Duck Game similar games & best alternatives

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Duck Game

Playdate • 2015

Should you play it?

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

What works

  • Highly fun and chaotic multiplayer gameplay
  • Extensive mod and workshop support
  • Strong community and social play
  • Creative freedom with map and hat editors
  • High skill ceiling with complex mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Small and declining online player base
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Single-player mode is limited and less engaging
  • Occasional server and matchmaking issues
  • Rare bugs and mod compatibility problems

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SpeedRunners

  • TowerFall Ascension

  • Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

  • Bloody Trapland

  • Duelists of Eden

  • The Ultimatest Battle

More story-driven

Games that feels like Duck Game but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Hell is Others

  • Lenna's Inception

  • BattleBlock Theater®

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • UFO 50

  • Secrets of Grindea

Less dominating

Games that feels like Duck Game but with less domination over others

  • Mega Serval

  • 20XX

  • Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Bounty of One

  • NeuroVoider

Less competitive

Games that feels like Duck Game but with less competition against others

  • DunHero

  • Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope

  • Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

  • Streets of Rogue

  • Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

  • Portal Dungeon

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Duck Game: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 04/08/2026