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Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

turbolento games · turbolento publishing · 2022-07-06

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 27, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 27, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 27, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 27, 2023 (Xbox One)

The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

119
playing now
98%
positive of 20k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

119 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 119 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,347 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~168/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 404k–909k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99
Microsoft Store$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-02-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 16 of 17 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20222026Week of 2022-07-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,764 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

189782026-08-07 00:00 — 101 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 82 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 85 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 113 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 92 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 106 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 91 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 111 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 99 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 83 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 103 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 106 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 109 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 127 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 95 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 103 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 147 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 155 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 129 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 165 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 124 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 132 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 134 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 143 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 103 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 108 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 110 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 119 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.992022-07-062026-08-272022-07-06 — best price $1.492022-08-22 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $1.592022-12-19 — best price $1.992023-01-23 — best price $1.692023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-04-25 — best price $1.992023-05-05 — best price $1.592023-05-15 — best price $1.492023-07-06 — best price $1.992023-08-07 — best price $1.992023-11-08 — best price $1.592023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-03-01 — best price $1.992024-04-01 — best price $1.592024-05-20 — best price $1.992024-08-26 — best price $1.592024-10-14 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.592025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-02-24 — best price $1.592025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $1.292025-07-28 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.592025-11-24 — best price $1.992026-03-05 — best price $0.992026-05-04 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $0.992026-08-27 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

209302026-08-27 05:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 51 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 209 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
83%
earned "Private pool"
11.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam Cloud10 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, French, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, German, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,0504%48
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)75116%41
PS5 (PlayStation)65625%42
PS4 (PlayStation)9134%42
PS4 (PlayStation)7841%42
PS4 (PlayStation)3453%42
Switch (Nintendo)280%0
PS4 (PlayStation)2650%42

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

Player tags

3DCuteFunnyCasualPhysicsSurrealColorfulLife SimRelaxingRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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