Duckside. Duck on duck crime

Duckside is an open world survival action game developed and published by tinyBuild. Duckside came out the 3rd of September 2025 on the Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Already out on PC. X35 Earthwalker doesn’t have anything against ducks. Seriously though, what can these ducks be up to? Let’s take a look.

Duckside is a strange world when you think about it. Basically the ducks have had enough of hunters killing them. Apparently the statistics are that “over 10 million ducks get killed per year by featherless hunters”. So the ducks are now training to be able to defend themselves or just even survive better. Hence the combat trained ducks. Players are ducks. So… quack.

So the action is what you’d expect. Remember that this is a “giant archipelago”. So there’s lots to explore, lots to scavenge, building to be done and off course the fighting. Defend yourself and pull out the weapons. Duck on duck violence indeed. Maybe even PvPvE. So gather materials, craft some weapons and gear off course and get yourself a base. Other players will be a problem.

We checked out some Duckside gameplay and it’s what we expected. The game goes for the lighthearted silly side with serious mechanics. It’s suppose to be funny and bring some moments for sure. Ducks with custom hats, bright environments and islands and a cartoonish style. The goal is clearly fun. There’s both aerial and land fights and engagements. Equipment and tools to help with mobility. The base or nests you make stays between sessions and off course they can be upgraded. After all you need to protect your loot and keep out the scummy ducks.

Overall Duckside just seems like a silly fun game that’s about ducks. Few games out there that’s all about animals. There’s a game of military pigs that X35 Earthwalker played years ago. So it can be cool to see games like this. The graphics are good but not happy with some of the animations. We do like how funny things can be. The developers ‘tinyBuild’ have done a good job with this game. We at X35 Earthwalker will have to hear what goes on with this game. Now Duckside may have duck on duck violence but it’s too small scale for… the ‘Earth Walk!’