Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

Idle collecting simulation where plastic ducks drift through seaside pools

turbolento games · Published by turbolento publishing, Team17 · Released Jul 6, 2022

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 20K
Recent reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 104 in 30 days
Playing now: 78; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Placid Plastic Duck Simulator?

A casual 3D third-person idle simulation set at a seaside pool. Plastic ducks gradually drop into two pools while you watch them drift, bump together, and use a slide, building a collection as a day-night cycle and special events unfold. It supports solo and online cooperative play.

For you if...

+you want a slow, mostly hands-off collecting game
+you enjoy cute ducks, physics interactions, and relaxing music
+you want solo or online cooperative play

Not for you if...

−you need frequent input or clearly defined objectives
−you want fast-paced or skill-based simulation gameplay
−you dislike waiting for new collectibles to appear

What players say

98% of 20,257 reviews are positive · 98% of 104 in the last 30 days

Players praise it as a calming background game, particularly the growing duck collection and small pool interactions. The most common complaint is that additional achievements are repeatedly tied to paid DLC, alongside frequent in-game DLC promotion. Some players also report unusually high PC resource use.

Screenshots and trailer

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: core i3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 48
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, French, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, German, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.