Games like Duck Souls
If Duck Souls is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blasphemous, Death's Gambit: Afterlife and Abathor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its instant respawns minimize frustration, atmospheric and challenging. 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 →About Duck Souls: Duck Souls is a fast-paced, action platformer about a little duck with an incredible skill to dash and a mission: find all the lost eggs in order to save his species.
Players who liked Duck Souls also play
Steam players who put hours into Duck Souls 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.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Duck Souls.
Top pick for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Second-strongest match for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Abathor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Third-strongest match for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Foregone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Ranked #4 for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Duck Souls.
Ranked #5 for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Ranked #6 for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Ranked #7 for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Ranked #8 for Duck Souls fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Duck Souls
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Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Duck Souls.
Reviewers of Duck Souls cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Duck Souls.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Duck Souls.
Reviewers of Duck Souls cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
Pinkman
WHY THIS
Shares wall jumping, checkpoint system and a whimsical mood with Duck Souls.
Reviewers of Duck Souls cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Reviewers of Duck Souls cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Duck Souls.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Duck Souls at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Duck Souls.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Duck Souls.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Souls.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Duck Souls.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Duck Souls on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Duck Souls.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Souls.
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.
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 Souls.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duck Souls.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from Viridino Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Viridino Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Pinkman
WHY THIS
Shares wall jumping, checkpoint system and a whimsical mood with Duck Souls.
Another title from Viridino Studios, the studio behind Duck Souls. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.
Rabisco
WHY THIS
Another title from Viridino Studios, the studio behind Duck Souls. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Help Ms. Rabisco to find the moon’s lost stars and bring back the light, in this cute but dangerous world, inspired by the World’s Hardest Game.
Gardener's Path
WHY THIS
Another title from Viridino Studios, the studio behind Duck Souls. Shares Indie and Casual with Duck Souls.
Gardener’s Path is a top-down turn-based puzzle game, about fighting giant insects and protecting underground gardens, through the use of magical artifacts.
Steel Defier
WHY THIS
Another title from Viridino Studios, the studio behind Duck Souls. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Are you ready to escape from your tight prison cell? A malfunction in the defense system of a transport spaceship accidentally killed everyone aboard, except for one last survivor… You and your suspiciously orange suit.
COLD HUSK
WHY THIS
Another title from Viridino Studios, the studio behind Duck Souls. Shares Indie with Duck Souls.
A research station spans the Moon's surface, humanity's last monument to forbidden DNA experimentation. Read the final thoughts of deceased crew members, uncover a species-ending catastrophe, and navigate cold metallic corridors using only terminal commands. In COLD HUSK, knowledge is power.
The Ferryman's Trial
WHY THIS
Another title from Viridino Studios, the studio behind Duck Souls. Shares Indie with Duck Souls.
Death is searching for a successor. To claim his mantle, you must judge the souls of the dead during a surprisingly short, strange and unsettling job interview where every choice shapes the fate of humanity, including your own.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Abathor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
Foregone
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
La-Mulana 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Duck Souls.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Duck Souls.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
Frequently asked about Duck Souls
- How much does Duck Souls cost?
- Duck Souls is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Duck Souls?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Duck Souls are Blasphemous, Death's Gambit: Afterlife, Abathor.
- Who developed Duck Souls?
- Duck Souls was developed by Viridino Studios.
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 Souls.
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