Duck Paradox
Worth it · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 6h 13.8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.67/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 328 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended yesterday.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 901 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 25 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended yesterday.
Value puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 87 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Downwell ($2.99, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Twilight Survivors ($2.99, scores 67).
More about Duck Paradox
Critics scored it 77. Players sit 18 points higher at 95 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
HowLongToBeat players log 6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 14, 2.3 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 6 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
6% start to 2% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
If you want a honking fun time and you're good at platformers, you'll love this game.
1 more review
I forget where I first spotted this, but I've had it on the watch-list for a while now, waiting to grab it once it finally released. Didn't know much going into it beyond a singular fixation on ducks, but having played it quite thoroughly, I can say I enjoyed my time with it! About my biggest criticism with this is the difficulty with regards to getting the endings isn't as high as I was expecting from the outset...
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Cite this score
Duck Paradox scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2058150/duck-paradoxReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.