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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Happy Broccoli Games · 2024-05-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 23, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), May 23, 2024 (Mac), May 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2024 (Xbox One), May 23, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 22, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is an Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 6712 reviews).

5
playing now
95%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (275 downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (264 ratings)
2h
to beat · completionist 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is a 2024 adventure game developed and published by Berlin-based Happy Broccoli Games. It is a comedic detective story where players control a duck detective, Eugene McQuacklin, and investigate a case of stolen salami in the office of a branch of a bus company. Players investigate the scene to find clues and receive words. These words are used to make "deducktions": phrasal templates where words are inserted into Eugene's notebook. It released for Linux, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles on May 23, 2024, for iOS and Android in collaboration with Snapbreak on April 9, 2025, and for the PlayStation 5 on May 22, 2025.

Trailer

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami trailer thumbnail

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch

≈20,278 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 698 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~87/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 134k–302k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,712 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-20%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-05-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 67 of 96 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1888May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 188 · peak 415Jun 2024 — avg 70 · peak 264Jul 2024 — avg 39 · peak 129Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 25 · peak 137Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 45Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 45Dec 2024 — avg 23 · peak 77Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 68Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 86Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 61Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2025 — avg 48 · peak 189Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 171Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 80Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 50Sep 2025 — avg 22 · peak 99Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 51Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2025 — avg 22 · peak 65Jan 2026 — avg 31 · peak 114Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 30Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 18 · peak 101Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 49Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.492024-05-232026-10-152024-05-23 — best price $8.992024-08-22 — best price $9.992024-10-09 — best price $8.492024-11-14 — best price $8.492024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-01-17 — best price $9.992025-02-24 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-02 — best price $9.992025-06-04 — best price $9.992025-07-16 — best price $7.492025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-20 — best price $7.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-01-12 — best price $6.992026-02-20 — best price $7.992026-03-18 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $7.992026-05-27 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-24 — best price $7.492026-08-25 — best price $7.992026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-05 — best price $7.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $7.992026-09-25 — best price $7.992026-09-30 — best price $7.992026-10-05 — best price $7.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

161252026-05-29 — 69 pageviews2026-06-02 — 75 pageviews2026-06-06 — 161 pageviews2026-06-10 — 79 pageviews2026-06-14 — 83 pageviews2026-06-18 — 55 pageviews2026-06-22 — 51 pageviews2026-06-26 — 54 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 55 pageviews2026-07-08 — 63 pageviews2026-07-12 — 46 pageviews2026-07-16 — 46 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 54 pageviews2026-07-28 — 67 pageviews2026-08-01 — 77 pageviews2026-08-05 — 54 pageviews2026-08-09 — 38 pageviews2026-08-13 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 55 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 35 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews2026-09-02 — 42 pageviews2026-09-06 — 57 pageviews2026-09-10 — 51 pageviews2026-09-14 — 42 pageviews2026-09-18 — 36 pageviews2026-09-22 — 28 pageviews2026-09-26 — 43 pageviews2026-09-30 — 42 pageviews2026-10-04 — 48 pageviews2026-10-07 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
97%
earned "Early Bird"
88.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,43769%7
PS5 (PlayStation)37491%12
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)25383%10
Switch (Nintendo)970%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2.5DCuteNoirIndieShortCasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetective

Census log

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

Recent updates

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