New Looter Shooter Game Is Blowing Up on Steam

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The highly anticipated looter-shooter, *Escape from Duckov*, has launched and is quickly gaining popularity on Steam. The game playfully reimagines the popular extraction shooter *Escape from Tarkov*, offering a humorous take on the genre.

Many gamers believe *Escape from Tarkov* is one of the most important extraction shooter games ever made, as it’s heavily influenced the genre. Several other games, like the recently released *Escape from Duckov*, have clearly been inspired by it and use similar gameplay ideas.

Escape from Duckov: Nearly 35,000 Concurrent Players on Day One

Bilibili released *Escape from Duckov* on October 16th, and it quickly attracted around 35,000 players on Steam. This is a significant achievement for Team Soda, the game’s developer, who have only released two previous titles on the platform. Critics have given the looter shooter a respectable score of 73/100 on OpenCritic, but players are even more impressed, giving it a ‘Very Positive’ rating on Steam.

Team Soda’s new game is a looter shooter clearly inspired by titles like *Escape from Tarkov*, but it offers a unique top-down, player-versus-environment experience. You play as a duck – a regular soldier duck, that is – and explore a huge map, searching for supplies, materials, and weapons. The main objective is to become an unstoppable duck and get off the planet. Crafting and surviving are key to progressing and influencing what happens in the game.

The developer of *Escape from Duckov* promises over 50 hours of gameplay, thanks to constantly changing elements that make each playthrough unique. Team Soda explains that loot, enemies, and weather conditions are never the same, ensuring a fresh experience. Players can also create and customize a base of operations, using it to develop new equipment and improve their weapons.

If you’re interested in *Escape from Duckov*, it usually costs $18. But for its launch week, it’s 12% off, making it only $15. This deal ends on October 30th, so if you enjoy extraction shooters or top-down action-adventure games, now’s a good time to take a look!

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2025-10-17 12:33