Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Game
Game2024
DUCKSIDE
Developer tinyBuild Riga
Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck. A persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks, wielding weapons. From the Steam store page
169 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
48
Mixed
73 positive · 78 negative
95% range 41–56%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 73 | 78 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
18 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
2,242 of 3,113 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 169 · most liked first-10/10 Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat BattlEye - Requires manual removal after game uninstall this games got spyware + cheaters who bypass it less than worthless - cant play on steam deck/linux cause this anticheat is a joke
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duckside of the Moon is such a fun time if you want a cozy space exploration game with crafting and cute characters. It's set to release on May 7th, 2026 and currently has a demo out 🦆🌕 ✔️ You can quack! ✔️ You can help the silly inhabitants of strange planets! ✔️ You can fly in zero gravity!
unlabelledView post →Three great game releases today! All bringing a different vibe for your mood. What are you playing/wishlisting today? 🌕 Duckside of the Moon (PC, Switch) 🌳 Alabaster Dawn (PC Early Access, Consoles TBD) 📼 Mixtape (PC+Consoles)
unlabelledView post →abandonware. dont buy servers are all empty.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun when it released, servers are now dead. Devs haven't released any meaningful updates and drop a "DLC" filled with a bunch of hats every year. Waste of money to buy it now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would be a good game but it's completely dead. No servers have more than 2 or 3 players
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spawn, quickly chop some wood, mine some stone build a bat, build a bow, fly 20 feet and then get killed by someone. That's all you can do over and over again, as the lovely people on the server must have nothing better to do than kill the people entering the game. No thank you. Uninstall.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First time I played there were less than 20 people playing across a lot of servers. Never could find others to play with. Looked on the Discord only to see people posting questions and no answers from staff. Tried playing again and servers wouldn't load. Tried to get a refund but only 2 hours play was allowed for a refund. I gave the game too much time. It's an early access game but no one is playing and no one is supporting. I really wanted to like this. From what I see, they have a decent…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When it first launched, it was actually pretty enjoyable. The concept of a game like Rust but featuring ducks seemed both fun and unique. However, after investing around 100 hours into it since its release, returning to the game months later was a letdown. There are hardly any players, the servers are unreliable, and not much new content has been introduced since the initial launch.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome cash grab you criminals pulled off. You deserve to be put in prison. lol. Too bad we're idiots and agreed to the trash TOS you guys have. Agreeing that even if you crooks abandon the project, we cannot do anything or get any type of refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had lots of potential, but the devs scrapped it and nobody plays anymore :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →make it free to play to keep it alive its a good game and i love them ducks
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unable to play on linux because devs choose not to allow support of it. Using a kernel level anticheat that has to be uninstalled separately from the game. Basically spyware huge security risk. Players still bypassing it easily. Can no longer recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game looks interesting in the beginning but after like an hour of playing there was nothing really interesting and servers were just very dead and the only people on were just crazy op so im not playing this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has so much potential but the developers abandoned the game.it had 2025 laast an update and it is in need of alot more content for ppl to do. at this point i wish i never got the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game had amazing potential, during beta it was great and the community was awesome and had a huge amount of players. Unfortunately the devs dont listen to their player base in discord, ignored sureveys with 500+ votes, its littered with bugs and cheaters, craft times are absurd(literally 2 hours to craft boom to raid a big bases in 10 min) Awesome project thats forgotten about and players dont want to be involved with anymore. Note: I popped in again & it hasnt changed and there are no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely disappointing experience. I never cheated, used hacks, or violated the rules, yet I was permanently banned without any clear reason or explanation. I only played this game with my friends for fun. There was absolutely no reason for me to cheat, especially in a game with such a small and declining player base. I submitted an appeal to have the ban reviewed, but I haven't received any response or explanation. Being treated as a cheater without being told what I supposedly did…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →t's been a very long time since I've reviewed a game, but I believe Duckside deserves a positive one. Is it the most active game? No. But the community and overall experience make it an absolute blast to play. Unlike Rust, not everyone you come across is looking to backstab, betray, or kill you on sight. The moment I joined, I asked in chat if the game was dead. A sad "yes" came from 3–4 people. They all said it was a shame because the game has so much potential. I ended up talking to a guy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rest in peace, funny version of Deadside. You had potential... squandered by poor game management.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →basically abandoned. Had a huge following at the beginning, but there's been practically no updates, the same map since launch, and nobody plays anymore
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duckside A survival craft game where you play as a duck. store.steampowered.com/app/2682580/... #GameDev #IndiDev #Art #Ducks #Survival #Crafting
unlabelledView post →The game used to be fun when it had players and updates. Cheaters are so frequent. and it is pretty barebones, the developers don't care about it no more, and there is very little players. Just get Rust or deadside, both of them get plenty of updates and have a lot of players. If you like no pvp and more pve then you could have fun with this for a month or two. I would love to see an update, maybe some players will come back. There is so many things they promised and they broke.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GAMES DEAD. Do NOT Buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i cant play it i cant play single player
