Fit check
Is What The Duck worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-RPG players who want exploration alongside hack-and-slash combat.
- Players who enjoy crafting weapons through rhythm-based timing.
- Adventure players who want a companion to control for puzzles and exploration.
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want weapon crafting without a rhythm mini-game may hit a wall at the beat-timed forging system.
- Players who prefer to control only their main character may find the duck-control sections, including puzzle and access tasks, a sticking point.
- Players seeking an RPG without action combat may not want its hack-and-slash battles.
Our take on What The Duck
The likely sticking point is weapon forging: crafting strength depends on keeping time with a rhythm mini-game. Players who prefer crafting without timing input may bounce off that system, even if the exploration and combat appeal.
What is What The Duck?
This action-adventure RPG follows a fighter and their duck spirit animal on a journey of revenge and self-acceptance.
Explore four biomes, taking on quests, enemies, puzzles, and mini-games while meeting other characters and gathering resources. Combat uses hack-and-slash attacks, with weapons that can be changed during a fight and paired with elemental effects. The duck companion adds attacks and special abilities. Players can also take control of the duck to fly, swim, solve certain puzzles, reach otherwise inaccessible places, and uncover secrets. Weapon forging uses a rhythm-based mini-game: crafting in time with the beat affects the strength of the resulting weapon. Resources can be collected and combined to craft weapons, while weapons and player powers can be upgraded.
How What The Duck plays
- 01Rhythm-based forging
- Timing crafting actions to the beat affects the strength of the weapon made.
- 02Duck companion control
- The companion can fly and swim, and is used to handle certain puzzles and reach hidden areas.
- 03Switchable combat weapons
- Weapons can be changed during battles and paired with elemental effects to create combos.
- 04Four biomes
- The areas contain quests, enemies, puzzles, secrets, mini-games, and characters.
What The Duck compared to similar games
What The Duck combines weapon-focused action combat, rhythm-based crafting, and control of a duck companion for puzzles and exploration. Ghost of a Tale is also an action RPG with exploration, but its description emphasizes stealth, disguises, and conversations instead.
What The Duck: platforms & release
Is What The Duck worth it?
It is worth it if: action-RPG players who want exploration alongside hack-and-slash combat. Skip it if: players who want weapon crafting without a rhythm mini-game may hit a wall at the beat-timed forging system.
Where can I download What The Duck?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens What The Duck's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is What The Duck on?
Windows only.
