Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

Last updated: 2026-02-20
  • Enjoyment in naming and collecting ducks
  • Relaxing and calming gameplay experience
  • Unique and entertaining duck behaviors and interactions
  • Performance and technical issues reported
  • Lack of gameplay variety and interaction
  • Excessive and expensive DLC content
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
Total reviews
19,282
Positive
18,82997.7%
Negative
4532.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
1,452,304
Estimated revenue
$2,890,085
Game price
$2
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
541.85%
Estimated copies lost
4,067
Estimated revenue lost
$8,093
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
541.8%
Avg playtime 0.5h
2398.2%
Avg playtime 0.9h
> 2h playtime
521.8%
Avg playtime 26h
2,57988.2%
Avg playtime 66.6h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day2.2 rev/day
Last 30d5.7 rev/day
Quarterly146.7 rev/qtr
Days covered1,324.7 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,924 total
Organic purchasers2,58188.3%
Voted up: 96%
Key activations34311.7%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,924 total
First impression0-2h51617.6%
Voted up: 89%
Mid game2-10h1,28043.8%
Voted up: 98%
Late game10-20h41614.2%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+71224.4%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
2.29% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
95.5%
Global baseline 96.4%
67 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 19,282 total.