RecommendedSteam player
please make 50 more duck detective games with different casesShow moreShow less
2.3 hours at review338 people found this helpful
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Interviews, evidence inspection, and deduction make this a concise solo mystery. At its current tracked low, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is ≈ $4.96 at 
GOG; the English description estimates two to three hours, making it a straightforward fit for a short detective-game session.
The Steam PC version has full controller support. For anyone looking to solve a case alone rather than play multiplayer, this is a focused investigation with a defined scope. At $9.99 from GOG, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami offers a compact solo case, with 94% from 6,162 Steam reviews for additional context.
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Past 36 months · Updated dailyHistorical Low~ $6.492026-05Current Low Across Stores~ $9.99Steamvs. Historical Low+54%
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01About Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Play a down-on-his-luck duck detective investigating a strange case. Interview suspects, inspect evidence, and use what you learn to fill in the blanks and identify the culprit. Steam player rating: 94% from 6,162 reviews. English voice acting is included.
Credits
Developer
Happy Broccoli Games
Publisher
Happy Broccoli Games
Voice
Brian David Gilbert
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$6.492026-05-23 · SteamBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
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| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | — |
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| German | Yes | Yes | — |
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| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-11-02
02Before you buy
Play mode and controls
The Steam PC version has full controller support and is designed for single-player.
Language
English voice acting is included. Subtitles are available in English, German, French, and Simplified Chinese.
03Frequently asked questions
How do you solve the case?
Inspect evidence, interview suspects, and fill in blanks using the information you gather.
What is the story about?
A down-on-his-luck duck investigates a sinister sausage-based conspiracy.
How long is the game?
The English description estimates a playtime of two to three hours.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviewsSelected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
Not recommendedSteam player
Underwhelming. I was really expecting to like this, but the gameplay is just tedious to me. The voice acting was amazing, music was fun, the artstyle and animations are great and I love the up close inspections changing the art of what you're looking at. That's such a fun way to do this. I also liked the story, and the payoff at the end However I was kindof expecting a puzzle game, and this definitely isn't. It feels more like when you're watching a detective show and the detective suddenly pulls out a crazy theory, that afterwards turns out to be true. I spent a lot of time trying to "solve" the mystery with things I knew or tried to find more information, but you end up basically having to guess at what happened based on the words you have available. It didn't feel like there was logic behind a lot of the 'answers' and more like I was crossing off wrong answers until I found one that fit.Show moreShow less
1.9 hours at review43 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
my only complaint is that it is too short. have more cases for the duck detective to solve please! he needs the money to afford that sweet sweet bread.Show moreShow less
2.8 hours at review266 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
The game is VERY short, and I feel like I wasn't the target audience at all. This is something a very young child would enjoy as an introduction to gaming. It's not a bad game, it just missed its mark and I was fooled by the overwhelmingly positive rating. The story is too simple, you only get to solve 1 case, I was half expecting after solving the mystery to have more cases to solve, or for the story to evolve in some way, it felt like an "intro" mystery to get you accustomed to how the game plays out. The voice acting is great, and I liked the characters, I'd love to see the game expand in the future.Show moreShow less
2.5 hours at review40 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Duck Detective 2: The Baloney Burglar Duck Detective 3: The Taffy Thief Duck Detective 4: The Ravioli Robber Duck Detective 5: The Pie PilfererShow moreShow less
2 hours at review201 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I don't usually condemn a game for length, but I feel like I didn't get as much as I wanted out of this experience. It's a very good game in all technical aspects. It's funny, well-written, well voice-acted and has a cute artstyle but it felt like a prologue and not a $10 product. The mystery was simple and I figured out exactly what the mystery was before obtaining all the keywords and you will spend most of your time swapping words around to figure out the exact combination of key phrases it wants which I don't think is a very good mechanic. If you're looking for a very simple game and don't mind the price, then I would say go for it. But I think for a majority of people $12.99 CAD is going to leave them disappointed.Show moreShow less
1.9 hours at review34 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
absolute perfection my gravity falls dreams have come trueShow moreShow less
3.3 hours at review181 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I really don't want to come off saying that Duck Detective is a bad game. The art style and visuals are great, the audio and voice acting are solid, and the mechanics behind the mystery gameplay are engaging. And the low price point certainly lines up with the short play time. But seeing that this is currently rated as Overwhelmingly Positive, I can't really bring myself to say that I recommend it. The title character, Duck Detective, is woefully underutilized. On paper, it is such a great character concept, with a catchy name and a striking visual design. But there is very little relevance to the Duck part of the character. I can only name three things: There is a dedicated Quack button, a core detective mechanic is a pun in which you make DeDUCKtions, and the character has a drug-like addiction to bread. All of these are experienced within the first few minutes of the game. For the rest of the game, nothing about being a duck is relevant, not mechanically, not narratively, not even for comic relief. This game could have been Dog Detective or even Human Detective, and it would have been a nearly identical experience. None of the other animal characters have any relevant animal quirks either. For a game that screams "You are a DUCK!", they really don't seem to embrace that detail. While the core mystery solving mechanics are enjoyable, a lot of the execution doesn't really come together. There were a number of moments throughout the game where I felt like I had all of the information available to me, but I still didn't understand what DeDUCKtion the game wanted me to come to. Because there's no penalty for getting it wrong, and you are just immediately informed when it is correct, there's incentive to just keep guessing until you stumble into the right answer. Even after seeing what some of the DeDUCKtions were meant to be, I still didn't understand how you were supposed to come to that conclusion. The game clearly marks everything you can investigate, so I feel confident that I didn't just miss something. It would have been much more satisfying and enjoyable if the details of the case had come together more cohesively, instead of just arbitrarily coming up with conclusions that seemed entirely out of left field. Those two major elements left me unsatisfied with the Duck Detective experience. If $10 is no object and you want to see the game with the cute duck, by all means, go for it. But if you were hoping for a genuinely great duck-centric mystery solving game, then maybe just keep your fingers crossed for the sequel.Show moreShow less
2.5 hours at review33 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
ducktective from gravity falls but far better. super cute characters and amazing voice castingShow moreShow less
1.3 hours at review142 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Am surprised for the number of positive reviews for the game, it wasn't bad but it didn't break any new grounds nor gave a real compelling mystery or anything spectacular, there have been other detective games like tangle tower, Case of the Golden Idol and Sherlock Holmes games that actually did it better and offered more than the game. That said, I wish there was a neutral rating you can give to the game. Good + Superb artwork, love the 2D cutouts reminds me of Wildermyth style, cutesy and fun. + Superb voice acting, the voice actor for the duck detective is funny and oh so natural, not so for some of the others. + The detective noir vibe is good (but will never beat Discworld Noir the GOAT). + Wish there were more mysteries or the game was longer, it felt too short for its potential. Bad - Too short, I paid how much for a single mystery and 2 hour game play to solve the puzzles? - Some of the puzzles are to obscure and not so intuitive, the hint system helps but not by much. - you can brute force some of the puzzles but not as well executed as the Obra Dinn or Golden Idol did for their games. - The interaction and crime solving are superficial, the clue check is too simple and automatic, the dialogues don't really offer much in choice, there were two major puzzles which does take some deducting but also wasn't intuitive. - Nothing groundbreaking in the genre. All in all the game has potential and I hope the developers will look into a sequal and expand upon this unpolished gem and how best to keep its good points while addressing the shortcomings, it wasn't totally bad but just not outstanding.Show moreShow less
10.9 hours at review19 people found this helpful
Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.