Escape from Duckov
Escape from Duckov 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 the player 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.
Gameplay
Escape from Duckov is a single-player top-down extraction shooter.The player controls a duck, whose appearance is customized in a character creator. The duck protagonist can equip two firearms, each supporting attachments and multiple ammo types, and one melee weapon at a time. The base is a bunker that can be further built. It inhabited by a duck named Jeff, who acts as the initial guide and quest-giver. Additional ducks move in the bunker as the base building progresses and give their own quests.
Across multiple locations outside the base, the duck protagonist scavenges resources and fights numerous enemies. Energy and hydration need to be managed through the consumption of various foodstuffs throughout the exploration. Various status effects can afflict the character over the course of the exploration. For example, bleeding causes health to gradually decrease, but it can be resolved with bandages.
Escape from Duckov features multiple difficulty modes, including a customizable one that enables fine-tuning specific gameplay elements. It also supports Steam Workshop for installing mods.
Plot
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 the help of a duck named Jeff, relocates to a bunker inhabited by him, and undertakes quests given by him. Other ducks also move in the bunker and give additional quests that the duck protagonist takes on. During the exploration across locations, the duck protagonist scavenges resources and fights many hostile forces. 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.
Development
Escape from Duckov is a game developed by Team Soda and published by Bilibili. Team Soda is an internal development studio at Bilibili. It is based in China. The game was built using Unity.Team Soda set out to design Escape from Duckov as a player versus environment experience that incorporates extraction shooter elements, including the genre's core shooting mechanics and character progression. 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. The game's title was originally an internal project codename, but the team thought it was fun and thus kept it.
Team Soda comprised five members during development. It had three members in the first year and expanded to five members in the second year. Jeff Chen, who formed the team, said that Escape from Duckov is a game that pays homage to Escape from Tarkov. He remarked that he is a hardcore Tarkov player and has logged over 1,400 hours in that game.
Escape from Duckov was released for PC on October 16, 2025.