Should you’ve ever puzzled what Escape from Tarkov could be like if it was made totally of geese, the reply is that it is at the moment one of the vital performed video games on Steam.
Escape from Duckov is a chaotic low-poly extraction shooter the place closely armed geese stagger into battle and race via extremely tense firefights.
Sure, it is as enjoyable because it sounds, and whereas it is the sort of absurd premise that appears like a meme, it is really one of the vital talked about shooters of the 12 months, overtaking the critically acclaimed Hole Knight: Silksong and now discovering itself even difficult the momentum of triple-A titles like Battlefield 6.
βEscape From Duckovβ virtually matches the variety of Steam gamers of βBattlefield 6β
Escape from Duckov surprisingly got here near overtaking Battlefield 6 by way of concurrent gamers on Steam as of early this Friday, October twenty fourth, based on SteamDB information.
Whereas the duck with a gun is at its peak. 257,315 gamers At roughly 6 a.m. Pacific Time, Battlefield 6 was locked down 258,906 on the similar time. Please have a look:
Contemplating that Escape from Duckov was launched just some years after Battlefield 6, and its recognition has been steadily rising over the previous few days (highs are rising virtually each day), it would not be shocking if this quirky indie title surpasses the triple-A behemoths within the close to future.
The truth is, the truth that Escape from Duckov is already on the verge of rivaling EA’s blockbuster, which launched on Steam this Friday, is already an enormous deal, and actually, it is value a deeper look.
It is an ideal instance of how a low-cost indie recreation with a sensible, well-executed idea (even a recreation with geese flying round) can get up towards big-budget titles backed by bombastic advertising and marketing and huge growth groups.
And it is not simply the lovable duck with a gun that proves that time. Wanting again at this 12 months’s titles, initiatives like Hole Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, and Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 are serving to to make 2025 the 12 months that reveals that indie video games with unique concepts can’t solely promote, however form genres and affect the gaming trade.
These kind of initiatives have definitely helped redefine what big-budget blockbuster success appears to be like like, and I am personally very completely satisfied that they exist. Not solely as a result of they’re nice (and I actually take pleasure in Silksong), but additionally as a result of they encourage different builders to remain inventive.