Duck Paradox

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 334 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 26 reviews: 2.5h for positive, 0.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (5.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (35)

• Btw your bullets kill you too… Die 10 Times 100%
• Quack Slayer Kill 100 Enemies 98%
• Quacksmasher Kill 200 Enemies in a single Run 57%
• Bullet Quacker Shoot 1,000 Bullets 54%
• Quack Destroyer Kill 1,000 Enemies 50%
• Disco! Reach the Disco Dimension 46%
• Not again Complete a Loop 43%
• Duckwash! Reach the Duckwash Dimension 43%
• El Alicanteronte Defeat El Alicanteronte 43%
• Duckstruction Kill 500 Enemies in a single Run 43%
• Blue Ducklings! Unlock all Blue Upgrade Ducklings 39%
• Rift Slasher Complete the Rift Slasher 39%
• Pink Ducklings! Unlock all Pink Upgrades Ducklings 38%
• Yellow Ducklings! Unlock all Yellow Upgrades Ducklings 38%
• Watch the bullet! Die 100 Times 36%
• Quacktastrophe Kill 1,000 Enemies in a single Run 36%
• Mommy Duck Unlock All Upgrade Ducklings 34%
• Quick Quack Complete a loop in under 10 Minutes 34%
• Mini Discoball Complete the Mini Discoball 30%
• El Rey Patoteca Defeat El Rey Patoteca 30%
• In-Duck-structible Die 20 Times in a single Run 30%
• The beginning Reach the ending scene 29%
• Pocket Duckinator Complete the Pocket Duckinator 29%
• El Pato Paradoja Defeat El Pato Paradoja 29%
• Quack Annihilation Kill 10,000 Enemies 27%
• Bullet Quackstorm Shoot 10,000 Bullets 27%
• Quickest Quack Complete a loop in under 5 Minutes 25%
• Target Quacktitioner Get a Highscore of 100 in the Target Practice Minigame 23%
• Duck Dynasty Stack 20 Lives at once 23%
• Quackpocalypse Reach Loop 10 21%
• Bullet Quacktory Shoot 50,000 Bullets 20%
• Survive the Quack Reach Round 20 in Survival Mode 20%
• Survival Quackspert Reach Round 40 in Survival Mode 20%
• Quack Squad Buy all companion quarks in a single survival mode game 20%
• Moving on Beat the game in Impossible Mode 20%