Duck Simulator 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Duck Simulator 2

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

A genre-defying phenomenon that will take you on a journey to stop a rubber duck from taking over the developer's game!

What works

  • Free to play
  • Creative and varied gameplay
  • Strong narrative and emotional impact
  • High replayability
  • Good soundtrack and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall length
  • Some grind required
  • Minor bugs reported
  • Some difficulty spikes
  • Limited graphics polish

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition

  • Underhero

  • Reventure

  • Super Panda Adventures

  • Super Chibi Knight

  • Mothlight

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Duck Simulator 2 but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Crypt Custodian

  • Rogue Legacy

  • Horace

  • Lone Fungus

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Duck Simulator 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Duck Simulator 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Duck Simulator 2: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026