Escape from Duckov has been out on Steam for just 10 days, but the top-down extraction shooter has already passed player milestones. While Escape from Duckov may look like a parody of Escape from TarkovThe duck-themed shooter gives fans of the genre a breath of fresh air from the intense multiplayer extraction gameplay.
The premise behind extraction shooters – drop into an area, find loot and get out alive – has been around for years. Games like Escape from Tarkov, Hunt: Showdown 1896and Delta Force are some of the higher rated games in the extraction genre. And with Escape from Tarkov releasing on Steam in November, fans have been looking for something new and fresh to hold them over.
Escape from Duckov passes 300,000 concurrent players
On October 26, Escape from Duckov peaked at 300,645 players. This is an impressive milestone, given that the extraction shooter is not a PvP game like its multiplayer counterparts. Escape from Duckov is an extraction game for one player with the same goal as the others: to find the loot and survive. This relaxed take on the genre has obviously resonated with fans. Even with a price point of $15.83, Escape from Duckov has a higher player base than free-to-play extraction games like Arena Breakout: Infinite.
The top-down PvE experience brings a fresh look to the extraction shooter genre, with other games focusing on a first-person experience. Escape from Duckov has the normal elements of an extraction game, but developer Team Soda adds base building and campaign missions to give the game over 50 hours of replayable content. Players can expect ever-changing loot, enemies, and weather every time they load up a new game.
Even if Escape from Duckov does not have multiplayer, the game supports modding. Some in the modding community are already working on adding multiplayer and co-op to the game. For now, the single-player experience can be a way for newcomers to the extraction shooter genre to get used to the game mechanics of games like Escape from Tarkov.
With Escape from Tarkov just weeks away from being released on Steam on November 15th, Escape from Duckov has the potential to be the best extraction game for players looking for a new experience. The wacky game is even popular on Twitch, with over 24,000 viewers at the time of writing. Escape from Duckov proving that single player games can still be popular in a multiplayer landscape.
- Released
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16 October 2025
- Developer
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Team Soda
- Publisher
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BiliBili
Source: SteamDB
