Duck Game
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 15h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 64% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 39,257 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 22.5h for positive, 3.2h 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 (63.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (18)
story milestone ending side
- Duck Gamer Spawn 100 times. 100%
- Pillow Maker Kill 1000 ducks with any one profile. 58%
- Power User Play on 10 different custom maps. 51%
- Ritual Duck Gamer Spawn 1000 times. 38%
- Flat Top Intervention Crush 50 ducks. 35%
- Outgoing Win 10 online matches. 30%
- <3 Finish 50 whole games. 26%
- Endurance Play through a match that goes to 50 points. 17%
- That's My Boy Raise a little man. 17%
- Never Mined, I won Win a round while standing on a mine. 8.5%
- Draw Breaker Break 10 draws. 7.9%
- Basement Dweller Unlock the arcade basement. 7.5%
- Hot Stuff Spend 15 minutes on fire with any one profile. 7.5%
- Books are Fun Win a round in a 4 player match by converting all players to your team. 6.6%
- Dr. Death Kill 3 ducks at the same time with the Death Ray. 5.3%
- Arcade Master Get best trophy in all challenges. 3.5%
- Jukebox Hero Raise eight little men. 3.1%
- Complete Gamester (1674) Level up all the way. 2.0%