Escape From Tarkov is finally getting a full 1.0 release that will include a Steam launch next month, but a spinoff game where you play as a duck has beaten it to the punch. Not only that, but the creatively named Escape From Duckov has made such a splash that at one point, it hit a concurrent player count of more than 220,000 players.
That number sounds pretty impressive, and that's because it is. At the time of typing this, there are a little more than 193,000 people playing Escape From Duckov right now according to SteamDB. Not only does that mean it's the fourth most played game on Steam right now behind PUGB, Counter-Strike 2, and Dota 2 - the usual suspects which are rarely dethroned - but it also means more people are playing Duckov than Battlefield 6.
An incredible feat considering just how successful Battlefield has been since launch. The latest installment in the Call of Duty rivals' series sold more than 6.5 million copies in its first few days. Granted, that almost certainly means it has more players than Duckov across all platforms, but to be beating it anywhere is a tremendous accomplishment for what...
