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Duck Simulator 2 cover art

Duck Simulator 2

Orius Games · 2021-11-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 09, 2023 (Mac), Aug 09, 2023 (Linux), Jan 22, 2022 (Xbox One)

A genre-defying phenomenon that will take you on a journey to stop a rubber duck from taking over the developer's game!

0
playing now
96%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (571 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54954920212026Week of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Where Did Everything Go"
31.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,66330%8

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

Player tags

FPSRPGFunnyActionArcadeComedyPuzzleClickerSurrealAdventure

Census log

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

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