Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 18 reviews are negative (6%); after 5h it's 1 in 70 (1%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 97% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 83% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 20,731 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 6h for positive, 1.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Private pool The slide is cool, I am cooler 100%
- Three is company Get a third rubber duck 100%
- High-rise Going up to the top with the elevator 97%
- Make a wish What else could I possibly want? 85%
- Catch a flight No ticket needed, I'm not going anywhere 80%
- Cruise ship A fun thing I'll never do again 77%
- Ducks adrift Around the world 77%
- Family pond Just me and the ducklings 75%
- Way to the shore Gone exploring, I'll be right back 71%
- On fire I'm a torch but life goes on 64%
- Duck invasion Get a twentieth rubber duck 63%
- Putting challenge Ball is in: Pool 52%
- Abducktion Aliens abducted me, I'll send a postcard 47%
- Watery help The fire is under control 47%
- That's all, ducks! Get all the ducks, enjoy life 35%
- Floatpiercer Go to sleep with the fishes 33%
- Quacking the ice Enough floating, let’s skate 25%
- Fun-fun-funicular Up we go again 24%
- Off-piste ski Back at the lodge with my friends 21%
- Magnetic feel You make me feel like I am whole again 17%
- Firequackers Celebrate good times 16%
- Hot tub How warm and cozy up here 16%
- Beeline I just want to be around you 16%
- Scoring challenge Puck is in: Goal 15%
- 0 gravity Never felt so light 14%
- Willy in orbit Our friend's heading home 14%
- Sailin' on So I'm sailing, yeah, I'm sailing on 11%
- Pchooooooo! Is that all it does? 10%
- Campfire simulator I like playing in the outer wilds 9.4%
- Weekend at Berna's We are going to the beach 9.2%
- Milk Away Successful experiment 9.0%
- Manager meeting This is all we have time for 8.9%
- Window cleaning service I climb to the party 8.7%
- Project BFD Unlock the big jelly 7.7%
- Cheese. Moon. Sponge! No doubt about it 6.0%
- Lights in the night The road goes ever on 6.0%
- It's mining crypto! Get the miner to 100% 5.9%
- Hypergraphia Just like an arrow 5.9%
- Big loud explosion Pop! 5.3%
- Paranormal activity What does a scanner see? 4.5%
- Play the game You finally control a duck 4.5%
- Splash! You’re a beautiful diver 4.5%
- No flamingos allowed It’s the law 4.3%
- Hide and Seek I'm the keeper of the secret art 3.9%
- Smeraldo Cove Sorry, no pond for grown-ups 3.6%
- Annoying parrot Listen to all the phrases 2.8%
- The rightful place That duck belongs in a museum 2.7%
- Pap-O-Matic ♥ 2.1%