Escape from Duckov

Escape from Duckov ^[a] is a 2025 extraction shooter video game developed by Team Soda and published by Bilibili. Set in Duckov, a world on the brink of collapse, the game places players in the role of a duck who must build a base, undertake quests for other ducks, scavenge resources, and fight hostile forces in a bid to survive the calamity, assemble a spaceship, and ultimately flee the planet.

Escape from Duckov was released for macOS and Windows on October 16, 2025. It sold 3 million units by November 8, 2025.

Escape from Duckov is a single-player top-down extraction shooter.^[2]

The player controls a duck, whose appearance is customized in a character creator.^[3] The duck protagonist can equip two firearms, each supporting attachments and multiple ammo types, and one melee weapon at a time.^[2] The base is a bunker inhabited by another duck, Jeff, who serves as the initial guide and quest-giver.^[3] As the base building progresses, other ducks move in and give their own quests.^[3] Across multiple locations outside, the duck protagonist scavenges resources and fights numerous enemies.^[4]

Escape from Duckov features multiple difficulty modes, including a customizable one.^[4] It also supports Steam Workshop for installing mods.^[2]

Duckov is a world on the brink of collapse. Some ducks evacuate the planet in spaceships, while the ones left behind struggle to survive and compete for scarce resources. The duck protagonist escapes from a guarded facility with help from a duck named Jeff, relocates to Jeff's bunker, and undertakes a series of quests on his behalf. As the bunker improves, more ducks join the group and give additional quests that the duck protagonist undertakes. With the duck protagonist's assistance, Xiaoming, one of the newcomers, assembles an improvised spaceship intended for the group's escape from the planet.

At the end of the game, the spaceship launches and leaves the planet. The duck protagonist either departs aboard the ship or is left behind due to its limited capacity. If the air defense system has not been disabled, it will target the escaping vessel.

Escape from Duckov is a game developed by Team Soda and published by Bilibili.^[5][6] Team Soda is an internal development studio at Bilibili.^[7] It is based in China.^[8]

Team Soda set out to design Escape from Duckov as a PvE experience that incorporates extraction shooter elements, including the genre's core shooting mechanics and character progression.^[8] The team comprised five members during development.^[3][8][9] It had three members in the first year and expanded to five members in the second year.^[9] During deliberations about the game's art style and theme, the team's artist drew a duck, which received unanimous approval from the team and was retained.^[8] The game's title was originally an internal project codename, but the team thought it was fun and thus kept it.^[8]

Escape from Duckov pays homage to Escape from Tarkov.^[8] Jeff Chen, who formed Team Soda, remarked that he is a hardcore Tarkov player and has logged over 1,400 hours in the game.^[8]

Escape from Duckov was released for PC (macOS and Windows) on October 16, 2025.^[10]

Escape from Duckov received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.^[11]

Team Soda announced that Escape from Duckov sold a million units by October 22,^[12] 2 million units by October 28,^[13][14] and 3 million units by November 8, 2025.^[15] The game has reached a peak of over 300 thousand concurrent players on Steam.^[16][17]

Escape from Duckov won The indiePlay Award and was nominated for Excellence in Game Design at the 2025 indiePlay, hosted by the China indie Game Alliance.^[18]