Play Ducks Online

Ducks is a puzzle solving game released in 1998 for MS-DOS. It was developed and published by Hungry Software and is presented from a side view perspective.

Players control a green leader duck, directing it by clicking and holding the right mouse button to set a destination. As the leader moves, nearby orange ducks will begin to follow it, forming a line. The primary objective is to guide a required number of these follower ducks to a rocket ship, which displays the necessary count on its top. The game world contains various environmental hazards such as spikes, electric bolts, fans, and pits, which can eliminate the ducks. A slimy monster also appears in some levels to consume them. These hazards often result in graphic depictions of the ducks exploding. Players can use the escape key to make all ducks commit suicide, which allows resetting a level that has become unwinnable.

Progression involves navigating through a series of levels while managing the duck procession. To assist in this, several tools are available as selectable icons at the bottom of the screen. These include bombs and balloons to destroy parts of the scenery, horizontal bridges and diagonal ladders to create safe pathways, and bricks that can be stacked to form structures. Other tools are stop signs to halt the follower ducks, a teleport to instantly move the leader, and seagulls or flying saucers that can act as automated guides. Certain levels also feature switches that control electrical hazards, but these can only be activated once by the leader duck. An optional level editor was made available for download from the developer's website.