Escape From Duckov Currently Has Twice As Many Players As Silksong

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Escape From Duckov, a new extraction shooter created by Team Soda, has quickly become popular in the indie game community.

The game is generating a lot of excitement with its unusual concept – it features ducks armed with guns, leading to wild, chaotic action and lots of feathers! It’s become incredibly popular, even exceeding the current player base of the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong.

When Ducks Are Flying Higher Than Hollow Knight: Silksong

Escape From Duckov is a top-down shooter where you collect loot and play through a story-driven, player-versus-environment (PvE) experience. The game’s narrative is what makes it truly unique.

You suddenly wake up, realizing you’re in a bizarre place called Duckov… and you’ve been turned into a duck! Now you need to figure out how to escape, which means building a safe haven, improving your gear, and fending off some not-so-friendly creatures (we call them ‘duckemies’).

The Steam page describes the game as letting you start as a pretty standard duck – not very strong, just a simple weapon. You then collect interesting items, build a base, improve your equipment, and try to survive in the world of Duckov – all with the goal of escaping alive. Honestly, who wouldn’t be intrigued by a unique indie game with a concept like that?

Despite its wild and playful appearance, this game is a surprisingly robust extraction shooter. It features challenging gameplay – you can lose your items when defeated – along with extensive base building and a detailed progression system that lets you become a formidable, highly-equipped character.

It’s adorable, but don’t underestimate it – it’s quickly gaining popularity, even rivaling the highly anticipated *Hollow Knight: Silksong*. SteamDB data shows this new extraction shooter currently has twice the number of players as Team Cherry’s latest game.

Right now, Escape From Duckov has a very active player base, with 137,563 players online and a peak of 146,602 players in the last day. Hollow Knight: Silksong is also popular, currently having 81,953 players online and reaching a peak of 85,830 players yesterday. Here’s a quick look at the numbers.

Duckov’s player count is still climbing, having just reached a new record high less than an hour ago. Is this up-and-coming game poised to become a breakout hit this year?

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2025-10-19 18:39