Nostalgic faithful remake
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It retains all the charm and tight gameplay of the original, as well as the fun level design.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
DuckTales: Remastered
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%WayForward2013Platformer · Adventure · Action
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A charming, faithful remake of the NES classic with gorgeous sprites, voice cast and music, but short, with a brutal final level and a final-boss freeze. Skip it if you dislike no-checkpoint design.
Great for
Nostalgic DuckTales/NES fans and 2D platformer players who want a short, charming pogo-stick romp, ideally on sale
Main risk
Punishing no-checkpoint design and brutal final climb, plus a final-boss freeze on some PCs
What players love
Beautiful hand-drawn art and voice cast
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I love the voice acting from all the original actors”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Fantastic remixed soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“HOLY COW THIS GAMES MUSIC IS HEAVENLY also the pogo jump is really fun to use”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Short but good on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“But don't pay full price tho as it is really short (7 levels), please buy it when it's on a huge sale, which happens very often.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Rewarding challenge with multiple difficulties
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game is incredibly unforgiving. But man is it incredibly rewarding.”
Steam review · 20.8 h played ↗
Fun, tight pogo-stick platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“hes simple but his pogo stick is one of the best moves you could use”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game freezes at the final boss
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“players who have Nvidia cards with up-to-date drivers will find that the game will always freeze on the final boss.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Clunky controls and bad hitboxes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“occsionally, you'll press the "pogo" button but nothing will happen, and so you get hit.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
No checkpoints, restart whole level
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the fact that there are no saves in the middle of levels is simply too frustrating.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Too many intrusive cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“You can skip them from the start menu, but it's a pain in the ass to have to keep pausing the game every 30 seconds.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Frustrating final level and lava climb
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“difficulty has no effect there - they fly up very fast and you are supposedly expected to make no mistake while jumping”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
No volume settings, loud audio
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“No option to lower audio volume in game, is incredibly loud.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows®XP™ SP2, Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
ProcessorIntel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® Geforce 9600GT, AMD® Radeon™ HD 3870 or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory.
Storage1 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows®XP™ SP2, Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7 / Windows 11
ProcessorIntel™ Core 2 Duo / AMD™ Athlon 64 X2 or higher. / Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700, AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or higher
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce™ 200 series or higher, AMD® Radeon™ HD5000 series or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory. / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, MD Radeon RX 6750 XT or higher
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows®XP™ SP2, Windows®Vista™ or Windows®7
ProcessorIntel™ Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with Hyper Threading
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® Geforce 9600GT, AMD® Radeon™ HD 3870 or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 512MB of display memory.
Storage1 GB available space
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