Indie Darling “Escape from Duck Cove” Achieves Explosive Launch, Surpassing “Hollow Knight: Silksong” Sales on Steam
October 20, 2025 - The newly released indie title “Escape from duck Cove” has rapidly become a commercial success, selling over 500,000 units in its first three days of availability on the Steam platform. This remarkable achievement places the duck-themed shooter ahead of sales figures for the highly anticipated, yet still unreleased, “Hollow Knight: Silksong” during its peak Steam wishlist activity.
The game’s developer acknowledged the overwhelming player support, stating that community participation was instrumental in reaching this milestone and promising continued improvements too the game experience through future updates. This surge in popularity highlights the growing appetite for innovative and creatively designed self-reliant games,and positions “Escape from Duck Cove” as a potential breakout hit within the indie game scene this year.
To celebrate the milestone, the advancement team is hosting a giveaway, offering 20 free game keys to randomly selected followers who repost their declaration tweet by October 23rd.
“Escape from Duck cove” is currently available for purchase on Steam, offering players a unique setting and engaging gameplay mechanics. The game’s success demonstrates the power of community engagement and the potential for independent developers to achieve notable commercial success.
🦆 Over 500K of you joined the adventure – your support means everything. 🙏🎉
To celebrate, we’re giving away 20 FREE game keys to lucky Ducklings!! 🦆💙🎁
How to enter:
✅ Follow
🔁 Repost this TweetWe’ll DM the 20 winners on October 23th – fingers… pic.twitter.com/xcEI8Zbh10
– Escape from Duckov (@GameDuckov) October 20, 2025