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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Released: 5/23/2024

SOLVING CRIME IS NO WALK IN THE POND. Aggretsuko meets Return of the Obra Dinn in Duck Detective, a cozy mystery game about a down-on-his-luck duck searching for answers in a sinister sausage-based conspiracy. THIS MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS. Join the Duck Detective on his latest, greatest case: Inspect and interview suspects to learn their hidden secrets, then use the information you’ve gathered (plus your own de-duck-tive reasoning) to locate the suspect and bust the case wide open! FEATURES: A 2-3 hour long mystery game! Interview suspects, fill in the blanks and crack the case! Fully voice-acted! Throw bread to the fine beak of lady justice! Judge everyone on first impressions, just by looking at them really, really hard! Get them to admit things by staring! Do ducks blink? You don’t.

SOLVING CRIME IS NO WALK IN THE POND. Aggretsuko meets Return of the Obra Dinn in Duck Detective, a cozy mystery game about a down-on-his-luck duck searching for answers in a sinister sausage-based conspiracy. THIS MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS. Join the Duck Detective on his latest, greatest case: Inspect and interview suspects to learn their hidden secrets, then use the information you’ve gathered (plus your own de-duck-tive reasoning) to locate the suspect and bust the case wide open! FEATURES: A 2-3 hour long mystery game! Interview suspects, fill in the blanks and crack the case! Fully voice-acted! Throw bread to the fine beak of lady justice! Judge everyone on first impressions, just by looking at them really, really hard! Get them to admit things by staring! Do ducks blink? You don’t.

SOLVING CRIME IS NO WALK IN THE POND. Aggretsuko meets Return of the Obra Dinn in Duck Detective, a cozy mystery game about a down-on-his-luck duck searching for answers in a sinister sausage-based conspiracy. THIS MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS. Join the Duck Detective on his latest, greatest case: Inspect and interview suspects to learn their hidden secrets, then use the information you’ve gathered (plus your own de-duck-tive reasoning) to locate the suspect and bust the case wide open! FEATURES: A 2-3 hour long mystery game! Interview suspects, fill in the blanks and crack the case! Fully voice-acted! Throw bread to the fine beak of lady justice! Judge everyone on first impressions, just by looking at them really, really hard! Get them to admit things by staring! Do ducks blink? You don’t.

Critics
81
Steam
95
Metacritic
78

Score Breakdown

81.0

Critic Average

31 reviews

95

Steam User Score

6,424 reviews

78

Metacritic User Score

44 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-14.1
Metacritic Disparity
+3.0
Combined Disparity
-5.6

Average of both sources

Review Timing

28 launch window (90%)3 late (10%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 31 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 81.0/100. Critics score this game 14.1 points lower than Steam users and 3.0 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 31)+
  1. Victor VitórioviaPSX Brasil
    May 21, 2025·Late review
    75/100View review
    Steam 95.1/100 · -20.1 ptsMetacritic 78/100 · -3.0 pts
  2. Carlos França JuniorviaGameBlast
    May 21, 2025·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 95.1/100 · -5.1 ptsMetacritic 78/100 · +12.0 pts
  3. Cassie KnightviaMinimap
    Dec 4, 2024·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 95.1/100 · -25.1 ptsMetacritic 78/100 · -8.0 pts
  4. Drew SherrattviaVGamingNews
    Jul 5, 2024·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 95.1/100 · -15.1 ptsMetacritic 78/100 · +2.0 pts
  5. Daniela ArtimováviaINDIANTVCZ
    Jun 30, 2024·Launch window
    90/100View review
    Steam 95.1/100 · -5.1 ptsMetacritic 78/100 · +12.0 pts