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The Ugly Ducling

The Ugly Ducling is a minimalist block-based exploration and horror game, using the children's story "The Ugly Duckling" as a theme, where the player will need to find the lost pages of the protagonist's story…

30 November 2022

The Ugly Ducling is an adventure developed by The Vax Studio, released 30 November 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Ugly Ducling is

The Ugly Ducling is an adventure game developed by The Vax Studio and released in 2022. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Ugly Ducling is a minimalist block-based exploration and horror game, using the children's story "The Ugly Duckling" as a theme, where the player will need to find the lost pages of the protagonist's story in different biomes, while surviving.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Ugly Ducling launched on 30 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns and Chained Echoes.

Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes.

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When did The Ugly Ducling come out?
The Ugly Ducling was released on 30 November 2022 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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