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Games like Duck Season

If Duck Season is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arizona Sunshine®, Hover Junkers and SUPERHOT VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and nostalgic. 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.

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Duck Season is a 2017 VR action-adventure from Stress Level Zero that combines duck hunting with an underlying psychological horror narrative. Set during a 1980s summer, the first-person gameplay features minigames, secret hunting, and a VHS tape collection system tied to its multiple endings. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and nostalgic, with an unsettling tone that emerges through the narrative. The game offers seven endings unlocked through new game plus, and players frequently note the VR shotgun reloading mechanics as notably realistic. Seated single-player sessions are the focus, with an 86% positive rating from 1,289 Steam reviews.

About Duck Season: The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

2017ActionIndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDWindowsby Stress Level Zero
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Hidden secrets and easter eggs everywhereLiving room setting enhances immersionSeven unique endings to uncoverAtmosphericImmersiveNostalgic

Players who liked Duck Season also play

Steam players who put hours into Duck Season also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Arizona Sunshine®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Top pick for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Hover Junkers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Second-strongest match for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SUPERHOT VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Duck Season.

    Third-strongest match for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...

    2017ActionIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fallout 4 VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Ranked #4 for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, comes in its entirety to VR.

    2017RPG59.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. BONEWORKS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Duck Season.

    Ranked #5 for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Duck Season PC

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Ranked #6 for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Season.

    An experimental first person narrative sending you back to Summer 1988 and you have a one day rental of Duck Season. Dive into the mystery and work through the hidden secrets spilling out of the cursed cartridge. The full hit VR game playable on your traditional flat screen!

    2019IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

    WHY THIS

    Shares minigames and an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Ranked #7 for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Season.

    Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Ranked #8 for Duck Season fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Season.

    Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Duck Season

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Rec Room

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Duck Season cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Duck Season.

    Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.

    2021AdventureMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. BONEWORKS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Duck Season.

    Reviewers of Duck Season cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BONELAB

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Reviewers of Duck Season cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Duck Season.

    BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.

    2022ActionAdventureSimulation39.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Duck Season at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Season.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Action with Duck Season.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Duck Season.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Action with Duck Season.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Duck Season on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Duck Season.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Season.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Duck Season.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Season.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Season.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Duck Season.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Duck Season.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Stress Level Zero

Other recommendable Steam games by Stress Level Zero, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. BONEWORKS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Duck Season.

    Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Duck Season. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. BONELAB

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Duck Season. Shares Action and Adventure with Duck Season.

    BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.

    2022ActionAdventureSimulation39.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Duck Season PC

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Duck Season. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Season.

    An experimental first person narrative sending you back to Summer 1988 and you have a one day rental of Duck Season. Dive into the mystery and work through the hidden secrets spilling out of the cursed cartridge. The full hit VR game playable on your traditional flat screen!

    2019IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Hover Junkers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Season.

    Another title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Duck Season. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Season.

    Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Duck Season

Does Duck Season work on Steam Deck?
Duck Season is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Duck Season cost?
Duck Season is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Duck Season?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Duck Season are Arizona Sunshine®, Hover Junkers, SUPERHOT VR.
Who developed Duck Season?
Duck Season was developed by Stress Level Zero.

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 Duck Season.

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