Escape from Dučkov it's only been on Steam for 10 days, but the top-down extraction shooter is already passing player milestones. While Escape from Dučkov it may look like a parody Escape from Tarkovthe duck-themed shooter gives fans of the genre a breath of fresh air from the intense gameplay of multiplayer extraction games.
The premise of extraction shooters—jump into an area, find loot, and make it 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 due out on Steam in November, fans have been looking for something new and fresh to keep them going.
300,000 concurrent players pass Duck Escape
October 26 Escape from Dučkov peaked at 300,645 players. This is an impressive milestone considering that the extraction shooter is not a PvP game like its multiplayer counterparts. Escape from Dučkov is a single-player extraction game with the same objective as the others: find loot and survive. This relaxed version of the genre clearly resonated with fans. Even with a price tag of $15.83 Escape from Dučkov has a higher player base than free-to-play extraction games like Arena Breakout: Infinite.
The top-down PvE experience brings a fresh take on the extraction shooter genre, with other games focusing on the first-person experience. Escape from Dučkov has the usual elements of an extraction game, but developer Team Soda adds base-building missions and a campaign 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 Dučkov it 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 could be a way for newcomers to the extraction shooter genre to get used to the game's gameplay mechanics, such as Escape from Tarkov.
WITH Escape from Tarkov just a few weeks away from its release on Steam on November 15th, Escape from Dučkov has the potential to be a popular extraction game for players looking for a new experience. The quirky game is even popular on Twitch, with over 24,000 viewers at the time of writing. Escape from Dučkov proves that single-player games can still be popular in a multiplayer environment.
- Released
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October 16, 2025
- Developers
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Team Soda
- Publishers
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BiliBili
Source: SteamDB
