Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

Buy98%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 20k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

turbolento games · Cute · Jul 6, 2022

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$1.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
48
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio1 of 13
Subtitles0 of 13

Should I buy Placid Plastic Duck Simulator?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Monetization: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 20k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise44% are divided11% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Massive open worlds, cinematic storytelling, endless progression systems, skill trees, battle passes, crafting mechanics, and enough side content to feel like a second job.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The ambient sounds and chill sorta synth-wave soundtrack create a meditative atmosphere that is perfect 'background noise' for a second monitor while you work or study.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The lighting, reflections, weather effects, and nighttime atmosphere create moments that are genuinely beautiful.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer is fun too, my husband and his brother and I played for over an hour the other day.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay32 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
100% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Optimization
67% still recommend
Combat
100% still recommend
Players complain
Monetization
38% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$1.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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