Games like DUCKSIDE
If DUCKSIDE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deadside, Rust and DeadPoly — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →DUCKSIDE is an open-world survival game released in 2024 by tinyBuild Riga, currently in Early Access at $7.49. Players build bases, craft tools, and engage in combat across a persistent post-apocalyptic setting. The core mechanic of playing as a flying duck gives the game its distinctive character, with aerial movement affecting both traversal and combat encounters. Reviewers describe the combat as skill-based, where positioning and movement determine outcomes. Players appreciate how the base-building and raiding loop differs from similar games, with efficient aerial logistics shaping construction strategies. The game supports online co-op and is described by players as atmospheric, challenging, and intense, with competitive multiplayer driving engagement. Currently sitting at 73% positive from 1278 Steam reviews, it is not supported on Steam Deck.
About DUCKSIDE: Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons.
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Deadside
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration and a challenging mood with DUCKSIDE.
Top pick for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares survival management and base building with DUCKSIDE.
Second-strongest match for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
DeadPoly
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering and base building with DUCKSIDE.
Third-strongest match for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.
ARC Raiders
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DUCKSIDE.
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
The Front
WHY THIS
Shares open world exploration, resource gathering, open world and an atmospheric mood with DUCKSIDE.
Ranked #5 for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
XERA: Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with DUCKSIDE.
Ranked #6 for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Afterinfection
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with DUCKSIDE.
Ranked #7 for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.
Palworld
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with DUCKSIDE.
Ranked #8 for DUCKSIDE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DUCKSIDE at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with DUCKSIDE.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DUCKSIDE.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Action with DUCKSIDE.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under DUCKSIDE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with DUCKSIDE.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DUCKSIDE.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with DUCKSIDE.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DUCKSIDE.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Frequently asked about DUCKSIDE
- Does DUCKSIDE work on Steam Deck?
- DUCKSIDE is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does DUCKSIDE cost?
- DUCKSIDE is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does DUCKSIDE have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — DUCKSIDE supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to DUCKSIDE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DUCKSIDE are Deadside, Rust, DeadPoly.
- Who developed DUCKSIDE?
- DUCKSIDE was developed by tinyBuild Riga and published by tinyBuild.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on DUCKSIDE.
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