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DUCKSIDE from tinyBuild may get BattlEye Anti-Cheat enabled for Steam Deck / Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/duckside-from-tinybuild-may-get-battleye-anti-cheat-enabled-for-steam-deck-linux/ #DUCKSIDE #SteamDeck #Linux #Proton #SteamOS
unlabelledView post →Full of cheaters and rust knockoff
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is basically a cash grab with little to no effort from the devs to make it better, it quickly died out and the servers became empty
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. Dead game with nearly a year since the last update 2. Servers have 16-17 players max 3. Could not connect even to something so low populated 4. Cash grab scheme Bought it because i found the key at 1.49 with the hope for it being fixed in the future.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun, but unfortunately so few players.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is crap and abandoned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible game nothing to do, get rust instead, wish i could get I refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →feels like an Unity asset dump of Rust. go play that instead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a very fun game but its just dead now i want to have more guys to play it its rlly fun to play with friends but they dont update the game bc its so low pop
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i want my money back this game died before leaving early access and they didnt even bother finishing it, not worth it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. Its Rust for people who still have joy in their hearts. Its so fun for how simple it is, especially with friends, and it beats the crap out of all the friendslop games that are coming out lately. I wish more people would play this game and the developers would keep it alive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it was good until all the servers died
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had a lot of potential but theres next to no players and not been updated much at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had potential but is inactive and is dead in both player base and development. servers range from 5-15 users, hasn't been updated in a year and was very awkward to close the game down.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty fun but some players get op by camping and stealing from newb players. That is making the game pretty unbalanced.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You get to play as a duck and like fly around and hit stuff with your beak and other duck related actions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →loved it died to quick devs aint done crap
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay and UI is really good and worth to play but the fact that you have to rent a server and cheater show up in my first game is a big no for me. I could have not refund if the it's not Tinybuild since they also abandoned their Secret Neighbor game by not updating it and letting the server issues and cheaters occur for years without any devs announcements to the community. That's why I don't trust them will make this game any better at least in the early access phases.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great addicting game love the overall feel of it. it feels like it needs a bigger community for how good this game is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game if you love crashes, raids, and trauma. But! You can fly though so ill give it 2 stars. Its a patience test with extra steps. OHhhh btw for the NOVICE PLAYERS who are new to these type of games please beware the former RUST/ArkTrash players out there who is already perceptive and ready to ruin your day :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game needs a lot of work. Bought the game after watching a few of my favorite rust streamers play it. Actual game play looks nothing like the Youtube videos I saw. Overall about 5 mins into playing it was obvious this was a scam. I do not recommend this game to anyone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game 5 stors
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →С первого взгляда кажется, что это просто очередной survival: бегай, строй, выживай. Но потом ты понимаешь, что ты — утка. УТКА. С РУЖЬЁМ. И тут уже включается философия уровня «а что вообще происходит в этой жизни». Геймплей честный: тебя будут убивать. Часто. Иногда — другие игроки, иногда — твоя собственная самоуверенность. Но это не раздражает, потому что ты буквально пернатый комок хаоса, и смерть здесь воспринимается как часть утиного жизненного цикла. Отдельный плюс — атмосфера. Где…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GREAT GAME COULD USE MORE DUCKS NOT ENOUGH
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs more players but its a great game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is fun. Its a cool concept. I recommend it, but the game is dead. There are 0-30 players on at a time. They need to release more updates.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love this game i wish they didnt let it die
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looked like it had promise and was an interesting take on the survival genre, but it appears to be a regurgitation of other games and feature similar mechanics to Rust in terms of breaking barrels and looting. Even the resources are and progression are similar. There are few active servers, not much PvE and everyone who is active just wants to blow everyone up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs allot of work, but still a sexy game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of potential but the player base is too low
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i want to play the game but the problem with the game is that i don't own a microsoft pc and my steam deck crashes when i play it. pls make an update for that
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game because I saw the gameplay and immediately wanted to join in on the fun… But steam deck players don’t get to play….
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every time I see this game in my library it angers me. I feel scammed. Games junk. Nothing like the videos.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →W rust clone, fly the duck, build the base, gather the resource like a good farmbot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →was fun when it launched but oh man Did they bail fast on this project
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game would just be better if people still played it!
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