultimate Cartridge Kidnapper

Duck Team · Take Aim Games · 2023-02-14

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 13, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Feb 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A group of ducklings finds a mysterious 100-in-1 cartridge and are now forced to play all the games to escape the insidious cartridge spirit! 100 microgames, fun and increasing difficulty—what more do you need for an interesting adventure?

DUCK: Dangerous Ultimate Cartridge Kidnapper is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 100 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 100 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620232026Week of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$3.592023-02-142026-08-182023-02-14 — best price $10.792023-02-21 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-04-06 — best price $11.992023-07-01 — best price $7.192023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-02-12 — best price $8.992024-02-19 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $7.792024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992024-12-28 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-18 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
57.5%
earned "Sandra"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DFunny1990'sArcadeCasualComedyParody AdventureControllerHand-drawn

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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