When comparing The Cave vs Duck Game, the Slant community recommends Duck Game for most people. In the question“What are the best local co-op PC games?” Duck Game is ranked 23rd while The Cave is ranked 40th. The most important reason people chose Duck Game is:
The integration with mods and custom maps and the high skill ceiling means you can sink hundreds of hours into this game.
Specs
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Pros
Pro 3 player local co-op
The Cave supports up to 3 player local co-op play. Sadly there is no online co-op.
Pro Cheesy jokes of the best kind
The Cave has a good sense of humor within, something expected when considering the game was created by the same people as The Secret of Monkey Island.
Pro Characters based on 7 deadly sins
Each character represents one of the seven deadly sins making the game a bit of a moral tale.
Pro Great replayability
The integration with mods and custom maps and the high skill ceiling means you can sink hundreds of hours into this game.
Pro Retro pixel graphics
Exactly what the title says. Cute graphics. You can play as a pixellated super saiyan duck for godsake.
Pro Challenging/fun arcade mode
Like the arcade games of old! Get trophies, hone your skills etc..
Pro Steam Workshop integration
Means practically unlimited maps, mods, skins to try out.
Pro Dynamic gameplay
Pro Quick rounds, low commitment
The game isn't time-consuming. You can drop it whenever you need and then pick up again without worrying about losing progress.
Pro Amusing
Lots of fun weapons and a good sense of humor.
Cons
Con Tedious level design
There is a lot of backtracking and lever pulling that gives a feeling of lazy level design to elongate the game.
Con Co-op may leave one or two players out on certain stages
Some stages do not offer gameplay for all co-op players. Although the co-op is drop in drop out, certain points of the game do not offer anything for the other players to do.