Duck Detective: The Secret Salami cover

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

Critic score1 critic
First release
May 23, 2024
Engine
Unity
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle · Mystery, Thriller

Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open, in a narrative mystery adventure where nothing is quite as it seems.

Also known as Duck Detective - The Secret Salami.exe

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Storyline
In a city where everyone is an animal, down-on-his-luck detective Eugene McQuacklin, a recently divorced duck with a weakness for white bread, is hired to crack a peculiar case. Someone at a branch of the BearBus company has been stealing a coworker's lunch, and the elusive culprit has become known as the Salami Bandit. As Eugene questions the office's quirky employees and pokes through the scene with his magnifying glass, the petty theft begins to smell of something far bigger. Piecing together clues into careful "deducktions," the duck detective works to expose the truth behind the missing salami and the secrets hidden in the workplace.Read more

In a city where everyone is an animal, down-on-his-luck detective Eugene McQuacklin, a recently divorced duck with a weakness for white bread, is hired to crack a peculiar case. Someone at a branch of the BearBus company has been stealing a coworker's lunch, and the elusive culprit has become known as the Salami Bandit. As Eugene questions the office's quirky employees and pokes through the scene with his magnifying glass, the petty theft begins to smell of something far bigger. Piecing together clues into careful "deducktions," the duck detective works to expose the truth behind the missing salami and the secrets hidden in the workplace.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 23, 2024
Mac
May 23, 2024
Xbox One
May 23, 2024
All 9 release dates
Nintendo Switch
May 23, 2024
Linux
May 23, 2024
Xbox Series X|S
May 23, 2024
Android
Apr 09, 2025
iOS
Apr 09, 2025
PlayStation 5
May 22, 2025
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
3h
Completionist
2h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
casual, animal protagonist

At a Glance

Critic Score
70
Main + Extras (IGDB)
3h
Completionist (IGDB)
2h

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 6,146 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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